Product Description

Echo Mia MIDI
If you're serious about digital audio, you shouldn't settle for anything less than a truly professional audio interface.... and now with Mia MIDI you don't have to. Mia MIDI offers a pair of balanced 1/4 in. analog inputs and outputs and operates at the +4dBu levels used by pro-audio gear. It combines this with 24-bit/96kHz converters and 106 dB of dynamic range for the quality your recordings deserve. Also included is an S/PDIF digital audio interface for connecting to other digital audio equipment, and MIDI input/output jacks on a custom molded cable.

A unique feature of Mia MIDI is the use of "virtual" outputs. Mia MIDI appears to software as if it has eight separate outputs, which are digitally mixed down to the physical outputs using Mia MIDI's "console" software and its on-board DSP. This makes Mia MIDI compatible with all popular multi-track software. And, with Echo's "multi-client" drivers, more than one application (such as an editor and software synth) can be playing back through Mia MIDI at the same time.

Please note that the MIDI functions of Mia MIDI only work under Windows ME/2000/XP(WDM) and Mac OS X.

Hardware Features

2 balanced 1/4 in. analog inputs with 106dB (A-weighted) dynamic range

2 balanced 1/4 in. analog outputs with 106dB (A-weighted) dynamic range

MIDI in/out

24-bit coaxial S/PDIF digital I/O

Supports full duplex 4 channel in, 4 channel out operation.

PCI bus mastering interface

+4dBu or -10dBv analog I/O on each analog channel

Software Features

Software console for monitoring, metering, and setting levels

Built-in digital mixer provides near-zero latency monitoring

Driver support for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Macintosh OS 8/9/X

Support for WDM, ASIO and GSIF

8 "Virtual Outputs"

Low-latency drivers

Compatible with all popular recording products

Technical Description

Analog Input

2 Balanced (differential) TRS connectors

Accepts unbalanced signals

Frequency Response: 15Hz-22kHz, ?0.25dB (plot)

Linearity: -120dBFS-0dBFS, ?1dB (plot)

Dynamic Range: 106dB A-weighted

THD+n: <0.0025%, 20Hz-22kHz A-weighted (plot)

Crosstalk: <0.0015% Crosstalk (plot)

Nominal Input Level: +4dBu or -10dBV (software configurable)

Maximum Input level: +18dBu or +4dBV (software configurable)

Input Impedance: 10KOhm

Analog Output

2 Balanced (differential) TRS connectors

Accepts unbalanced signals

Frequency Response: 15Hz-22kHz, ?0.25dB (plot)

Linearity: -110dBFS-0dBFS, ?0.8dB (plot)

Dynamic Range: 106dB A-weighted

THD+n: <0.0035%, 20Hz-22kHz A-weighted (plot)

Crosstalk: <0.0015% Crosstalk (plot)

Nominal Output Level: +4dBu or -10dBV (software configurable)

Maximum Output level: +18dBu or +4dBV (software configurable)

General Converter Specs

128x Oversampling converters

24-bit data resolution maintained throughout signal path

Multiple sampling rates supported: 8k, 11.025k, 16k, 22.05k, 32, 44.1k, 48k, 88.2k, 96k

S/PDIF Digital Input/Output

Up to 24-bit resolution

Coaxial connector

Consumer/Professional Switch

44.1kHz, 48kHz and 96kHz sample rates supported

Digital Sync

S/PDIF

MIDI (MiaMIDI only)

MIDI input

MIDI output

General

On-board 24-bit Motorola DSP for mixing and monitoring

Host Interface

Bus mastering PCI host interface

*standard version

**Laptop version

System Requirements
Mac System Requirements

-- Mac OS X (10.2 or later)

-- G4 or better processor (Power Mac G5 compatible)

-- 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

PC System requirements:

-- Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista

-- Genuine Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon CPU

-- Motherboard with Intel, AMD, Via, or NVIDIA chipset

-- 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)

Catalog Description

Compact PCI interface@2-channel TRS I/O@S/PDIF I/O@1x1 MIDI I/O@24-bit, 96kHz resolution

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