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Edirol UA-1EX USB Interface

July 11th, 2005 in Main Tags:

Edirol announced a new version of it’s UA-1 series USB Audio Interface. The new UA-1EX replaces the EDIROL UA-1X and adds support for ASIO drivers and 24 bit / 96 kHz audio. The UA-1EX features Core Audio support for Mac OSX. Inputs include RCA pin, input for plug-in powered electret condenser type stereo microphones and S/PDIF optical in. Outputs include RCA pin, 1/8″ headphone jack and S/PDIF optical output.

The UA-1EX will ship at $99.00 in the fourth quarter ‘05.

-paul.

11 Responses to “Edirol UA-1EX USB Interface”

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1 Steve Jul 14th, 2005 at 9:10 pm

I have one of the current units. For some reason, I cannot get the audio levels loud enough going into my laptop. The drivers install automatically, but I can’t adjust the input levels as I can with any other type of input (line, mic) into the PC.

Anyone else experienced this?

- Steve
2 JeffDM Jul 15th, 2005 at 3:46 am

Maybe you need to use a powered mic? That’s what the description seems to say.
3 Steve Jul 15th, 2005 at 4:14 am

Do I still need to do that if I’m taking the output from the mixer into the RCA jacks? I’ve got my levels cranked way up high, but the input into the laptop is still peaking at less than -12.

Just wondering,

Steve
4 Graham UK Nov 22nd, 2005 at 8:42 am

I got one of these for the Mac Mini (which is kind of short on the audio side). It’s incredible! None of the crappy audio crackles I was getting with the Griffin iMic and no interference from other devices. Sound quality is awesome. Very highly recommended!
5 Pilot Mike Nov 27th, 2005 at 9:18 pm

I use the Griffin iMic with my Tapco 6 with no noise problems (now).

The “crackles” with the iMic USB are due to the sample rate being set wrong on the Mac. A bug in Audacity chnages the rate on the iMic input port to 41000Hz when it should be 480000Hz-2ch.

http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.pl?MacBugs

Run the Audio-MIDI tool in Applcations->Utiities and set the rate correctly for the iMic USB device as above and the crackles will be gone (until the next time Audacity screws it up).
6 Brandon Carpenter Feb 13th, 2006 at 7:59 pm

Would someone please recommend a good plugin powered mic for use with this USB interface?
7 Administrator Feb 14th, 2006 at 10:22 pm

Brandon,

head over to the forum for more info -

http://www.podcastrigs.net/forum

-ptfigg.
8 Ada Padron May 1st, 2006 at 5:03 am

I have more than 100 old MiniDiscs digitally recorded and a Sony MDS-S39 with Digital Output for Tosslink Cable. Till today, i am not been able to upload all those files into my p/c,… Do you think that this Edirol UA-1EX USB Interface will be helpfull? can i tranfer or record digitally into my p/c all the audio files in my MiniDiscks????
9 Jack Smithe Jun 24th, 2006 at 7:39 am

keywords: edirol UA-1EX usb, “24-bit bug”, “only 16 bits possible”, “16 bits per sample”, problem, not working with 24 bits

Has anyone had any trouble getting true 24-bit samples out of this edirol device? Mine, no mater what I do, always produces only 16 bits (this is true using Audition, Audacity, and Samplitude 2496). I.e., even if I set the interal mode to 24 or 32 bits, I can *never* get a sample out of the thing larger than 32768!!

Thanks!
10 Alex Shturman Sep 12th, 2006 at 7:10 am

Ada Padron
>No, it won’t record the digital source when the source has ‘copyright’ protected signal.

I have a question for owners of this device:

Do you know any technical specifications ? D/A parameters?
I couldn’t find anything….
11 Administrator Sep 12th, 2006 at 2:21 pm

Alex,

Check the following page, as well as the direct link to the product manual:

http://www.roland.com/products/en/UA-1EX/index.html

-ptfigg.