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1. e Max Input Level 4 5dBV max e THD N 0 003 A weighted e Impedance 500 kOhm Microphone Preamp e Type TRS 1 4 e Max Input Level 13dBu max at 20dB gain e THD N 0 003 A weighted e Impedance 2 2 kOhm A D Converter e Type 24 bit 96 kHz e Dynamic Range 105dB 60dBFS A weighted e S N D Ratio 98dB 1dBFS e Interchannel Isolation 90dB ESIO COPYRIGHT O 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 12 of 13 MARA22XTU Analog Output Line amp Headphone Output Type Stereo Phone Jack 1 4 e Max Output Level 4dBV e THD N 0 003 A weighted e Output Power 100mW Max 32 ohm e Impedance 32 600 ohm D A Converter e Type 24 bit 96 kHz e Dynamic Range 103dB 60dBFS A weighted e S N D Ratio 90dB 1dBFS e Interchannel Isolation 100dB Power Consumption e 0 85W typically 12 General Information Trademarks ESIO and the MARA22XTU are trademarks of ESI Originals Inc Windows is a trademark of the 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 Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Caution Any changes or modifications in construction of thi2. T Control Panel This chapter describes the MARA22XTU Control Panel under Windows and Mac OS X To open the control panel double click on the E icon in the task notification area of the Windows or Application folder of Mac OS X The following dialog will appear Q MARA22XTU v1 1 mm Config Direc WIRE R Help C SIO warty eoo MARA22XTU Enable r ESIL MARA22XTU LINK x INPUT TM ourPuT INPUT MOTO lt gt OUTPUT The panel has the following functions and sections INPUT section this section controls the input monitoring volume of the incoming signal from the hardware A pair of mono faders can be controlled together or individually depending on your mouse position The left fader controls the signal from the first Hi Z input while the right fader controls the signal from the second Hi Z or microphone input The Mute button Speaker icon at the bottom allows you to mute the signal A red marked Mute button indicates that the mute function is enabled When disabled the button has no red marked ESIO COPYRIGHT O 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 8 of 13 c Si MARA22XTU OUTPUT section this section controls the playback volume of the playback signal from your audio applications The pair of mono faders can be controlled together or individually depending on your mouse position perfect for stereo signals The Mute button at the bottom allows you to mute playback A red marked Mute button indicates that the mute funct
3. Cubase Logic Reason Nuendo SONAR when using ASIO Samplitude etc GSIF section represents GSIF application like GigaStudio Note that some applications support multiple driver modes DirectWIRE Examples Example 1 Recording from WinAmp MME to WaveLab MME a DirectWIRE R 3 0 SE SIC DIGITAL WIRING INPUT MME OUT IN 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 E DirectWIRE R 3 0 amp SIC DIGITAL WIRING ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 10 of 13 c Sic MARA22XTU Example 3 Recording from WinAmp MME to Cubase Logic Nuendo ASIO 8 DirectWIRE R 3 0 g SIC DIGITAL WIRING 8 Audio Applications and setup This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some popular software applications Please also refer to the manual of the audio software you use for detailed information 8 1 Windows Multimedia Setup The Windows Multimedia setup is required if you want to use your MARA22XTU as the main sound device for Windows multimedia applications Go to My computer gt Control panel gt Sounds and Audio Device Properties gt Audio Select the MARA22XTU entry as your playback device to make sure that all standard signals are played via the MARA22XTU hardware 8 2 Latency setting and ASIO applicat
4. Audio Driver by clicking Cancel to It is strongly recommended that you ext all Windows programs exit Setup before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program Destination Folder C Program Files 86 NE SIONMARA22XT U ise Installation Wizard ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 6 of 13 cz tL MARA22XTU The installer now informs you that the driver installation will start as shown on the left picture below Confirm this with Next During the following process you will see a Windows Security dialog box once or several times that asks you for confirmation to install the driver software Confirm any such dialog with Install zx ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup Setup will now prepare your system for installation of device divers During this process the system may prompt you to confirm installation of software that has not passed Windows Logo testing Please select Continue Anyway to confirm installation Click Next to continue Would you like to install this device software Bm Name ESI Originals Sound video and game cont Y 27 Publisher ESI Originals Inc Always trust software from ESI Originals inc You should only install driver software from publishers you trust How can decide which device software is safe to install You will now be prompted to connect the hardw
