Audition 1.5 and E-Mu Patchmix DSP

Question

Hi, I've got a problem using Audition 1.5 with the Patchmix DSP software that came with my E-Mu 0404 sound card.  I know that lots of people have issues with this software, but I've done some searching and can't come up with the answer to my problem.
I have been using this setup for a year or two now to record the output from my Line6 POD.  At the moment, I've got my Pod's L output connected to my 0404 card L input, and I'm recording mono guitar tracks.  I have no problems doing this, but I want to do something more complex now.
I'd like to use three of Pod outputs at once, rather than just the one.  I'd like to record the Pod's L and R outputs onto two separate tracks in Audition, plus the Pod's unprocessed (dry signal) output into a third track as a backup.  Hence I want to arm three Audition tracks to record simultaneously.
In order to actually physically connect this, my E-Mu card only has two analog inputs, and so I am going to need to connect the Pod L/R outputs to the E-Mu L/R inputs, and use the Pod's digital output to connect to the E-Mu digital in to record the unprocessed signal.
This is all fine and well in theory, but my problem is that I cannot work out how to tell Audition which input to use for each track.
In PatchMix DSP, I have a "Send" in the PCI card L input strip which goes to Host ASIO in 1/2.  I have a "Send" in the R input which goes to 3/4, and a "Send" in the S/PDIF input which goes to 5/6.  I *assume* that this is set up correctly....?
In Audition, when I go to Options -> Device Order -> Recording Devices, I only have two options to choose from - Wave (E-Mu E-DSP Audio Processor) and Wave Mapper.  I would have thought that I should be able to select from Wave 1/2, Wave 3/4 and Wave 5/6 - which would then be nice and simple.
So my question is, how do I route these three separate input signals to three separate Audition tracks, when Audition only seems to allow me to select the card itself as one single input?  Any suggestions?

Answer 1

oWhite wrote: In Audition, when I go to Options -> Device Order -> Recording Devices, I only have two options to choose from - Wave (E-Mu E-DSP Audio Processor) and Wave Mapper.  I would have thought that I should be able to select from Wave 1/2, Wave 3/4 and Wave 5/6 - which would then be nice and simple.
So my question is, how do I route these three separate input signals to three separate Audition tracks, when Audition only seems to allow me to select the card itself as one single input?  Any suggestions?
I'm afraid that the only answer to this is to upgrade Audition. Your problem is that you are using 1.5, and that only supports WDM drivers, not ASIO. And E-Mu, despite promising one years ago, never came up with a multichannel WDM input driver for any of their devices. They have a multiple output driver for WDM, but that's pretty useless to most people. The driver they have only allows the minimum M$ input spec for an audio device - 2 channels.
If you want to use all the channels you've paid for, then you need ASIO-based software - like Audition 3.