CooSee Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 looking for a new OSX compatible SoundCard and i found this: ESI-MAYA44 XTe ! is it worth, to spend 130 € ? or is there any other compatible PCI-E Card ? thx CooSee ' Ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkillralph Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I also have this sound card but so far no luck on 10.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I recommend getting something external, USB or Firewire. You can take it with you, use it with laptops, on someone elses PC or Mac, etc etc.. http://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-6i6 for example. This gets you the same I/Os as the Maya plus MIDI and an extra headphone output. Read the user guide (click downloads) to see what you can do with it. The only (very minor) inconvenience that I can see is that it isn't bus powered - it uses an external power supply. I like the idea of using the spdif i/o as an effects send, I didn't know that was possible. I have the older version of the 6i6, the Saffire 6 USB, which I like a lot. It only has two inputs though, the 6i6 allows recording all 4 inputs simultaneously, it has two extra line level inputs on the back that the Saffire 6 doesn't have. Scarlett MixControl + driver from Jan 20th for Mavericks is here: http://beta.focusrite.com/releases/scarlett_mixcontrol/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkillralph Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I also have this sound card but so far no luck on 10.8. I try at all costs to avoid USB for the latency issues. It appears that now the ESI Maya xtE soundcard is running on my ML 10.8 system by using one of the older drivers, not the newest one. The driver that worked is MAYA44_XTe-Mac-v1_07 and is available on the ESI site for download. The 1.08 driver did not work on 10.8. All analog and digital inputs and outputs are functioning correctly. This could be an option for those needing ADAT in and ADAT out on osx86/hackintosh builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Someone who requires ADAT in their setup probably has an audio interface that costs a lot more money than what we are discussing here. I'd like to hear what Coo'see will be doing, it's easier to recommend something when you have some idea what it will be used for I don't have any latency issues with my Saffire 6, and that's USB 1.0, which is fine for recording one or two channels at a time. I did have to buy a separate USB PCI-E expansion card to get latency down, but that's a known issue that pertains only to the Saffire 6, which needs to be connected directly to a "root hub" in order to get the lowest possible latency, on both OS X and Windows. The 6i6 does not have this problem. Anyway, I imagine there would be issues if I had to use 8 inputs simultaneously or something like that, but it's just great for solo recording one or two channels at a time. Virtual instruments are fine, perfectly playable - even drums - and it (as well as the 6i6) has "passthrough" monitoring, which means zero latency monitoring while live recording. With my Saffire 6, the only way you'll see latency enough to be annoying, in a live recording situation, is if you are recording with a VST effect applied, because then you can obviously not use "direct monitoring". I'm sure the same goes for the 6i6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITzTravelInTime Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 i hope you can help me, i having trouble to record from a microphone (normal microphone from an headset with adapter for 5mm jack) attached to the 1-2 mic in port, how i get it to work? i am testing on yosemite, then i will move the card to my sierra machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 never bought a card from ESI, to expensive and there support is awful, because there's none ! they released a new version - ESI MAYA44 eX - which has macOS driver support, if someone is interested - 169 € / using - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy RX - right now, bought it for 20 € and with the modified kx driver everything's fine :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITzTravelInTime Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 never bought a card from ESI, to expensive and there support is awful, because there's none ! they released a new version - ESI MAYA44 eX - which has macOS driver support, if someone is interested - 169 € / using - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy RX - right now, bought it for 20 € and with the modified kx driver everything's fine :-) The modified kx audio driver is the kx audio driver mod by ITzTravelInTime? because if yes i am the person behind that mod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 The modified kx audio driver is the kx audio driver mod by ITzTravelInTime? because if yes i am the person behind that mod thank you so much - works perfect - i saved more than 100 bucks, because of you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITzTravelInTime Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 thank you so much - works perfect - i saved more than 100 bucks, because of you yes, and I have also dome some other test on my modded driver, I have treated the optical out of the card on Mac and it works!, but if you want to discuss about the audits rx it's better to go in the kx audio driver mod thread, because we are going a little bit off topic http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/321954-kx-audio-driver-mod-sound-blaster-live-audigy-124rx-emu-edsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITzTravelInTime Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Guys regarding the maya44 xte sound card and most of ther cards that previusly had mac support from esi, esi has updated the drivers in the last months, so with the latest driver is all working fine with the maya44 xte in high sierra latest drivers: http://download.esi-audio.com/?w=esi&p=78&g=1&l=en&os=11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Guys regarding the maya44 xte sound card and most of ther cards that previusly had mac support from esi, esi has updated the drivers in the last months, so with the latest driver is all working fine with the maya44 xte in high sierra latest drivers: http://download.esi-audio.com/?w=esi&p=78&g=1&l=en&os=11 great news - I can't believe it - maybe this will be my next Soundcard for the next decade ;-) Sorry, i'am getting old - it's better to get the new MAYA eX, which is current and also supported for OSX. Edited January 12, 2018 by CooSee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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