Creative 1820, 1212M MU E-Wire VST, Wire VST plug-in, PatchMix DSP Strip configured for E-Wire

E-MU E-Wire VST

E-Wire is a special VST/ASIO Bridge which allows you to route digital audio via ASIO to PatchMix and back again.

E-Wire VST incorporates smart time alignment technology that automatically compen- sates for system latencies and ensures proper synchronization of audio throughout the VST chain. In addition, E-Wire also allows you to insert outboard audio gear into the VST environment.

E-Wire has three main components:

•A VST plug-in which handles the audio routing to PatchMix DSP.

•An ASIO mixer strip in PatchMix DSP configured to route audio to the E-Wire plug-in. You simply drop the effects you want to use into this strip.

•For hosts that don’t support automatic delay compensation, a manual delay- compensation plug-in can be inserted in Cubase tracks or channels that don’t use E-Wire to compensate for ASIO delay.

The diagram below may give you a better idea of how E-Wire works:

E-Wire VST plug-in

Send to Strip

5 - Effects

E-MU E-Wire VST

ENote: It’s easier to use E-MU PowerFX instead of E-Wire if you just want to use the hardware effects. (E-Wire was the precursor to E-MU PowerFX.)

However, E-Wire can be very useful because it allows you to route VST inserts or Sends to Physical Inputs and Outputs via PatchMix DSP.

Return to VST

Stereo Reverb

ASIO Send

PatchMix DSP Strip configured for E-Wire

E-Wire bridges the gap between hardware I/O and the VST world. The E-Wire VST plug-in sends audio to a strip containing the desired effect. An ASIO Send routes the audio back to E-Wire VST.

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