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ESI MAYA44e User Manual

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  • Page 1 High Quality 4-in / 4-out PCIe Audio Interface User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 ESI - Copyright © 2008 Revision 1, December 2008 www.esi-audio.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MAYA44e INDEX 1. Introduction..........................4 2. Description of MAYA44e ......................4 2.1 PCIe card connectors ............................4 2.2 Breakout Cable..............................5 2.3 Minimum System Requirements.......................... 5 3. Hardware Installation ......................... 5 3.1 Preparation for Hardware Installation ........................5 3.2 PCIe Card Installation............................6 4.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    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.

  • Page 5: Breakout Cable

    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.

  • Page 6: Pcie Card Installation

    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.

  • Page 7: Driver Software Installation

    4. Driver Software Installation Before installing the drivers of MAYA44e, we recommend to check on the download section of www.esi-audio.com for updated drivers. 4.1 Windows XP Turn on your computer. Windows will automatically detect a new device installation and the Found...
  • Page 8 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.

  • Page 9: Windows Vista

    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. After that is finally confirmed on the last dialog via Finish, the MAYA44e driver software has been completely installed.
  • Page 10 Install before the driver installation proceeds. After some time, the installation of the ESI MAYA44e Controller driver will be completed and you need to click Close. To confirm the completion of the installation, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below.

  • Page 11: Connecting External Devices

    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.
  • Page 12 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).

  • Page 13: Maya44E Control Panel

    MIDI output of such a device to the MIDI input of MAYA44e. 6. MAYA44e Control Panel This chapter describes the MAYA44e Control Panel. To open the panel double click on the ESI icon in the task notification area. The following dialog will appear:...

  • Page 14: 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.

  • Page 15: Output Section

    6.5 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.
  • Page 16 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.

  • Page 17: Audio Applications

    MAYA44e Example 2. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to Example 3. Recording from WinAmp (MME) to SONAR (WDM). Cubase, Logic, Nuendo (ASIO). Example 4. Recording from GigaStudio (GSIF) Example 5. Recording from GigaStudio (GSIF) to SONAR (WDM). to Cubase (ASIO). 7. Audio Applications This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some software applications.

  • Page 18: Cubase Le 4

    ESI MAYA44e ASIO as ASIO Driver entry. You can verify your selection by selecting the ESI MAYA44e device on the left. The dialog, now lists all input and output channels. Note that the Control Panel button has no effect. Confirm your changes by clicking OK.

  • Page 19: Specifications

    MAYA44e 8. Specifications <Analog Audio> 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"...

  • Page 20: General Information

    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.

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