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Using cMP with EMU soundcards

I moved the Juli@ soundcard to my reference system as its digital output and driver quality is excellent. My cMP now has 2 soundcards (the other being RME HDSP 9652). Comparing the 2 has been very interesting. I disable the soundcard not in use. For my second setup, I decided on EMU's excellent 1212M (its analogue outs are superior to Juli@'s AKM 112db SNR versus Crystal 120db SNR DACs). Unfortunately, EMU's drivers don't offer latency settings and its drivers are cumbersome.

Users of EMU cards will have difficulty when switching to cMP Mode. Settings in XP Mode are not carried across. To fix this, you must start EMU's Patch Mixer Application when cMP starts. Steps:

  1. Select 'Process Explorer' as Startup in cMP Settings
  2. Change cicsMemoryPlayer.pth (in c:\Program Files\cics Memory Player) file to reflect a new program for Process Explorer (change is shown in bold text):
    RIPPER #M "c:\program files\exact audio copy\EAC.exe"
    CUE_PLAYER #M "c:\program files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe" %C
    LIBRARY_MANAGER "c:\windows\explorer.exe"
    OSK "c:\program files\cics memory player\ahkosk.exe"
    PROCESS_EXPLORER "C:\Program Files\Creative Professional\E-MU PatchMix DSP\EmuPMixDSP.exe" /LaunchMixer
    EXPLORER_KILL "c:\windows\system32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM explorer.exe
    TOUCH_SCREEN "c:\program files\touchkit\touchkit.exe"
    PREP_PLAYER

  3. Reboot system in cMP Mode. On startup, EMU's Patch Mixer application is started and all settings are now available.


If you want to run Process Explorer, then start this manually from cMP using Explore > Desktop > start Process Explorer.

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