ESI Shipping the MaXiO XD Recording System

EX8000 Front Panel (Click for a close-up)

EX8000 Rear Panel (Click for a close-up)

MaXiO PCI Card

ESI is now shipping the MaXiO XD, a 24-bit/192kHz PCI Audio/MIDI interface.

The basic MaXiO XD system consists of a 2-rack space unit, EX8000, and a PCI interface. The EX8000 front panel features 8 balanced mic preamps, XLR/TRS combo connectors with +48V DC phantom power, and 10 step LED metering lights for each channel. EX8000 also offers AES/EBU and S/PDIF digital I/O, and headphone monitoring. The PCI host interface card features four E.D.I (ESI Digital Interface) connectors, each capable of supporting one EX8000 unit, handling a total 32 channels of input and output simultaneously when fully connected.

MaXiO XD is compatible with Windows XP and Windows 2000, utilizing ESI's EWDM driver, offering low latency performance

Specifications:

EX8000 2U Rack

• 24-bit / 192kHz ADC with 123dB(a) dynamic range
• 24-bit / 192kHz DAC with 120dB(a) dynamic range
• 8 balanced analog inputs with combo (XLR / TRS) connectors featuring ESI's newly developed 'XD-PRE' high precision & ultra low noise (-135.5dBu) microphone preamplifier on each analog input channel with support for +48V phantom power
• Mic/Line selection switch and gain control for each analog input channel
• 8 inserts (one for each analog input channel) with 1/4" connectors
• 8 balanced analog outputs with XLR connectors (+4dBu)
• 8 balanced/unbalanced analog outputs with TRS connectors (-10dBV)
• Headphone amplifier with volume control
• 8 channel digital I/O in AES/EBU (XLR connectors) and coaxial S/PDIF (RCA connectors) format, supporting up to 24-bit / 192kHz
• 8 channel ADAT optical digital I/O with S/MUX support
• 10 step LED level meters on front panel for all channels (input and output)
• Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz
• Word clock input: Fs / 256*Fs (via BNC connector)

PCI HOST CARD

• 32bit PCI Interface with PCI Bus-Mastering support
• PCI slot compatibility - designed for +3.3V and/or +5V PCI slot
• 24-bit / 192kHz audio interface
• max. 32 input channels and 32 output channels
• Full Duplex - simultaneous record / playback
• 4 E.D.I & 1 M.D.I connectors
• coaxial digital I/O support up to 24-bit / 192kHz
• Word Clock I/O: Fs / 256*Fs, BNC connector
• 1 in / 1 out, 16 channel MIDI
• supports EWDM driver: MME/WDM, DirectSound, ASIO 2.0
• Windows XP/2000 compatible

MaXiO XD with EX8000 MSRP US $1,999.99. EX8000 MSRP US $1,499.99