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| denhock |
 Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject: ESI Professional concerned about M-Audio Studiophile BX5a |
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ESI Professional wants to inform its worldwide customers about the design similarities of the new M-Audio Studiophile BX5a monitoring speakers and the top-selling ESI nEar05 eXperience monitoring speakers. The new M-Audio Studiophile BX5a replicates many of the distinctive cosmetic design features and most technical design features of the ESI nEar05 eXperience. The main technical specifications of both products are identical, including the used materials, including the basic design of electronics, and even including the meassurements down to the mm of the cabinet given in the specification tables. A close look on the back panel of the M-Audio Studiophile BX5a even shows that the position of every single cabinet screw as well as screws to fix the internal electronic parts are matching the original ESI nEar05 eXperience exactly.
more info: http://www.esi-pro.com/news.php?mode=view&id=56&vno=33
Hi, there,
For those whom have the ESI/Audiotrak product nad wish to upgrade to new ESI/Echo Audio prodcut, please contact / send email to:
MIDI Specialist
Lot 4.32, Low Yat Plaza,
Tel: 03-2143 1823
Email: midi1823@streamyx.com
For example, you have ESI ROMIO (USB MIDI interface) or Audiotrak MAYA44MKII, MAYA 5.1, MAYA 7.1, Prodigy 7.1, Prodigy 192 or others and want to upgrade to latest ESI/Echo audio card like ESI JULI, ESI ESP1010, ECHO Layla3G, Gina3G, AudioFire8 and othes.
Term and conditions:
1) the trade-in card must be in good condition.
2) the trade-in card will put at the 2nd hand corner for resell to othes whom just want to start to do their own music..
So, this will help you as well as hell the new comer....
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http://www.midispecialist.com
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| denhock |
| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject: Others Audio interface |
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Another review of ESI JULI@ by Star -Audiofile 19-5-205
http://202.186.86.35/audio/story.asp?file=/2005/5/19/audiofile/19juli@&sec=audiofile
A sound heroine
By R.S. MURTHI
Model: ESI Juli@ 24-bit/192kHz 4x4 reference audio interface
Price: RM750
Distributed by BUILD TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY (Tel: 03-7955 3699)
WHEN it comes to finding a suitable audio interface for PC-based recording, there’s only one thing that matters: It has to be specifically tailored to meet your home-tracking needs.
All those super-hyped multimedia cards going for incredibly low prices may come with an impressive array of features to let you make music in addition to handling gaming duties. But chances are, the sound you’re gonna hear from these dolled-up jacks-of-all-trades won’t be as sweet as that produced by a dedicated digital audio interface card tweaked for pro-level performance.
Which brings us to ESI’s Juli@, a 24-bit/ 192kHz 4x4 audio/MIDI card that’s not only spec’d to take home recording to a higher level, but also offers some interesting options for penny-pinching closet musicians trying to get the most out of the least.
Attractively packaged in a book-like box with a transparent panel inside to display its white beauty with gold trimmings, Juli@ sounds as fetching as she ... er ... it looks!
Now for some chip-chat
The package contains the Juli@ PCI card, a breakout cable for S/PDIF (coaxial) and MIDI interfaces, a CD with drivers, a CD with a special version of Ableton Live (with a 50% discount coupon in case you decide to buy the full version), and a clearly written user’s guide with helpful illustrations.
BOXED SOLUTIONS: We kid you not, the ESI Juli@ 24-bit/192 kHz 4x4 reference audio interface is what you'll really need to get those home recordings up to scratch.
The first thing you notice about the card are the unique swappable analogue I/O sockets. Out of the box, the card is set up for use with consumer-level unbalanced RCA-type sockets.
But for high-resolution recording, you need to swap out these inferior connections for the superior quarter-inch balanced TRS I/Os. This is a fairly straightforward procedure that involves loosening four screws, detaching the two sections of the card, switching one side over, and re-screwing.
Both the RCA (-10dBV nominal) and the balanced (+4dBu nominal) jacks are gold plated. Next to these are a port for a breakout cable and an S/PDIF optical output that allows loss-less 24-bit data transfer at up to 96kHz sample rate.
The breakout cable comes with 24-bit/ 192kHz coaxial and 16-channel MIDI I/Os.
The main DSP chip on Juli@ is a VIA Envy24HT-S (24-bit/192kHz with three output I2S/AC and two input I2S/AC links) and the digital transceiver is an AKM AK4114 (eight inputs, two outputs). An eight-channel multi-bit DAC AKM AK4358 and ADC AKM AK5385A handle delay-free conversion at 24bit/192kHz. If you’re chip-savvy, you’d know these are choice parts.
To take full advantage of Juli@’s advanced audio-processing capabilities, you need to have at least an Intel Pentium III CPU, 265MB of RAM, one free PCI slot, and at least a 5,400rpm UDMA 66/100-supporting hard drive, with Microsoft 98SE/ME/2000/XP OS.
Installing the card is a simple operation, though if it’s your first time, make sure you hold the card by the edges and gently click it into position.
