ESI U22 XT Professional 24-bit USB Audio Interface

U22 XT offers a maximum of flexibility as fully bus powered USB device with pristine professional 24-bit audio quality.

The interface features 2 analog input and 2 analog output channels with RCA line inputs, a microphone preamplifier with XLR input and support for +48V phantom power, a Hi-Z instrument input for guitars, a high quality headphone output and TRS line outputs. Master and headphone volume as well as monitoring are controlled on the front panel.

On the software side, U22 XT provides low latency drivers with support for WDM, ASIO 2.0 and CoreAudio based on our EWDM and DirectWIRE technology.

Included with U22 XT is the Bitwig Studio 8-Track software, the trim and effective digital audio workstation to start producing, performing, and designing audio like a pro. With Bitwig Studio 8-Track, you can start working right out of the box without other additional software. Record and arrange, improvise and perform, or do it all at once, with this professional solution developed by musicians, for musicians.

If you’re looking for a really powerful USB audio solution for your PC or Mac to start working out of the box, then U22 XT is for you!

U22 XT is also available as a complete recording bundle with a microphone and headphone, the U22 XT cosMik Set.

Features

• 2 input / 2 output 24-bit / 96kHz USB 2.0 Audio Interface
• microphone preamp with +48V phantom power support
• Hi-Z instrument input with 1/4″ connector
• USB bus powered
• max. 24bit/96kHz
• line input with RCA connectors
• line output with balanced 1/4″ TRS connectors
• headphone output with 1/4″ connector
• ADC with 102dB(a) dynamic range
• DAC with 108dB(a) dynamic range
• input / output monitoring controlled on front panel
• master volume control on front panel
• supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 with ASIO 2.0, MME, WDM and DirectSound incl. DirectWIRE support
• supports Mac OS X (10.7 and above) via the native CoreAudio USB audio driver from Apple (no driver install required)
• supports many Linux distributions via the ALSA USB audio class support
• includes Bitwig Studio 8-Track digital audio workstation software
• includes license of inTone 2 ESI Edition from Audified
• dimensions roughly 17.5cm x 12.0cm x 4.5cm