ESI ESU1808 - Manual (Page 4)

ESU1808 ESI
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1. Introduction
Thank you for choosing the ESI ESU1808.
ESU1808 shows the latest audio interface technology for external usage on notebook and desktop
computers. The USB 2.0 Hi-Speed audio interface for Mac & PC shows what is really possible with
USB 2.0. ESI's new USB 2 Xtreme technology boosts USB audio to a new level, providing better
performance for better results.
The 1U rack unit comes with not less than 18 input channels, 2 of them are high quality microphone
preamps with balanced XLR inputs and +48V phantom power, 2 of them allow a direct connection
of instruments (Hi-Z), 4 line inputs on the front for unbalanced and 8 line inputs on the rear for
balanced signals and there is a coaxial S/PDIF input. There are 8 balanced analog output channels,
one channel pair is also provided as coaxial S/PDIF output. Last but not least ESU1808 comes with
a MIDI I/O port providing 16 input and 16 output channels.
All this makes ESU1808 a product that defines new standards for USB audio for professional
applications. Never before you have seen this number of I/O channels on a USB audio product in
this price range.
1.1 What’s in the box
- ESU1808 USB audio interface as 1U rack device
- Steinberg Cubase LE 4 DVD-ROM
- ESI ESU1808 Driver CD-ROM (incl. additional bundle software)
- User’s Guide
- USB cable
- external power supply
- cable for external power supply
1.2 Key Features
- 18-in / 8-out multi purpose USB 2.0 audio interface
- 2 microphone inputs with gain control, +48V phantom power, peak LEDs
- 2 Hi-Z inputs for direct instrument recording, peak LEDs, gain control
- 4 unbalanced (or balanced) line level inputs on front (1/4" TRS, -10dBv/+4dBu, ADC 107dB[a])
- 8 balanced (or unbalanced) line level inputs on back (1/4" TRS, +4dBu/-10dBv, ADC 107dB[a])
- 2 channel coaxial S/PDIF input / 2 channel coaxial S/PDIF output
- 1 MIDI input with 16 channels / 1 MIDI output with 16 channels
- 8 balanced/unbalanced line level outputs on back (1/4" TRS, +4dBu/-10dBv, DAC 112dB[a])
- headphone output with level control (1/4" stereo phone jack)
- independent analog monitoring control with mono mix function
- 18 channel recording and 8 channel playback at the same time – Full Duplex
- supported sample rates: 44.1kHz, 48.0kHz, 88.2kHz, 96.0kHz
- WDM, MME, ASIO 2.0, GSIF 2.0, CoreAudio and DirectSound support
- bundled with Cubase LE 4 DVD-ROM
- compatible with Windows XP (SP2; 32-bit), Windows Vista 32-bit and Mac OS X 10.4