Maya44 Driver

[Francisco Raya]

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However, unfortunately it has turned out difficult to get detailed programming information, so I (Rainer Zimmermann) had to find out some card-specific information by experiment and conjecture. Some information (in particular, several GPIO bits) is still missing.

Note that the wm8776.c code is meant to be card-independent and does not actually register the codec with the ALSA infrastructure.This is done in maya44.c, mainly because some of the WM8776 controls are used in Maya44-specific ways, and should be named appropriately.

Thanks Martin, looking in %app data, I discovered all the folders concerning the old cubase updates, and in pro 10 the old artist files, moved to another folder for testing, cubase now starts with the card working and ready.

Thanks again.

Which output latency values do you get on esi maya44 ex without drops when playing vst instrument ?

I know it depends on the pc hardware and on the sound (multilayer) and effects.

I am interested to hear your experience. I hope someone can report values around 2 ms

My new pc is a standard PC. I use it sometime for fun to play vst instuments. Usually I have Kaway MP7 so I expect to feel no latency. I feel it above 2 ms.

The pc has AMD Ryzon 3 with 3500 kHz an 4 core processor on gigabyte ax370. Halion 6 is installed on ssd. I tested already ZOOM UAC-2 and get drops below 3 ms. In this situation the red processor LED in Cubase flickers.

Could that Maya44 ex be better on my system?

Ralf

Hello i am thinking of buying this card (esi maya 44 ex) I am using scarlet 2i4 2nd gen

will I get better latency ? can you tell me RTL 44.1hz 64 buffer with using a utility

because the reported latency is not always correct in daw.

that would help me a lot thank you.

The MAYA44 eX is a high quality ultra high performance 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 professional applications.

The latest version of our popular family of MAYA44 interfaces 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 based on the latest ESI hardware technology that is compatible with virtually any computer providing a PCIe slot.

MAYA44 eX 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 headphone output, as well as an optical S/PDIF output and an optical S/PDIF input. On the software side, an extended version of our EWDM driver with full DirectWIRE support is provided. All this makes MAYA44 eX a perfect solution for a magnitude of audio applications such as home recording, podcasting, audio streaming, multichannel playback, professional DJ and much more.

MAYA44 eX works under Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 on 32-bit and 64-bit systems. It even ships with a powerful software package, including the inTone 2 ESI Edition by Audified, an extremely powerful effect host application that allows you to process and record audio in realtime using third party VST plugins or the included ampLion Free and GK Amplification 2 LE plugins.

In order to get you started right out of the box, MAYA44 eX ships with a powerful software package for professional recording, creation of your own songs, mixing of any audio content and much more. The following applications are currently included:

inTone 2 ESI Edition by Audified is a powerful jamming tool to produce mixes of multiple audio signals and instruments, play files, change tracks, prepare streams for podcasts and recordings. As an effects host you can use it with the included GK Amplification 2 LE and ampLion Free as a bass and guitar amp simulator and much more - anything you need for your creativity!

Our website always shows the latest information on what we currently ship with our products. Depending on the production date, it can sometimes be possible that a different software package is included with the MAYA44 eX at a local reseller. The actual content is mentioned on the retail box of the product itself. If you are unsure, please contact us.

While the various other models in the Audiotrak range all sport 3.5mm mini-jack or phono sockets for their analogue I/O, the Maya 44 MkII is unique in fitting the more robust quarter-inch jack sockets. The down side is that in order to squeeze them onto the backplate alongside the S/PDIF Toslink optical and co-axial phono digital outputs, four stereo sockets are used, wired as Line Inputs 1/2, Line Inputs 3/4, Line Outputs 1/2 and Line Outputs 3/4, so you may need to buy some Y-cables with a stereo jack on one end and twin mono plugs on the other (these are not supplied).

The attractive Console utility is divided into three main areas: Input, Output and Digital. The Input panel contains four faders for altering the input gains between -34.5dB and +12dB, and these have peak-reading meters alongside to monitor incoming levels. ASIO Direct Monitoring is activated for each input pair via a Mon button above the faders, while input pair 1/2 can be switched between stereo Line or mono Mic use by selecting the appropriately named button. In Mic mode there is also optional +12 Volt phantom power, while if you have the optional MI/ODI/O module, line inputs 3/4 can be switched between analogue and digital duties.

The right-hand Console panel provides control over sample rate, either manually or automatically depending on what file format you're playing back, and displays its current value at the bottom, while the other buttons for Internal/External and Optical/Co-axial digital clock source only apply if you've installed the optional MI/ODI/O module. Both digital outputs carry the same signal, which is identical to that of analogue outputs 3/4.

Finally, there are various menu options to set such things as latency between 2048 and 48 samples and to launch the ESI Direct Wire panel supporting MME, WDM, ASIO and GSIF driver formats. As I explained in some detail in my review of their Wami Rack 192X (www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct02/articles/esipro.asp), this uses the ESI multi-client driver capability to digitally pipe the output of one driver to the input of another, so you could (for instance) record Gigastudio into Sonar or Cubase, Nuendo into Wavelab, and so on.

However, if you want the added digital inputs and MIDI I/O of the optional MI/ODI/O module, the Maya 44 MkII's combined price is 179, and here you're entering the territory of M Audio's Delta 66 (which costs about 180, and is like the 44 with digital I/O but no MIDI), Terratec's DMX 6Fire at around 165 with a versatile set of input options and six analogue outputs, ESI Pro's own Waveterminal 192M with a four-in/eight-out-plus-digital-and-MIDI format but disappointing crosstalk figures, now selling at around 180, and of course Creative's Audigy 2 ZS, which at around 165 provides six inputs and eight outputs at 24-bit/96kHz, plus all its digital trimmings.

With stereo-I/O products like M Audio's now elderly Audiophile 2496 and Terratec's EWX 24/96 both offering 10dB more dynamic range for about 120, and Emu's 1212M offering superb audio performance, DSP effects and versatile digital I/O at just 149, you might expect the Maya 44 MkII to have a hard life. However, at 129 it's probably the cheapest four-in/four-out PCI soundcard on the market, and should therefore manage to carve out a niche.

Despite an below-average audio performance by today's standards, the Maya 44 MkII is nevertheless the cheapest soundcard I know of providing four analogue inputs and outputs with a mic option, and should therefore appeal to those with a strict budget.

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