24-bit/96kHz PCIe Audio Interface with 4 inputs / 4 outputs User’s Guide
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ESI MAYA44 eX INDEX 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Description of MAYA44 eX ........................................................................................................ 4 2.1 PCIe card connectors ........................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Minimum System Requirements .......
ESI MAYA44 eX 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI MAYA44 eX, a high quality 24-bit / 96 kHz 4-in / 4-out PCIe audio interface, providing a number of powerful and amazing features optimized for home recording on a professional quality level and for various DJ applications. The card can easily be used by home users making their first steps in computer audio as well as by professionals who produce music on a budget, looking for a professional, yet affordable, PCIe audio solution.
ESI MAYA44 eX 2.2 Minimum System Requirements - Intel CPU or equivalent and compatible AMD CPU - 512 MB RAM - Direct X 8.1 or higher - one available PCIe x1 (or higher) slot - Windows Vista / 7 / 8.1 / 10 (in 32-bit or 64-bit) - the latest chipset and mainboard utility drivers and system updates must be installed 3. Hardware Installation 3.1 Preparation for Hardware Installation The MAYA44 eX PCIe card and other components in the computer can be damaged easily by electrical shock.
ESI MAYA44 eX 3.2 PCIe Card Installation Find an empty PCIe slot on the motherboard. If you are unsure, please check the manual of your mainboard or computer to identify the PCIe slot, or consult a computer specialist. There are different types of PCIe slot, MAYA44 eX will work both in a shorter PCIe x1 and in any longer higher level PCIe slot, however not in old standard PCI slots.
ESI MAYA44 eX MAYA44 eX Installed in a PCIe x1 slot, next to two standard PCI slots Once finished, close the computer case. 4. Driver Software Installation Before installing the drivers of MAYA44 eX, we recommend to check on the download section of www.esi-audio.com for updated drivers. The following description shows Windows 10. The procedure under Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 / 8.1 is basically identical.
ESI MAYA44 eX Now click Install. Files are now being copied. After some time an additional dialog will appear: Confirm this by clicking Next. Again some files are being copied and typically you will be prompted with a Windows Security message like this: Confirm it by clicking Install. After a while the installation then will be completed and the following dialog will appear: Once you see the window on the left, click Finish. The window on the right appears then.
ESI MAYA44 eX To confirm the completion of the installation after rebooting the system, please check if the orange color ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below. If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully. 5. Connecting External Devices 5.1 MAYA44 eX Line Connectors The line input and line output connectors of MAYA44 eX are unbalanced stereo, using a 1/4" TRS connection.
ESI MAYA44 eX 5.2 Connection Examples Line Inputs MAYA44 eX has two stereo line inputs (INPUT 1/2 and INPUT 3/4) that can be connected to any device with regular unbalanced -10dBv line output such as the output of a mixing console, a CD or MD player, a sound module, a keyboard with sound engine, a synthesizer or others. Instrument and Microphone Inputs MAYA44 eX has a built in professional microphone preamp with +48V phantom power support.
ESI MAYA44 eX S/PDIF I/O MAYA44 eX provides optical S/PDIF digital in & outputs. You can use this to send signals to the digital input of an MD Player, CD Recorder, DAT-Recorder or Digital Mixer. With the digital input, you can record signals from devices with an optical S/PDIF output. The Control Panel (see chapter 6 in this manual) allows you to control S/PDIF input and output parameters. 6. MAYA44 eX Control Panel This chapter describes the MAYA44 eX Control Panel.
ESI MAYA44 eX precise timing recording. However, the latency is also limited by your system performance. For most recording applications, select a sample size between 64 ~ 512, select 256 or higher on slower systems or at very high system load. Buffer size 48 is reserved only for very fast and reliable ASIO driver environments on fast computer systems. Note that this value has to be setup before launching any audio application using MAYA44 eX.
ESI MAYA44 eX 6.3 Output Section Mix buttons: with these buttons it is possible mix the output 1/2 and 3/4 signals to each other. This is especially important if you want to listen to the same signal played through only one channel pair on both outputs, especially with headphones connected to one of the outputs. When Mix is enabled, the blue arrow will display that the signal is transferred to the other channel.
ESI MAYA44 eX The number on the row represents the input or output port. The columns represent ins and outs (on and off) of the respected drivers. Patch the virtual cables from one point to another as you drag your mouse point. INPUT section: It's used to route signals from the card's hardware inputs. MME section represents general applications I/O (typically older versions), like WinAmp, WaveLab (non ASIO mode), Cakewalk, Audition, Vegas, etc.
ESI Example 2. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to SONAR (WDM). MAYA44 eX Example 3. Recording from SONAR (WDM) to Cubase, Nuendo (ASIO). Example 4. Recording of the playback from Example 5. same as example 4, but in addition channel 3/4 from Windows Media Player (WDM) the input signal is also recorded and mixed to the into channel 1/2 of Cubase, Nuendo (ASIO). playback signal.
ESI MAYA44 eX You will find two output devices, one for output channel 1/2 and the other for output channel 3/4. Via Properties you can define additional Windows related settings such as the default sample rate. All other important settings are handled through the MAYA44 eX Control Panel as described in chapter 6. 8. Specifications 1. Sample Rates - 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz recording & playback 2.
ESI MAYA44 eX 5. Digital Output 1) connector type: optical TOSlink 2) format: IEC-60958 Consumer (S/PDIF) 3) resolution: 24-Bit 4) digital pass thru 9. General Information Trademarks ESI, MAYA, MAYA44 and MAYA44 eX are trademarks of ESI Audiotechnik GmbH. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. The FCC and CE Regulation Warning This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
