Installing a Creative card of any kind alongside an E-MU card won't work if you use the Creative/E-MU supplied drivers for each card. This is because the two cards share some of the exact same files.

Some people have reported being able to install certain Creative cards alongside the E-MU by installing the E-MU first and making sure it is up and running fine, then install the Creative card second, say NO to letting Windows find drivers for it and then installing the KX Drivers onto the Creative card.

However, and it is a BIG however, using the E-MU card and ASIO drivers should easily allow for realtime use of a DXi or VST MIDI synth in realtime. I can do it here using the E-MU 1616M and I know folks who do it all the time using the 0404 as well.

I think you are missing something in how to set things up if you are getting that kind of latency.

*Do not attempt to use the Microsoft Software Synth for playing in realtime. It has a built in delay that you cannot work around. It also does NOT work at all with ASIO drivers, it only works with the Windows Sound Drivers.

*The VSC DXi synth supplied with BIAB, which in later versions also installs a VST version, works fine as well. This synth can indeed be played in realtime easily using the E-MU ASIO driver selection. I have tested this on all three flagship PGMusic softwares, BIAB, RB and PTW.

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