ESI MAYA44 USB+ | 4-in/4-out USB Audio Interface

I am a professional DJ and on Friday night I had a total timecode failure on my old sound card. Ironically I had a spare mac book, USB cables, RCA cables, the works - but not a spare sound card.(I did the rest of the night via CDJ/USB/Ear) I realised it was time to get something little more up to date with a warranty and official support from the audio software manufacturer. I contacted virtual DJ, with whom I am a fully paid infinity member who supplied me with a list of supported hardware. This device was on that list. After some research I found that most of the other soundcards came with software such as Traktor, serato or VDJ and cost about £230-800 depending on version. As I already owned the software this product looked like the logical option. I was worried after someone said in a 2013 review that VDJ didnt work correctly but I can only assume support has now been added. Its worth noting however this unit does not have a phono input, only line ergo you can use DVS with CDJs but not your technics 1210s. Considering the next option on my list was a rane device for £230 I decided that this one was more then enough. I purchased it and it works beautifully with VDJ - plug & play with minimal config and no drivers required (mac). My only issue with this device is that it used a mini USB port. Traditionally they come with a B type USB which is more durable in my opinion. So I did the local thing - I purchased two for a total of £172 which compared to one rane at £230 is a no brainier. I will probably 3D print a case to protect the unit, but its so small, sleek and good value that i dont feel worried. Best of luck with your choice in sound card and if you are a DJ : One day you will leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember.

Plug and play on linux, I was able to record my mixes and rip vinyls in about a minute. Top notch.

Using with Reaper on an i7 laptop for recording. Took me a while to work out how to monitor recording microphones and live instruments without lag. I’ve had to reinstall drivers twice as they have failed hence minus 1 star. I’m sure there’s lots of features I’m not using yet but will stumble across. Manual is pretty basic so it’s a case of suck it and see sometimes. A real upgrade to the laptops built in Realtek sound card and drivers though.

Works, what more can you ask for, and cheaper then others doing the same job

Everything met my expectations, great product.

Bought this after experimenting with a Maya 44 USB card in a DJ Setup (2xTurntable + Timecoded Vynil + Macbook + VirtualDJ). That setup worked pretty well and I was hoping to replicate it with this new one. After fiddling about with it and several different configurations, couldn't get it to work as expected.I'm pretty sure it'll work on some other setup (recording, broadcasting, etc), just not for DJing.

Fantastic

After installing this, my PC experienced numerous crashes - I did all the usual stuff, turn off onboard sound in BIOS, remove old sound drivers, use latest drivers for this one... all to no avail.Uninstalled it - loaded up my onboard sound, and voila, PC stopped crashing.

Ho acquistato questa scheda audio per il broadcast audio per un'emittente web. Sono rimasto notevolemte stupito dalla qualità audio che sprigiona. L'unico "problema" (se lo possiamo definire tale) è che la qualità del suono si ferma solo fino ai 44.1kHz, e non ho trovato in nessun modo l'aumento fino ai 96kHz come da descrizione del prodotto. Per il resto, suona bene, ha le giuste entrate e uscite per fare un sano broadcast audio in streaming (consigliato però fino ai 192kbps). Consigliato.

Super schneller Versand passt alles bin sehr zufrieden würde immer wieder kaufen

Buena calidad de sonido

Nous l'utilisons sur scène.Cette interface peut boguer inopinément.Penser à désactiver les pistes sur la table avant de débrancher/rebrancher, sous peine de faire partir un missile en façade !

This is one awesome little unit. I use it with my laptop. This unit gives great sound reproduction. I also use it to interface my TV, DVD recorder, Directv, makes it great to switch between inputs without having to unplug and replug to hear a particular piece of equipment (the main reason I do this is I use headphones all the time as I am hard of hearing, and I want to hear everything thru my laptop which I use as a desktop with extended monitor, keyboard, & mouse). I have a small preamp for my phonograph and it has an extra in and out which gives me an extra plug to the ESI unit. I would highly recommend this to anyone, and the drivers now work with Window 10 as well as previous versions of Windows. I live in the country and am very likely to get hit by lightning thru the power lines and I am afraid I might lose this unit so I am ordering another one tomorrow as a backup, as this has quickly become the heart of my system and I am afraid they may quit making these.Nov 2018, It has been 2 years since I last reviewed this product. It is still working awesome with my laptop/(desktop). Don't know what I would do without it. The second one I ordered still sits in the box. Never have needed to use it. I may give it away as a present. I do not think I will ever need it. Other than a power surge or some such thing, there is not much that can go wrong with this unit. I still continue to highly recommend this unit if you have need of a great sound card, but no room to put it inside of whatever type PC you are using.