Professional 24-bit USB Audio Interface User’s Guide
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ESI U22 XT INDEX 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Features ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Installation .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.
ESI U22 XT 1. Introduction U22 XT offers a maximum of flexibility as fully bus powered USB device with pristine 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. Master and headphone volume as well as monitoring are controlled on the front panel.
ESI U22 XT 5. Peak LEDs, shows the input 1 and 2 input levels. 6. Mix control, allows you to control the input monitoring (i.e. whether you want to listen to the input signal in realtime or the computer playback signal or both). When the knob is turned all the way to the left (In), you can hear only the input signal. When it is turned all the way to the right (Out), you hear the output signal. In the middle position, you can hear both equally. 7.
ESI U22 XT 2.2 Hardware Installation U22 XT is simply connected to an available USB port of your computer. A separate power supply is not required, as U22 XT is a USB powered device. Simply install the hardware by plugging it into your computer with the supplied cable. USB port of a computer 2.3 Driver & Software Installation After the connection of U22 XT, the operating system automatically detects it as a new hardware device.
ESI U22 XT 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. In many cases, the Windows on the right appears then. We strongly suggest to select Yes, restart the computer now and then click Finish.
ESI U22 XT Once the system starts again and you are logged in with the hardware connected, you will see by looking at the ESI icon in the taskbar notification area as shown below, that the U22 XT control panel is now automatically being loaded: If you can see it, the driver installation has been completed successfully. 2.3.2 Installation under Mac OS X Mac OS X already provides support for class compliant USB audio devices such as U22 XT.
ESI U22 XT 4. Control Panel under Windows This chapter describes the U22 XT Control Panel under Windows. To open the control panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog will appear: The panel has the following functions and sections: INPUT section: this section controls the input monitoring volume of the incoming signal from the hardware.
ESI U22 XT 4.2 DirectWIRE What is DirectWIRE? DirectWIRE is a driver technology, developed by ESI, which can be used for routing audio streams internally within applications using EWDM Audio MIDI Drivers exclusively developed by ESI. With the DirectWIRE router, an application can record from other application’s audio outputs without external wiring or any loss of data when they are running at the same time.
ESI U22 XT DirectWIRE Examples Example 1. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to WaveLab (MME). If you want to record what's played back in WinAmp, but don't want to hear the sound, you should click the OUT button in the MME section so it'll change to OFF. Example 2. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to SONAR (WDM). Example 3. Recording from SONAR (WDM) to Cubase, Nuendo (ASIO). Example 5. same as example 4, but in addition Example 4.
ESI U22 XT 5. Control Panel under Mac OS X This chapter describes the U22 XT Control Panel under Mac OS X. After the installation, the panel can be found in your Applications folder. You can launch it in the Finder via Go> Applications > U22 XT Panel. The following dialog appears: The panel has the following functions and sections: INPUT section: this section controls the input monitoring volume of the incoming signal from the hardware.
ESI U22 XT 6. Specifications Product Overview - 2 input / 2 output USB 2.0 24-bit Audio Interface line, guitar and microphone inputs microphone preamp with +48V phantom power support line output with master output volume adjustable headphone output USB bus powered Key Features - USB 2.
ESI U22 XT 7. General Information Trademarks ESI, U22 and U22 XT 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.
