ESI MAYA44e Manuale utente
High Quality 4-in / 4-out
PCIe Audio Interface
User’s Guide
ESI - Copyright © 2008
Revision 1, December 2008
www.esi-audio.com
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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. Driver Software Installation .......................................................................................................7
4.1 Windows XP........................................................................................................................................................7
4.2 Windows Vista.....................................................................................................................................................9
5. Connecting External Devices....................................................................................................11
5.1 MAYA44e Line Connectors..............................................................................................................................11
5.2 Connection Examples ........................................................................................................................................11
6. MAYA44e Control Panel ..........................................................................................................13
6.1 Pull-Down Menus..............................................................................................................................................14
6.2 Input Section......................................................................................................................................................14
6.3 Output Section ...................................................................................................................................................15
6.4 Digital Section ...................................................................................................................................................15
6.5 DirectWIRE .......................................................................................................................................................15
7. Audio Applications.....................................................................................................................17
7.1 Windows Multimedia Setup...............................................................................................................................17
7.2 Cubase LE 4.......................................................................................................................................................18
8. Specifications..............................................................................................................................19
9. General Information..................................................................................................................20
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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.
MAYA44e provides 2 stereo analog line inputs, 2 stereo line outputs, a microphone input with
+48V phantom power and preamp, a Hi-Z guitar instrument input, a MIDI I/O interface with 16
input and 16 output channels, as well as an optical and coaxial S/PDIF output and a coaxial S/PDIF
input (via the included breakout cable).
2. Description of MAYA44e
2.1 PCIe card connectors
1. INPUT 1/2: analog line input connector (stereo) / microphone input (mono)
2. INPUT 3/4: analog line input connector (stereo) / Hi-Z instrument input (mono)
3. OUTPUT 1/2: analog line output connector (stereo) / headphone output (stereo)
4. OUTPUT 3/4: analog line output connector (stereo) / headphone output (stereo)
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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 8.1 or higher
- one available PCIe 1x or PCIe 16x slot
- DVD-ROM drive (for Cubase LE 4 installation)
- internet connection (for Cubase LE 4 activation)
- recent version of Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or higher) or Windows Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)
- the latest chipset and mainboard utility drivers for your system must be installed
3. Hardware Installation
3.1 Preparation for Hardware Installation
The MAYA44e PCIe card and other components in the computer can be damaged easily by
electrical shock. You should use an anti-static device that can discharge the static electricity of your
body to avoid potential static damage to the cards. If you do not feel capable of installing a PCIe
card into your computer please contact a computer specialist.
Turn off the computer power and remove the power cable from your computer power supply.
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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. Do not grab the card
by the board or connector.
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, MAYA44e will work both in a shorter PCIe 1x and in a longer PCIe
16x slot, however not in old standard PCI slots.
Typical PC Motherboard Slot Configuration
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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. 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
New Hardware Wizard window will appear as seen on the following picture on the left.
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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. Otherwise select
the folder that contains the unzipped driver data from our website. Once done, click Next.
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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. After that is
finally confirmed on the last dialog via Finish, the MAYA44e driver software has been completely
installed. To confirm this, please check if the ESI icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area
as shown below.
If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully. Note that on some systems the
computer has to be rebooted (Windows will display a message in that case) before everything is
completed.
4.2 Windows Vista
Turn on your computer. Windows will automatically detect a new device installation and the Found
New Hardware window will appear as seen on the following picture.
Select Locate and install driver software (recommended). Insert the driver CD only if you are
installing the original driver from the CD. If you are installing an updated driver from our website,
proceed by clicking on I don’t have the disc. Show me other options. on the following dialog.
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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.
Windows will now prompt you to confirm the installation in the Windows Security dialog with
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.
If yes, the driver installation has been completed successfully.
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