AKAI EIE or EIE PRO for live concerts

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joshrrr
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AKAI EIE or EIE PRO for live concerts

Post by joshrrr » Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:47 am

I'm thinking about getting the akai eie or eie pro for live concerts. I know there are more appropriate audio interfaces, but this is perfect for what I need.

I am wondering if the latency would be any bigger on the 24-bit resolution pro model, compared the the 16-bit resolution of the normal model. And will the latency be affected badly by using the USB expansion ports on the back of the device (with, for example, a midi keyboard or another audio device).

Help is appreciated.

Josh

crumhorn
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Re: AKAI EIE or EIE PRO for live concerts

Post by crumhorn » Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:45 pm

as far as i know the latency is not affected by the bit depth.

But buy with caution, the unit has problems on some systems. I have one PC where it works perfectly and another where it is completely unusable.

see here for example http://community.akaipro.com/akai_profe ... ai_eie_pro
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Re: AKAI EIE or EIE PRO for live concerts

Post by cpyatak » Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:15 pm

I have a friend with an EIE Pro and he's returning it -- he says it's just too quiet (output). That was hard for me to imagine, but he did everything we could think of to boost the signal and it just wasn't happening. A caution I thought I should pass on if you're planning on using it for gigging. That said, I have not used one myself.

Chris

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