ESI MAYA44 USB+ | 4-in/4-out USB Audio Interface

I am a professional DJ and on Friday night I had a total timecode failure on my old sound card. Ironically I had a spare mac book, USB cables, RCA cables, the works - but not a spare sound card.(I did the rest of the night via CDJ/USB/Ear) I realised it was time to get something little more up to date with a warranty and official support from the audio software manufacturer. I contacted virtual DJ, with whom I am a fully paid infinity member who supplied me with a list of supported hardware. This device was on that list. After some research I found that most of the other soundcards came with software such as Traktor, serato or VDJ and cost about £230-800 depending on version. As I already owned the software this product looked like the logical option. I was worried after someone said in a 2013 review that VDJ didnt work correctly but I can only assume support has now been added. Its worth noting however this unit does not have a phono input, only line ergo you can use DVS with CDJs but not your technics 1210s. Considering the next option on my list was a rane device for £230 I decided that this one was more then enough. I purchased it and it works beautifully with VDJ - plug & play with minimal config and no drivers required (mac). My only issue with this device is that it used a mini USB port. Traditionally they come with a B type USB which is more durable in my opinion. So I did the local thing - I purchased two for a total of £172 which compared to one rane at £230 is a no brainier. I will probably 3D print a case to protect the unit, but its so small, sleek and good value that i dont feel worried. Best of luck with your choice in sound card and if you are a DJ : One day you will leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember.

Plug and play on linux, I was able to record my mixes and rip vinyls in about a minute. Top notch.

Using with Reaper on an i7 laptop for recording. Took me a while to work out how to monitor recording microphones and live instruments without lag. I’ve had to reinstall drivers twice as they have failed hence minus 1 star. I’m sure there’s lots of features I’m not using yet but will stumble across. Manual is pretty basic so it’s a case of suck it and see sometimes. A real upgrade to the laptops built in Realtek sound card and drivers though.

Works, what more can you ask for, and cheaper then others doing the same job

Everything met my expectations, great product.

Fantastic

Bought this after experimenting with a Maya 44 USB card in a DJ Setup (2xTurntable + Timecoded Vynil + Macbook + VirtualDJ). That setup worked pretty well and I was hoping to replicate it with this new one. After fiddling about with it and several different configurations, couldn't get it to work as expected. I'm pretty sure it'll work on some other setup (recording, broadcasting, etc), just not for DJing.

After installing this, my PC experienced numerous crashes - I did all the usual stuff, turn off onboard sound in BIOS, remove old sound drivers, use latest drivers for this one... all to no avail. Uninstalled it - loaded up my onboard sound, and voila, PC stopped crashing.