User Manual

ESI MAYA22 USB
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1. Introduction
MAYA22 USB is not simply another USB audio interface - it's a very stylish portable device that
can go with you anywhere. It offers total flexibility as an external and fully bus-powered USB
device with excellent professional 24-bit audio quality.
It features 2 analog input and 2 analog output channels with RCA connection, a microphone
preamplifier with XLR input and support for +48V phantom power, a Hi-Z instrument input for
guitars, a high quality headphone output and TRS line outputs. This can make MAYA22 USB
easily one of the most useful devices in your studio, wherever that may be.
Use it to record microphone and guitar signals simultaneously and then process the incoming
signals with your PC or Mac notebook or desktop in realtime and listen to the mix directly via
headphones or studio monitoring speakers. All these features are provided with a professional low
latency drivers with support for WDM, ASIO 2.0 and CoreAudio.
If you're looking for a really powerful USB audio device that is small and that gives you maximum
performance under any current Windows system as well as under Mac OS X, then MAYA22 USB
is for you. It's incredible how many functions are provided by this small device!
1.1 Features
The MAYA22 USB hardware has these main features:
1. USB connection port (connects to your computer with the supplied cable)
2. Line Output with balanced 1/4" TRS connection
3. XLR and TRS microphone input
4. input signal indicator LED
5. +48V phantom power switch (for condenser microphones)
6. Hi-Z instrument input with 1/4" connector
7. Line Input with RCA connectors
8. Stereo Headphone Output with 1/4" connection
The cool compact design allows you to take MAYA22 USB with you, wherever you go. As
companion to a notebook computer, you can take your recording projects with you. MAYA22 USB
is simple to install and even easier to use. Working with recording software has never been easier,
with the help from MAYA22 USB.