Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by GuitarPhil » Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:54 pm

Hi dubhausdisco, just wanted to say I finally got around to buying the AKAI EiE. When the guy in the store handed it to me the first impression was "Wow, this is a solid piece of kit!"

I had brought my iPad with me and we checked that everything worked. Now I am getting familiar with it at home. I must say I love the headphone/monitoring setup - very useable.

Thanks for your advice at the start of the month :D

Phil.

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Dubhausdisco » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:22 pm

You are very welcome!
I've recently hooked up my old Ashly compressors to the inserts... Lots of fun!
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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Matt Guitar » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:30 pm

Hi all, thought I'd chime back in... I think I'm gonna grab the eie now after your
last posts. All still working well??

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Dubhausdisco » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:30 am

Still working great!
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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by SILIS101 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:18 am

I bought the Akai EIE (NOT PRO) because of this thread.

It was on sale at Guitar Center's website for $136 as of Feb 20, 2013.

It works without a powered USB hub.

Very nice build quality, not a toy.

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Matt Guitar » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:09 pm

Got my EIE!! Seems great, can't wait to get stuck right into it... Does anyone know if there is a way to use a USB microphone with it?? I have a yeti blue which works great and would be awesome if it can be connected. Is there such thing as a USB to Xlr adapter or is there another way around it?

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Matt Guitar » Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:39 pm

Anyone?

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by supanorton » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:45 pm

Matt Guitar wrote:Got my EIE!! Seems great, can't wait to get stuck right into it... Does anyone know if there is a way to use a USB microphone with it?? I have a yeti blue which works great and would be awesome if it can be connected. Is there such thing as a USB to Xlr adapter or is there another way around it?
I don't think the Yeti needs an interface, just a powered hub and camera connection kit.

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Matt Guitar » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:52 pm

Yeah, it works with ipad just want to use it through EIE with other microphones...

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Dubhausdisco » Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:40 am

Matt,
You cannot use a USB mic with the EIE.
Even if you could, the yeti has a fixed sample rate of 48khz,
and the EIE is fixed at 44.1khz.
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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by pitzipado » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:58 am

Hello fellow auriaers your encouraging words
on performance of the EIE have put me of a mind
to aquire one for my modest needs. I assume it doesn't
ship with a cable so my question based on study of
the backside photo(enlarged) would be is the output
connecter next to the usb icon a standard B?
Do you need an adapter or special cable to get
into the cckit? I'm pretty new to computers of
any kind- thanks so much to everyone sharing
their knowledge/experience    jp

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by Matt Guitar » Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:32 pm

Thanks Dubhaus

Didn't think so but worth asking. Will look into other mics as well...

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Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro

Post by pitzipado » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:05 pm

Re: Akai EIE Vs Akai EiE Pro
by pitzipado » Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:58 am

Hello fellow auriaers your encouraging words
on performance of the EIE have put me of a mind
to aquire one for my modest needs. I assume it doesn't
ship with a cable so my question based on study of
the backside photo(enlarged) would be is the output
connecter next to the usb icon a standard B?
Do you need an adapter or special cable to get
into the cckit? I'm pretty new to computers of
any kind- thanks so much to everyone sharing
their knowledge/experience    jp
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With a little more research I found a dealer that included photos of everything shipped
and there was the A to B cable! So it's EEE-YI-EEE iO off to multitrack I go

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