MIXVIBES Maya44 User manual

High Quality 4-in / 4-out USB Audio Interface
User’s guide

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Revision 16, April 2008
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INDEX
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................. 4
Features ...............................................................................................................................................4
2. Installation.................................................................................................................... 5
System Recommendation .....................................................................................................................5
Hardware Installation ............................................................................................................................5
Driver Installation ..................................................................................................................................5
3. Setting in Applications................................................................................................ 8
ASIO Control Panel...............................................................................................................................8
Block Diagram ....................................................................................................................................10
MixVibes DVS LE................................................................................................................................11
Mac OS X ...........................................................................................................................................14
4. Specifications ............................................................................................................ 15
5. General Information................................................................................................... 16

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1. Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the MixVibes MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION.
MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is a powerful portable audio interface that provides 4 analog
input and 4 analog output channels plus a stereo digital output and amplified headphone
output. It is very easy to use, small and powerful. With our ASIO driver support MAYA 44
SPECIAL EDITION works perfect with all current recording and sequencer applications, as
well as professional DJ applications. The USB connection makes installation extremely
simple.
Just plug it in and it works!
Features
MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is connected to the computer with a fixed USB connection
cable.
In addition the product offers following features:
1. S/PDIF optical output plus headphone output (channel 1 and 2)
2. 4 analog outputs (Line Out 1, 2 –channel 1 to 4)
3. 4 analog inputs (Line In 1, 2 –channel 1 to 4)
The cool compact design allows you to take MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION with you,
wherever you go. As companion to a notebook computer, you can take your projects with
you. MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is simple to install and even easier to use. Working with
samples or with software synthesizers has never been easier. The hardware works
perfectly with most major ASIO compatible software applications such as Cubase,
Reaktor, Reason or Live and with most professional DJ applications such as MixVibes.

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2. Installation
System Recommendation
MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is not simply a standard digital audio interface card, but a
high-resolution device capable of advanced processing of audio content. Even though
MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is built to have low-CPU resource dependability, system
specifications play a key part in the MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITIONs performance. Systems
with more advanced components are generally recommended.
Minimum System Requirements
PC
- Intel Pentium II 450MHz CPU or comparable AMD CPU (or equivalent) –we recommend
at least a Pentium III CPU with 1,5 GHz
- Windows XP or VISTA operating system
- 1 available USB port
- at least 1 GB RAM
- high quality audio software with ASIO support strongly recommended
Mac
- Power Macintosh G3 or higher
- 1 available USB port
- at least 512MB RAM
- Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
Hardware Installation
MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is simply connected to an available USB port of your
computer. A separate power supply is not required, as MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION is a
USB powered device. Simply install the hardware by plugging it into your computer.
USB port of a computer
Driver Installation
After the connection of MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION, the operating system automatically
detects it as a new hardware device. Modern operating systems like Windows XP and
Vista or Mac OS X usually detect the hardware directly and are installing the correct USB
audio drivers automatically.
You can use MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION already now in some consumer audio
applications that do not need special professional ASIO driver support. Under Windows

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this could be for example programs that don’t require ASIO like more simple DJ
applications. Under Mac OS X this could be applications like Garageband.
The following section describes the installation of our ASIO compatible special driver
software under Windows XP. The procedure is similar with other versions of Windows.
Installation under Windows XP
Unplug the device before you start the installer. Then launch setup.exe from the MAYA44
folder of the included driver CD, from a download of a recent driver from our website or at
the end of the DVS LE setup. You can select the language used for installation and then
the following dialog appears:
Choose Install the driver. The following window appears:
Accept the license agreement and then click on Install. Now 1:1 follow the instructions on
screen through out the installation process.

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The installer will instruct you to plug-in the USB device to the computer. The detection can
always take a moment.
If you are told proceed to the above displayed step, please unplug the device again, before
you will be told to plug it in again. If that happens, please wait again until the detection (like
described above) is completed.

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The completion of the installation can be confirmed on the screen above with Exit.
Congratulations! You have now completed the installation of the special ASIO driver
successfully and the installation of MAYA 44 SPECIAL EDITION has been completed now.
With the installer, you can also remove the driver again. If you want to do that, launch
setup.exe again and then choose the option Uninstall the driver.
3. Setting in Applications
This chapter contains basic configuration examples for some popular software
applications. Please always also refer to the manual of every audio software you use for
detailed information.
ASIO Control Panel
Nearly every ASIO application provides you with an ASIO Control Panel (in the audio
device settings). In most ASIO applications, you can use following settings as default (see
following page):

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System Performance changes buffer sizes and latencies. Higher values allow the use of
more plug-ins, effects etc. at the same time but aren’t fun playing virtual instruments live.
If you open the Controls tab within the ASIO control panel, you’ll see the mixer window
shown below:
You can control the input monitor level, the input level and the output level from here. If
you’re not clear with this chapter, please refer to the block diagram on the following page.

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1. Monitor Level Control Section
This section can be used to control the input monitor level. You can monitor the signals
through the input channel 1,2 and input channel 3,4 individually and/or simultaneously. It
will not affect the actual input level from the source. Even if these faders are muted, you
can still record the signals from the source, but you are not able to listen to (= monitor) the
input source through the analog output.
2. Input Level Control Section
This section controls the real input level through the input ports. You can control all 4
inputs using the one set of the stereo faders.
3. Output Level Control Section
These are the master output level faders. You can control all the outputs using the single
set of the stereo master fader, except the digital optical output. You can control the
monitoring level of the input source through the input ports and/or the playing out level of
the wave file through the analog output ports.
Please note that the headphone output signal is the mixed signal from analog out 1, 2 and
analog out 3, 4. Please also note that the analog headphone output and the digital optical
output share the same connector, i.e. they cannot be used simultaneously.
The Gang mode links the left and right faders of each channel together for easier stereo
operation. Deselect Gang if you need to control the left and right levels independently.
Block Diagram