E-MU USB na notebooku byva vetsinou problem.
Nejenom ze vyrobce vyslovne uvadi:
"E-MU 0404(0202) USB S/PDIF
S/PDIF on the E-MU 0404(0202) USB is only accessible via a
multichannel application such as Cubase LE or Sonar LE.
S/PDIF will not appear in the Windows Sounds and Audio
Devices Control Panel.

Dokonce nedoporucuje jiny ASIO plugin nez je E-MU (Cubase jej pozna).

A navic:
"Windows Audio Delay,Cracks Problem
Under rare circumstances, some audio applications may delay
for several seconds before beginning to play audio.
This hesitation is caused by a bug in Windows, and Microsoft
has released a bug fix for it. This fix, which is known as
“KB 918005,” is available from their website:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918005/

Naopak si E-MU karty vyborne rozumi s RT playerem jako host aplikaci presne pro kytary (existuje i FREE Express verze).
IK Multimedia s nim umi, stejne jako rada dalsich aplikaci.