Akai EIE Tabletop USB Audio & MIDI Interface

One convenient box connects all of your music gear to your computer.

The EIE is all about plug and play convenience. With the EIE tabletop USB audio interface from Akai Professional, you can connect virtually any musical instrument or piece of production gear to your computer. With 3 convenient USB inputs in addition to its main USB port, the EIE enables you to connect controllers, hard drives or any other peripheral to your computer when native ports may be limited. This compact, 16bit recording interface contains high-quality components including nickel-plated input jacks, analog-style VU meters and a rugged aluminum casing for a powerful, professional, portable audio solution. The EIE interface can be used with virtually any music software program like GarageBand or Pro Tools and connects plug-and-play to Macs or PCs; there is no driver installation required.

Each channel of the EIE has an XLR-1/4" combo jack, dedicated gain-pot and mic/line/guitar switch. The EIE features 4 x discrete-design preamplifiers with 48V phantom power for use with virtually any microphone. Individual 14" nickel-plated jacks found on the back of the EIE provide you with channel inserts for processing audio signals externally. You can monitor sessions on multiple sets of studio monitors using the 4 x 1/4" balanced outputs, which are also nickel-plated. Both pairs of outputs can be monitored visually with the high-quality, analog VU meters providing classic features with modern style. For remote tracking and alternative playback, the EIE has a 1/4" TRS headphone output. High quality analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters ensure that every detail of your session or performance gets captured and played back faithfully.

The EIE interface sends and receives 4 audio channels on a single USB cable for simple, universal interface to your computer. The 3 additional USB ports allow the EIE to function as a hub as well, bridging other MIDI controllers and hard-drives to the computer. The EIE's USB interface is class compliant for plug-and-play operation with Mac OS X and Windows XP, Vista and 7. The EIE features traditional MIDI input and output jacks for playing and controlling software with keyboard and pad controllers, workstations and other MIDI-compatible instruments.

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