5. computer and turn it on Continue Anyway You can now finally click Next on the ESIO Audio Driver Setup dialog The installation is now finished To confirm this please check if the E icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below Rebooting may is required 11 16 AM If yes the driver installation has been completed successfully 6 2 Windows Vista 7 8 Disconnect the MARA22XTU before you install the driver if it has been connected already Then launch setup exe from the Windows folder of the included USB card or from a download of a recent driver from our website When launching the installation Windows Vista 7 8 might prompt a security message Make sure to allow the installation You will then see a dialog as shown on the left picture below Click Next You can define the target directory for the installation now Confirm it with Next si ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup sid ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup Welcome to ESI Ongianis MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup Destination Location program This program will install ES Origianls M amp RA22XTU Audio Driver on your computer Before you continue please disconnect your USB Setup will install ESI Ongianls MARAZ2XTU Audio Driver in the following folder audio device s from this puter system To install into a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install ESI Origianls M amp RA22XTU
6. MARA22XTU 24 Bit 96kHz USB 2 0 AUDIO RECORDING INTERFACE USER MANUAL Si ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 1 of 13 Contents Instruction Key Features Front Panel Rear Panel Minimum System Requirements Installation Process 6 1 Windows XP 6 2 Windows Vista 7 8 6 3 MAC OS X 7 Control Panel 7 1 Input Selection 7 2 Input Monitoring 7 3 SampleRate Section on Windows OS 7 4 Latency Settings on Windows OS 7 5 DirectWIRE on Windows OS 8 Audio Applications and Setup 8 1 Windows Multimedia Setup 8 2 Latency Settings and ASIO Application On Windows 8 3 MAC OS X Audio MIDI Setup 9 Sample Rate 10 Audio Quality amp Performance 11 Technical Specifications 12 General Information DAYN MARA22XTU ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 2 of 13 03 03 03 04 04 04 05 06 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 MARA22XTU 1 Instruction Thank you for choosing the MARA22XTU MARA22XTU is not only stylish it is a portable device that can go with you anywhere Offering total flexibility of an external and fully bus powered USB device with pure pris tine digital audio quality coupled with true high quality 24 bit support on the 2 analog input and 2 analog output channels provided via RCA inputs a microphone preamplifier with XLR input a Hi Z instrument input for guitars a high quality headphone output and TRS line outputs MARA22XTU will e
7. are on the next dialog that is shown below on the left Plug in the MARA22XTU Do not click Next yet Instead wait a few seconds for the automatic device driver installation You can monitor this in the task notification area where Windows Vista 7 8 informs that the driver is installed via a bubble message box a Infomation You can now finally click Next on the ESIO Audio Driver Setup dialog The installation is now finished To confirm this please check if the E icon is displayed in the taskbar notification area as shown below Rebooting may is required 10 50 AM 7 28 2014 E co Cp oa If yes the driver installation has been completed successfully ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 7 of 13 Si MARA22XTU 6 3 Mac OS X Mac OS X already provides support for class compliant USB audio devices such as MARA22XTU This means that no driver needs to be installed to use the MARA22XTU under Mac OS X Simply connect the unit with the supplied USB cable to your Mac and you can start using it We provide a control panel application that can be installed from the included USB card on Mac OS X folder or downloaded on our website To install it open the MARA22XTUPanel dmg file and then drag MARA22XTU Panel icon to Application folder You can see MARA22XTU icon on Application folder to run Controlling the basic options of the MARA22XTU under Mac OS X is mainly done via the Audio MIDI Setup utility from Mac OS X
8. asily qualify as one of the most useful devices in your studio wherever that may be If you re looking for a really powerful USB audio device that is small and that gives you maximum performance under any current Windows system as well as under Mac OS X then MARA22XTU is a device for you 2 Key Features 2 simultaneous analog input and 2 simultaneous analog output channels XLR input for built in microphone preamplifier with 48V phantom power support Hi Z guitar instrument input stereo headphone output stereo line output with 1 4 TRS connectors stereo line input with RCA connectors 24 Bit AD DA converter works with both Mac and PC 3 Front Panel The front panel has the following connectors from left to right XLR Input the input of the microphone preamplifier for both condenser and dynamic microphones 48V phantom power switch for condenser microphones Hi Z Instrument 1 4 Input the direct input for guitar instrument signals Stereo headphone 1 4 Output Volume control for stereo headphone output ESIO COPYRIGHT O 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 3 of 13 Si MARA22XTU 4 Rear Panel The rear panel has the following connectors from left to right USB port for connection to your computer Right channel of the line output with 1 4 balanced TRS connector Left channel of the line output with 1 4 balanced TRS connector Right channel of the line level input with RCA connector Left chan