Driver installation is also a breeze, and ESI’s proprietary Enhanced Audio MIDI Driver (E-WDM) is designed to optimise the performance of Microsoft’s WDM drivers. There’s also ASIO 2.0 support for low latency (3ms) performance on such platforms as Cubase, Nuendo, Logic, Reason and Sonar, MME support for WinAmp, CoolEdit, Cakewalk and Vegas, WDM support for Sonar, PowerDVD and WinDVD, and GSIF support for GigaStudio 2.42 or higher.
The Juli@ console, with a pull-down menu bar, offers useful visual cues for input/output levels and allows you to seamlessly control monitoring levels.
In addition, there’s DirectWIRE 3.0, a visual signal router that lets you virtually rewire audio streams.
The sound of music
Shakespeare’s tragic heroine may have inspired the punny (some would say silly) name, but there’s nothing sad about this Juli@. The sound, as you’d expect from such a classy audio-processing device, is compellingly crisp, clean and clear.
I used the RCA jacks first to test the card’s consumer-level performance. Needless to say, even with these lowly connections, Juli@ was a joy to hear.
IN YOUR HANDS: Pristine computer-based recordings will always be in your hands with the ESI Juli@.
Starting out by playing MP3 files – the audio version of fast food – at 128kb/ps or higher, I was quite impressed by the smooth reproduction.
Of course, there was more body and suppleness in the audio stream when I moved on to standard pre-recorded audio CDs (16-bit/44.1kHz) and some original stuff I’d recorded.
To test the resolution at higher sample rates, I opened Cakewalk’s Music Creator Pro24 and recorded some improvised guitar tunes at 24-bit/48kHz. There was an immediately noticeable sonic elevation.
My ears may not be functioning as well as they used to, but I couldn’t really discern any difference between what I heard during recording and what I heard on playback.
There was some latency – still an inescapable part of PC recording – in laying down the parts, but it wasn’t too distracting.
My next card-testing project was a virtual collaboration on Neil Young’s Rockin’ In The Free World with a bunch of cyber-buddies.
The basic stereo mix – with rhythm guitars and drums – was sent to me in MP3 (128kb/ps) format, which I transferred digitally via Juli@’s optical output to my Korg D1200. The MP3 sound wasn’t that great to begin with, but the transfer was more than acceptable. I managed to enhance the clarity with some compression and EQ, and the final mix didn’t sound too shabby. You can judge for yourself by surfing over to
www.i-bands.net/audiovault/bands/1682/music.php.
Other digital transfers of music from the Net were also achieved without any noticeable loss of quality.
The MIDI I/Os, which were great for editing the presets on my Behringer V-Amp 2 and Yamaha AN200/DX200 groove-boxes, also got a thorough workout. I hooked up my Korg Prophecy (Ed: “That used to belong to me!”) to fool around with Korg’s demo version of its acclaimed Legacy softsynths and Arturia’s demo virtual versions of classic synths like the ARP2600 and the Minimoog.
I had to re-adapt to the latency (definitely more than 3ms) after a long layoff, but it didn’t take me long to get used to the delayed-reaction phenomenon that’s a part and parcel of complex audio-processing on the PC.
I wasn’t dying to test the 16-channel capacity of the MIDI I/Os – multi-channel MIDI sequencing only had me really juiced in the late 1980s – but it was good to know that I didn’t have to spend extra money in case I needed to do some complex MIDI programming.
Go grab her!
While loads of musicians are now recording music at home on their PCs, the fact remains that many are not aware that the quality of their recordings is largely dependent on how good their soundcards are at processing digital content.
More than the kind of recording software they use, it’s the audio interfaces in their machines that determine how good their music will sound. Which is why something as affordable and extensively spec’d as Juli@ deserves their immediate attention.
This is a card that meets all the important requirements for PC recording. And on top of that, it performs like a dream. So Romeo, go grab your Juli@ now!
For: Excellent sound; swappable I/O sockets are neat; MIDI/S/PDIF breakout cable is a real bonus; almost future-proofed with its 24-bit/192kHz data processing capability.
Against: For the price, nothing I can think of.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject: ESI Professional concerned about M-Audio Studiophile BX5a |
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ESI Professional wants to inform its worldwide customers about the design similarities of the new M-Audio Studiophile BX5a monitoring speakers and the top-selling ESI nEar05 eXperience monitoring speakers. The new M-Audio Studiophile BX5a replicates many of the distinctive cosmetic design features and most technical design features of the ESI nEar05 eXperience. The main technical specifications of both products are identical, including the used materials, including the basic design of electronics, and even including the meassurements down to the mm of the cabinet given in the specification tables. A close look on the back panel of the M-Audio Studiophile BX5a even shows that the position of every single cabinet screw as well as screws to fix the internal electronic parts are matching the original ESI nEar05 eXperience exactly.
more info: http://www.esi-pro.com/news.php?mode=view&id=56&vno=33
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http://www.midispecialist.com
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