E-MU’s new 1616M and 1616 CardBus Digital Audio Systems are the mostpowerful and portable laptop audio systems ever created. The E-MU 1616M and 1616 include a PCMCIA card and compact MicroDock audio/MIDI interface that deliver the samepowerful DSP effects, zero-latency monitoring and pristine 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/Aconverters of The E-MU PCMCIA card canbe used standalone for its DSP power and studio-quality headphone amp, or plugged intothe MicroDock for a total of 16 inputs and 16 outputs plus MIDI I/O, including two custompreamps with Neutrik connectors, 48V phantom power, and analog soft limiting circuit forclip protection. E-MU’s CardBus Digital Audio Systems ship with ASIO2 and WDM driversfor Windows XP and 2000, as well as the new Production Tools software bundle thatincludes E-MU’s Proteus X LE, as well as software by Steinberg, Ableton, IK Multimedia,and many more – everything you need to create, record, edit, master and burn your music.E-MU’s 1616M and 1616 CardBus Digital Audio Systems deliver the world’s best soundquality and most powerful DSP - at any price.

The main difference between the EMU 1616 and the EMU 1616M is the M version has the best 24-bit/192kHz converters – the same A/D converters used in Digidesign’s flagship ProTools HD 192 I/O Interface, so has better signal to noise ratio's (SNR).

FREE Software Included - Cubase LE

Cubase LE is the new music production software based on award-winning Cubase SX technology featuring 48 audio tracks, VST plug-ins and full VSTi support.
Also bundled is Sonar LE, Ableton Live Lite 4, Wavelab Lite, Amplitube LE, T-Racks EQ and ProteusX LE soundmodule.