E-MU APS Digital Audio I/F 8-tracks + Cakewalk PA 8 -- SOLD

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:40 pm

This is a high-quality 8-channel I/O digital audio, FX and midi sound engine computer recording interface. It comes with a PCI card, 5-1/4" front panel I/O box, MIDI I/O break out cable and licensed copies of Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 and Qtools software.

Features:

Two balanced mic/line inputs with phantom power & gain knobs
Two balanced line inputs
Two S/PDIF coaxial I/O (one set on PCI card and one set on I/O box)
Two balanced line outputs
Headphone out with volume knob
Built in hardware effects processor with dynamics
Built in hardware MIDI soundfont engine
Nice quiet preamps & A/D converters

Can simultaneously record 4 analog + 4 digital audio inputs + 32 MIDI engine tracks.

Comes with latest drivers, software & a ton of soundfonts I downloaded.

Reply with questions, PM if interested.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:55 am

$80 ?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:15 pm

I'll throw in Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 and Qtools software.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tue May 25, 2010 3:44 pm

$60 ??!!

The Shadow · Post by **The Shadow** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:59 pm

How hard is this to use ? I have a computer interface and use audacity at the moment and I'm not pleased with the recording quality.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tue May 25, 2010 11:42 pm

The APS is a breeze to use. It has its own software mixer and simple routings for FX, midi & recording. You use that to interface to whatever recording software you use. You can route individual channels or a stereo sum mix from the APS. Its a lot easier to use than this Presonus Firebox that I have been wrestling with.

I never used the Cakewalk software much, but its Cakewalk.

KeithReynolds · Post by **KeithReynolds** » Wed May 26, 2010 3:07 am

The Shadow wrote:How hard is this to use ? I have a computer interface and use audacity at the moment and I'm not pleased with the recording quality.

USE REAPER!!!!! www.reaper.fm its AMAZING....SERIOUSLY. Grab the manual too, because it needs to atleast be glanced at. Record at 24 bit ALWAYS. Use a software amp simulator unless youre micing a really good cab with a really good mic. Amp sims have increased in awesome-ness by 10 times!! There are some amazing sounding ones. Im even talking about the free ones!!! The new stuff is the shit! I can provide links and walk you through stuff if you want. Just PM me me with any questions you have , and Ill answer them for you!
Btw- the card he is selling seems to be pretty good. i did some looking online. Also, for the lowest latency...its good to use the Asio4all driver. Some unit's drivers are too buggy or have higher latency. The asio4all driver is free and awesome.

To Lonewolf- whats been the issue with your firebox? Im sure I could help you!

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wed May 26, 2010 1:54 pm

KeithReynolds wrote:To Lonewolf- whats been the issue with your firebox? Im sure I could help you!

No issues now, but it took a bit of wrangling to get the Firebox to work with Samplitude and Powertracks Pro. I think it had more to do with the old software than the new hardware. The cost of a Samplitude upgrade is around $700 and I don't record enough to pay that kind of green for software upgrades.

I think I'll upgrade the Powertracks for raw tracking and just use the Samplitude for mastering.

dbdrummer89 · Post by **dbdrummer89** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:01 am

Any pictures?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:32 am

SOLD!