Norval Watson wrote: Checking realtime makes no difference. Still 50-60 xruns a second at 128 samples, and if I go down to 64 samples, it crashes.

I run the emu 1212m successfully on 64 bit linux. Some of the subcards (hw0.1 etc) have problems with 44.1, I use 48 so it's not an issue for me. Make sure your sync is set correctly in alsamixer (adat,spdif,int44) and play with using different settings for hardware.. hw0,1, 0,0 0,3 etc.. hw:0 will *not* work for recording. the card support is problematic and I don't recommend it. I had to patch 1.15 to get it working correctly and for the life of me I cannot find where I got the patches. The original author of the patch hasn't done any major work on it for over a year. Check the alsa dev wiki page on emu10k/emu on the discussion page, thats as much documentation as anyone has collected on the card. taken from: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix_Talk:Module-emu10k1 MajorBytes majorbytes.com <http://majorbytes.com> -- >> music site http://myspace.com/allenwarrenmusic -- host-69-146-29-10.static.bresnan.net <http://host-69-146-29-10.static.bresnan.net> (2007-05-29 18:36:16) You use jack, right? Then you have to set which alsa device will be used for capture and playback (the simplest way is to use qjackctl for that) . There are several possibilities on e-mu. Let's say e-mu is the only card in your system, so it has index 0. Then hw:0,0 is stereo, 16bit only. Do not use it for capture. However, it's probably the best device for playback for now, because multichannel playback is currently broken. hw:0,2 is multichannel capture capable of 8 channles at 24 bit resolution. Always use that for capture. hw:0,3 is multichannel playback of 16 channels at 16bit. It does not work reliably a need to be reworked (24 bit, proper sync at 44kHz, etc..). So most reliable setup for e-mu cards is hw:0,2 for capture and hw:0,0 for playback (you can use them simultaneously). Now about the routing. There are a lot of ports called "DSP <number>" it he mixer. At first look it's rather confusing. Actually, there are two groups od "DSP" ports. One group is for input (DSP 0 to DSP 15, hexadecimal numbering! ) and it's the first bunch of "DSP" from left in alsamixer (bottom line). The other group is for playback (DSP 0 to DSP 31, decimal numbering, OMG!!!). First 8 inputs (DSP 0 - DSP 7) are used for capture (you will see and hear them in the jack). Other inputs are mapped directly onto their output brothers with same number (don't forget, that inputs are hexadecimal, so DSP A is mapped to DSP 10, DSP 12 to DSP 18, etc..). Otput works same, so if you use hw:0,0 (2 channels) for playback, then you will hear them on outputs DSP 0 and DSP 1. this isn't a card for a beginner, but with coaxing it does work. best bradley newton haug

I find the sound quality inferior on the maudio offerings, but the linux support is rock solid, you can get a 1010lt for cheap now. the emu1212m is a really nice card hardware-wise, just needs a little more linux love on the driver side.

go to qjacktl's setup dialog, click on "Options" at the top of it, make sure that "Auto refresh patchbay" is disabled. Its a long shot but there have been other people who had this enabled with the same problems as you have described. btw, don't ever ask your professor about this sort of thing.