Akai Pro EIE & EIE Pro: Overview

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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 three convenient USB inputs in addition to its main USB port, EIE enables you to connect controllers, hard drives or any other peripheral to your computer when native ports may be limited. This compact, 16-bit 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 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.

The EIE Pro is a tabletop USB 2.0 audio interface perfectly tailored for your project and portable studio setups. This four-in, four-out (4x4) device features low latency ASIO drivers and enables you to record up to 24-bit resolution and sample rates of 44.1 kHz/48 kHz/88.2 kHz/96 kHz into virtually any DAW, recording or performance software on Mac and PC-based systems. The EIE Pro also houses three convenient USB inputs, in addition to its main USB 2.0 port, enabling you to connect controllers, hard drives or any other peripheral when native ports on a computer may be limited. The compact 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.

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[AkaiProVideo]

Hi Guys, the Pro features a higher sampling rate and a premium driver. The EIE is class compliant.

[Drjrecordz]

Price/??!

[guerriyero]

but the bit rate its to bad 16 bits? crap! the other things are nice how much it will cost?

[stunnaonflyrims]

I wish they had an 8 channel XLR version... that would be the most amazing device EVER!

[mnlkthms]

can i hook my mpc 5000 up to this???

[JuliusLDeane]

I'm assuming the one I'm seeing with street prices of 200us is the 16 bit? What will the pro run?

[Changafy]

how is the preamp, converter quality on this baby?

[dkyx]

I'm on a EMU 1820m which isn't supported anymore by EMU, no proper Win7 drivers and they'll probably never happen either.

The Pro seems like a quality alternative, but I can't find any data related to the A/D and D/A converters, noise levels/THD etc.

Would highly appreciate it if you guys (Akai Pro) could release some PDF or info on your site, thanks.

[rodjohaness]

OMG this is amazing. Just what I need.

[Funmichi]

@AkaiProVideo do I need to install a driver before running it? is there a cd within the box?