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6.1 Pull-Down Menus
File – Exit
: will close the MAYA44e control panel window but it will not shut down the control
panel. You can always launch control panel the by clicking ESI icon on the system tray.
Config – Mouse Wheel
: controls the increment at which the volume is adjusted when using a
mouse wheel. The adjustment step is from 1 to 8.
Config – Latency
: adjusts the latency (also often referred as buffer size) of MAYA44e. A lower
latency is achieved by selecting smaller sample size which is ideal for software synthesizer and
precise timing recording. However, the latency is also limited by your system performance. For
most recording applications, select a sample size between 64 ~ 512, select 256 or higher on slower
systems or at very high system load. Buffer size 48 is reserved only for very fast and reliable ASIO
driver environments on fast computer systems. Note that this value has to be setup before launching
any audio application using MAYA44e.
Config – Factory Default
:
resets the control panel to default settings.
Config - Always On Top
: this enables to place the control panel on top of every open window,
which makes it easy to work with MAYA44e and other audio applications simultaneously.
Config – Link
: links the L-R faders for stereo operation. Unselect the entry, if you need to control
the levels of left and right channels independently.
DirectWIRE
: opens the DirectWIRE dialog, described in section 6.5 of this manual.
Help – About
: allows you to check current driver information.
6.2 Input Section
Monitor buttons
: with this button you can enable the input monitoring for the corresponding input
channel. When enabled, the input signal is audible via the output.
Line/Mic/+48V/Digital selection
: by default, input channel 1/2 is processing the stereo line input
signal coming in from
INPUT 1/2
(when
LINE
is selected). However, it can also be switched to
process the mono input signal from a microphone connected to MAYA44e as described in chapter 5
of this manual – for that,
MIC
must be selected. If a condenser microphone that requires power
supply is connected, the
+48V
switch must be enabled to enable phantom power. Note that
+48V
should be enabled only after a condenser microphone has been connected. Never enable
+48V
when
a dynamic microphone or no microphone at all is connected to MAYA44e. Input channel 1/2 can
also process the digital input signal from the coaxial S/PDIF input of MAYA44e. For that,
DIGITAL
must be selected.
Line/Guitar selection
: by default, input channel 3/4 is processing the stereo line input signal
coming in from
INPUT 3/4
(when
LINE
is selected). However, it can also be switched to process
the mono input signal from a guitar connected to MAYA44e as described in chapter 5 of this
manual – for that,
GUITAR
must be selected.
Gain knobs
: as the output level of a microphone typically is very low and requires amplification,
the gain knobs allow you to control the built-in amplifier in order to raise and match the input signal
in order for the signal to be further processed. The range is from 0dB to +24dB amplification.
