High Quality 4-in / 4-out PCIe Audio Interface User’s Guide
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ESI MAYA44e INDEX 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Description of MAYA44e ............................................................................................................ 4 2.1 PCIe card connectors ........................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Breakout Cable......................
ESI MAYA44e 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the ESI MAYA44e, 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 MAYA44e 5. MIDI & S/PDIF: connects to the breakout cable for MIDI and S/PDIF I/O 6. Optical Out: optical digital S/PDIF output 2.2 Breakout Cable MAYA44e comes with a special breakout cable. This cable provides coaxial S/PDIF inputs and outputs and 16 MIDI I/O channels via one MIDI input and one MIDI output. 2.3 Minimum System Requirements - Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz CPU or equivalent and compatible AMD CPU - 512 MB RAM - Direct X 8.
ESI MAYA44e Disconnecting the Power Cord Refer to your computer user’s manual and remove the computer cover. Make sure that you have an available PCIe slot on your motherboard to install the MAYA44e. Removing the computer cover To avoid possible static shock damage to the computer parts, discharge it by touching the computer case or something grounded. We recommend you use an anti-static device such as an anti-static wristband. When holding the MAYA44e card, touch only the guide or the edge of card.
ESI MAYA44e If a faceplate or cover is behind the PCIe slot, you can remove it by removing the screw holding it in place or by prying it off with a screwdriver. Removing the slot faceplate Insert the MAYA44e card into the PCIe slot, firmly pushing the card into the slot until it is seated securely. Replace the screw, and tighten. MAYA44e Installed in a PCIe 1x slot, next to two standard PCI slots Once finished, close the computer case. 4.
ESI MAYA44e Select No, not this time and click Next. On the following dialog select Install from a list or a specific location (Advanced) and click Next. The dialog below will appear. Make sure to select Search for the best driver in these locations and below that only select Include this location in the search. Via Browse, you can select the folder that contains the driver data. If you install from the original CD, select your CD-/DVD-drive and the \Windows folder.
ESI MAYA44e Windows will now prompt you to confirm the Windows Logo testing in the Hardware Installation dialog with Continue Anway before the driver installation proceeds. After some time, the installation of the ESI MAYA44e Controller device will be completed and you need to click Finish. Once this is done, the Found New Hardware Wizard will automatically appear again. Please follow the exact steps one more time, this time to install the ESI MAYA44e Audio device.
ESI MAYA44e If the following window on the left will appears, click on Browse my computer for driver software (advanced) in order to show Windows where the driver files are located. The dialog on the right will appear. Via Browse, you can select the folder that contains the driver data. If you install from the original CD, select your CD-/DVD-drive and the \Windows folder. Otherwise select the folder that contains the unzipped driver data from our website. Once done, click Next.
ESI MAYA44e 5. Connecting External Devices 5.1 MAYA44e Line Connectors The line input and line output connectors of MAYA44e are unbalanced stereo, using a 1/4" TRS connection. This means that in order to have separate stereo connectors, you might need to use a special cable that is shown on the following picture. It converts one stereo (seen on the left) 1/4" jack with two mono (typically left/white and right/red) 1/4" jacks for the separate mono signals.
ESI MAYA44e Instrument and Microphone Inputs MAYA44e has a built in professional microphone preamp with +48V phantom power support. You can connect a dynamic microphone as well as a condenser microphone to the top input. INPUT 1/2 has to be switched to accept microphone signals in the Control Panel (see chapter 6 of this manual). If you use a condenser microphone, you need to enable +48V in the Control Panel as well. Please make sure to use a fully balanced XLR to TRS microphone cable.
ESI MAYA44e S/PDIF and MIDI I/O MAYA44e provides an optical and coaxial (via breakout cable) S/PDIF digital output. You can use this to send signals to the digital input of an MD Player, CD Recorder, DAT-Recorder or Digital Mixer. Via the breakout cable, there is also a coaxial S/PDIF input via the breakout cable that you can use to record signals from devices with a coaxial S/PDIF output. The Control Panel (see chapter 6 in this manual) allows you to control S/PDIF input and output parameters.
ESI MAYA44e 6.1 Pull-Down Menus File – Exit: will close the MAYA44e control panel window but it will not shut down the control panel. You can always launch control panel the by clicking ESI icon on the system tray. Config – Mouse Wheel: controls the increment at which the volume is adjusted when using a mouse wheel. The adjustment step is from 1 to 8. Config – Latency: adjusts the latency (also often referred as buffer size) of MAYA44e.
ESI MAYA44e Level faders: these faders allow you to adjust the input level for the analog input 1/2 and 3/4. The levels can be set using the mouse, mouse wheel, or cursor keys. Depending on the Link setting (refer to section 6.1), you can control left an right channels simultaneously or independently. Mute buttons: this button allows you to mute the input signal on channel 1/2 or on channel 3/4. When the button is red, mute is enabled – otherwise disabled. 6.
ESI MAYA44e DirectWIRE Panel Click on DirectWIRE on the MAYA44e control panel. The DirectWIRE dialog as shown below will appear. DirectWIRE digital virtual wiring technology, developed by ESI, routes audio streams internally within applications using standard audio drivers such as WDM, ASIO and MME, even when they are running at the same time. The number on the row represents the input or output port. The columns represent ins and outs (on and off) of the respected drivers.
ESI MAYA44e Example 2. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to Example 3. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to Cubase, Logic, Nuendo (ASIO). SONAR (WDM). Example 4. Recording from GigaStudio (GSIF) to SONAR (WDM). Example 5. Recording from GigaStudio (GSIF) to Cubase (ASIO). 7. Audio Applications This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some software applications. Please also refer to the manual of the audio software you use for detailed information. 7.
ESI MAYA44e 7.2 Cubase LE 4 MAYA44e ships with a DVD-ROM with Cubase LE 4 from Steinberg. If you are using a different recording software, you can skip this section. Installation To install Cubase LE 4, insert the DVD-ROM into the DVD-ROM drive of your computer. Under Windows, the installation will normally start automatically – if not, you can launch it manually by starting the installer from the DVD-ROM drive. To proceed with the installation, follow all instructions on screen.
ESI MAYA44e 8. Specifications 1. Sample Rates - 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz recording & playback 2. Analog Input 1) connector type: 4 channel analog inputs * 1/4" TRS (stereo) jack (line in 1 and 2) common with microphone input * 1/4" TRS (stereo) jack (line in 3 and 4) common with Hi-Z input 2) peak level: 0dBFS @ +6dBV 3) programmable gain: -48dB ~ +24dB (1dB step size) 4) impedance: 10K Ohm 3.
ESI MAYA44e 9. General Information Trademarks ESI, and MAYA44e are trademarks of EGOSYS, Inc. and 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.