9. audio production and editing applications usually provide an option inside their preferences to select the MARA22XTU as recording and playback device many general standard applications such as iTunes for example are usually accessing the Default Output device selectable in the Audio MIDI Setup dialog If you want to change settings of the MARA22XTU you need to select it under Properties For as shown in the picture on the following page ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 11 of 13 coL MARA22XTU r eoo Audio Devices Built in Microphone MARA22XTU Built in Output Clock source Default amp MARA22XTU Input Momy 2 inf 2 out Source Default Format 44100 0 Hz 2ch 24bit Integer Ch Volume Value dB Mute Master 1 Fr 1 1 2 Fr 1 1 h lar Configure Speakers 9 Sample Rate You can change the default sample rate under Audio Input gt Format or Audio Output gt Format 10 Audio Quality amp Performance The MARA22XTU can work with either 16 bit or 24 bit data transfer While 24 bit operation is desired for better audio quality 16 bit is enough in many situations and will cause less system load and provide a better performance especially on older computers Under Audio Input gt Format you can select either 2ch 24bit or 2ch 16bit depending on your requirement 11 Technical Specifications Analog Input Hi Z Instrument Input e Type unbalancecd 1 4
10. eveloped by ESIO 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 DirectWIRE also allows you to easily rip any audio stream in real time by transferring data thru DirectWIRE from MP3s live On line Broadcast and On demand content and more DirectWIRE is not available under Mac OS X DirectWIRE Panel Click on DirectWIRE on the MARA22XTU 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 ESIO COPYRIGHT O 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 9 of 13 MARA22XTU 8 DirectWIRE R 3 0 g SI DIGITAL WIRING INPUT MME OUT IN A The number on the row represents the input or output port The columns represent ins and outs on and off of the respected drivers Patch the virtual cables from one point to another as you drag your mouse point INPUT section It s used to route signals from the card s hardware inputs MME section represents general application s I O Ex WinAmp WaveLab non ASIO mode Cakewalk Audition Vegas etc WDM section represents Multi MME application s I O Ex SONAR when using WDM KS PowerDVD WinDVD etc ASIO section represents ASIO application s I O Ex
11. ext to continue testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the software vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Cancel Continue Anyway You will now be prompted to connect the hardware on the next dialog that is shown below on the left Plug in the MARA22XTU Do not click Next yet During the driver installation Windows might again prompt you to confirm the Windows Logo testing dialog once or several times with Continue anyway before the driver installation is finalised ESIO COPYRIGHT 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 5 of 13 Si MARA22XTU Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware MARA 22XTU Controller driver has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and W Infomation contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing 1 To finish the installation connect your device to this
12. ion is enabled When disabled the button has no red marked 7 1 Input selection the buttons on the left side allow you to select between the RCA line inputs on the backside of the unit Line In the XLR microphone input on the front Mic and the Hi Z instrument input on the front Guitar 7 2 Input monitoring the Mon button located between INPUT and OUTPUT allows you to enable realtime input monitoring Once enabled all incoming signals are audible through the output 7 3 SampleRate section on Windows OS under Config gt Sample Rate you can select the operating sample rate of MARA22XTU 7 4 Latency settings on Windows OS Via Config Latency in the Control Panel it is possible to change the latency setting also called buffer size for the driver of MARA22XTU A smaller latency is the result of a smaller buffer size Depending on the typical application e g for playback of software synthesizers a smaller latency is an advantage At the same time the best latency setting indirectly depends on the performance of your system For recording applications a typical latency buffer size between 4 and 8ms is standard Note that the latency has to be setup before launching the audio application using MARA22XTU 7 5 DirectWIRE on Windows OS What is DirectWIRE DirectWIRE is a driver technology developed by EGOSYS Inc which can be used for routing audio streams internally within applications using EWDM Audio MIDI Drivers exclusively d
