New MaXiO 032 Audio/MIDI Interface from ESI

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ESI announced that it is shipping the MaXiO 032, a 24-bit/192kHz PCI Audio/MIDI interface with 4 ADAT I/O ports. The basic MaXiO 032 system consists of a breakout box and a PCI interface.

The 4 ADAT inputs and 4 ADAT outputs provide 32 input and 32 output channels, via a single PCI card and its breakout box. There is also S/PDIF I/O and a full 16 channel MIDI interface, plus stereo analog input with microphone preamps (including 48V phantom power).

Also, the MaXiO 032 system can be expanded via its E.D.I (EgoSys Digital Interface) connectors into a full MaXiO XD system by adding one or several EX8000 units.

MaXiO 032 Specifications:

• 32 channel ADAT Optical digital I/O with S/MUX (4 individual ports)
• 2 analog input and 2 analog output channels
• 2 analog balanced inputs through combo (XLR / TRS) connectors (+4dBu/-10dBV)
• MIC/LINE/Hi-Z select switch & GAIN control for each analog inputs
• High precision & Ultra low noise (-135.5dBu) Microphone preamplifier with +48V phantom power
• 8 analog balanced outputs with TRS & XLR connectors (+4dBu/-10dBV)
• Headphone output with gain control
• 192kHz S/PDIF coaxial digital I/O
• Word Clock I/O: Fs / 256*Fs, BNC connector
• 1-in/1-out 16 channels MIDI I/O
• Internal 64-ch digital mixer
• 32-bit PCI Interface: PCI Busmastering support
• Slot compatibility © designed to suit for +3.3V and/or +5V PCI slot
• M.D.I connection between PCI card and breakout box
• 4 E.D.I ports on PCI card
• Supports EWDM driver : MME, DirectSound, ASIO 2.0 and GigaStudio support
• Windows 2000, Windows XP compatible

MaXiO 032 MSRP US$599