UA-1EX
USB Audio Interface
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UA-1EX: USB Audio Interface
Features
The UA-1EX is a simple ASIO-compatible USB audio interface capable of 24-bit/96kHz operation and designed to offer component-quality audio signals in and out of your computer. The UA-1EX offers excellent sound quality for connection to any RCA or S/PDIF optical device. The UA-1EX features professional A/D and D/A converters, ensuring accurate recording and playback, whether you’re recording tapes or vinyl to the computer, or just playing your MP3 collection thru a home stereo receiver. The UA-1EX also offers an electret condenser microphone input similar to the “MIC-IN” on most internal soundcards and a headphone output with volume control to quickly and easily listen to audio from your computer.
The UA-1EX is ideal for use with laptops where audio quality is all but ignored, offering superior audio quality, versatility, and the utmost in portability.
*EDIROL designs its USB devices in accordance with USB specifications and has passed all compatibility tests, which are continuously held and organized by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF).
*Must have a compatible USB host controller.
- Up to 24bit/96kHz audio quality
- ASIO 2.0 (Win/Mac), WDM (Win2000/XP), Core Audio (Mac OS X) compatibility
- USB Powered (no AC adaptor required)
- S/PDIF optical In & Out
- Supports both OS-standard drivers as well as Edirol’s drivers* (Win/Mac OS X)
*Must have a compatible USB host controller.
Specs
- Number of Audio Record / Playback Channels
- Record
- 1 pair of stereo
REC SOURCE switch = ANALOG: Full duplex (except for 96kHz setting)
REC SOURCE switch = DIGITAL: Recording only - Playback
- 1 pair of stereo
- Signal Processing
- PC interface
- 24 bits (24-bit operation is available only when ADVANCE switch = ON)
- AD/DA Conversion
- 24 bits (linear)
* ADVANCE switch = OFF: 16 bits - Sampling Frequency
- Digital output
- 32/44.1/48/96 kHz
- Digital input
- 32/44.1/48/96 kHz
- AD/DA Conversion
- 32/44.1/48/96 kHz
* ADVANCE switch = OFF: 32/44.1/48 kHz - Nominal Input Level
- Line input jacks
- -10 to +4 dBu
- Mic input jack
- -40 dBu
- Nominal Output Level
- Line output jacks
- -10 dBu
- Interface
- USB
Digital input (Optical type)
Digital output (Optical type)
* The same jack serves as both the headphones jack and digital output connector.
(conforms to IEC60958 consumer format)
*Cable length: connect to computer = 1.2 m / 47-1/4 inches - Controllers
- ADVANCE switch
INPUT VOLUME
PHONES VOLUME
SAMPLE RATE switch
96kHz MODE switch
INPUT MONITOR switch
REC SOURCE switch - Connectors
- Line Input jacks
- RCA phono type L, R
- Line Output jacks
- RCA phono type L, R
- Headphones jack
- Stereo miniature phone type
* The same jack serves as both the headphones jack and digital output connector. - Digital Input connector
- S/PDIF optical type
- Digital Output connector
- S/PDIF optical type
- Mic Input jacks
- Plug-in powered miniature phone type
- Others
- Power Supply
- Supplied from the computer
- Current Draw
- 200 mA
- Accessories
- Owner's Manual
- Compatible OS
- Windows
- Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE/98
- MacOS
- MacOS 9.0.4 or later, MacOS 10.2 or later
- Size and Weight
- Width
- 127 mm
- 5 inches
- Depth
- 61 mm
- 2-7/16 inches
- Height
- 22 mm
- 0-7/8 inches
- Weight
- 0.1 kg
- 0 lbs. 5 oz.
- * 0 dBu = 0.775 V rms
- *The specifications are subject to change without notice.
Accessories
Downloads
Updates & Drivers
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Windows 8
IMPORTANT NOTICE: When the Windows SmartScreen is displayed upon installing the driver, please perform the following procedure:
1. Click [ More info ]
2. Click [ Run anyway ]
* Skip Step 1 If your PC is not connected to the internet.- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- This is the EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Microsoft(R) Windows 7. This driver also supports ASIO (Steinberg Audio Stream I/O Interface).
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- This is the EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Microsoft(R) Windows 7 64-bit Edition. This driver also supports ASIO (Steinberg Audio Stream I/O Interface).
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
- This is the EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM).
This driver also supports ASIO(Steinberg Audio Stream I/O Interface) 2.0 - UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
- This is the EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM) 64-bit Edition.
This driver also supports ASIO(Steinberg Audio Stream I/O Interface) 2.0. - UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.2 for Windows XP / Windows 2000
- This is the EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Windows XP Home Edition/Professional and Windows 2000 Professional.
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.1 for Windows XP x64 Edition
- This is the EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Windows 98 / Windows Me
- This is an EDIROL UA-1EX driver for Windows 98 / Windows ME.
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Mac OS X 10.8
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Mac OS X 10.6 or later
This is a driver for using the UA-1EX with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
- Compatible with Apple's standards of CoreMIDI
- Universal Binary Driver (32-bit and 64-bit drivers)
- Single/Multi processor support
- Compatible with Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" as of Sep. 9, 2009
- Compatible with Apple's standards of CoreMIDI
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.1.2 for Mac OS X
- This is a driver for using the EDIROL UA-1EX on Mac OS X (Supporting for 10.5 Leopard).
- Compatible with Apple's standards of CoreAudio
- Universal Binary Driver (This driver can work on both Intel and PowerPC processors.)
- Single/Multi processor support
- Can customize driver buffer size and managing precise recording and playback latencies
- UA-1EX Driver Version 1.0.0 for Mac OS 9
- This is a driver for using the EDIROL UA-1EX on Mac OS 9 series. These cannot be used in the Classic environment of Mac OS X.
Support
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