13. ions under Windows Via Config gt Latency in the Control Panel it is possible to change the latency setting also called buffer size for the ASIO driver of the MARA22XTU A smaller latency is the result of a smaller buffer size Depending on the typical application e g for playback of software synthesizers a smaller latency is an advantage At the same time the best latency setting indirectly depends on the performance of your system For recording applications a typical latency buffer size between 128 and 288 samples is standard The default value is 256 The Config gt Buffer Number setting in the Control Panel provides an important fine tuning setting that allows you to tweak system performance Depending on your computer hardware you might need to adjust this setting if you have problems with noise or drop outs during playback or recording Typically on a modern computer system a value of 4 or slightly more or less is perfect but you might need to check what is best for your computer as every PC is different Note that these values have to be setup before launching any audio application using the MARA22XTU 8 3 Mac OS X Audio MIDI Setup An important control center of the MARA22XTU and other audio devices under Mac OS X is the Audio MIDI Setup application that you can find in your Applications folder When you launch it you can setup the MARA22XTU as your Default Input Default Output or System Output device if required While
14. nel of the line level input with RCA connector 5 Minimum System Requirements PC Intel Pentium Ill 600MHz CPU or equivalent AMD CPU 512 MB RAM Direct X 8 1 or higher one available USB port Microsoft Windows XP or Above Version Mac Power Macintosh G4 or higher one available USB port 512 MB RAM Mac OS X 10 4 or higher 6 Installation Process Simply install the MARA22XTU hardware by plugging it into an available USB port of your computer with the supplied USB cable A separate power supply is not required as MARA22XTU is a USB powered device Before installing the drivers of the MARA22XTU we recommend to check on the download section of www esio audio com for updated drivers ESIO COPYRIGHT O 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 4 of 13 gt Si MARA22XTU 6 1 Windows XP Disconnect the MARA22XTU before you install the driver if it has been connected already Then launch setup exe from the Windows folder of the included Installation USB card or from a download of a recent driver from our website You will now see a dialog as shown on the left picture below Click Next You can define the target directory for the installation now Confirm it with Next 4 ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup Welcome to ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup J3 ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup program This program will install ESI Origanls MARA22ZXTU Audio Driver Destination Location on y
15. our computer Before you continue please disconnect your USB audio device s from this computer system Setup will install ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Diiver in the follow To install into a different folder click Browse and select another foldes It is strongly recommended that you ext all Windows programs You can choose not to install ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver by clicking Cancel to before running this Setup program exi Setup Click Cancel to qut Setup and close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program Destination Folder C Program FilesXESIONMARA22XTU ise Installation Wizard The installer now informs you that the driver installation will start as shown on the left picture below Confirm this with Next During the following process you will see a dialog box once or several times that informs you that the driver software has not passed Windows Logo testing Please be assured that our drivers have been tested in various different ways and are OK to be used Confirm any such dialog with Continue Anyway s ESI Origianls MARA22XTU Audio Driver Setup Setup will now prepare your system for installation of device divers au Software Installation During this process the system may prompt you to confirm installation of software that has not passed Windows Logo testing Please select Continue Anyway to confirm installation The sofware you are ins aling h not passed Windows Logo Click N
16. s device with are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate equipment Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense If necessary consult an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions Correspondence For technical support please contact our ESIO support online at www esio audio com Disclaimer All features and specifications are subject to change without notice Parts of this manual are continually being updated Please check our website via www esio audio com occasionally for the most recent update information ESIO COPYRIGHT O 2014 WWW ESIO AUDIO COM 13 of 13
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