--- product_id: 10821562 title: "Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander" price: "3305 som" currency: KGS in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/10821562-akai-eie-electromusic-interface-expander store_origin: KG region: Kyrgyzstan --- # 24-bit audio 4 outputs Plug-and-play Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander **Price:** 3305 som **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🎢 Elevate Your Audio Game with the EIE Pro! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander - **How much does it cost?** 3305 som with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/10821562-akai-eie-electromusic-interface-expander) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Stay Powered Up:** Four XLR-1/4" combo jacks with phantom power for all your mics. - β€’ **Connect with Ease:** Enjoy plug-and-play operationβ€”no drivers, no hassle. - β€’ **Expand Your Setup:** Three additional USB ports for seamless device connectivity. - β€’ **Monitor Like a Pro:** Dual monitoring systems with four nickel-plated outputs. - β€’ **Unleash Your Sound:** Record and playback pristine 24-bit audio effortlessly. ## Overview The Akai Professional EIE Pro is a versatile 24-bit electromusic interface expander designed for musicians and audio professionals. It features four XLR-1/4" combo jacks with phantom power, dual VU level meters, and multiple USB ports for enhanced connectivity, making it an essential tool for high-quality audio recording and playback. ## Description Electromusic Interface Expander Review: Great and beautiful audio interface - I'm very satisfied with this great audio interface. It's incredibly beautiful, very well builted and works perfectly! The vintage visual it's amazing and the analog VU meters turns it even beautiful. It's a unique feature at this price. The body it's very solid and resistent. It has a great performance, with a very low latency. The built-in USB hub it's another great feature, vey helpful for more than one midi controller or USB device. Keeps the table more organized. It works perfectly in my home studio and for my eletronic music productions, and is incredibly beautiful Strongly recommended! Review: good for the price, lots of loose ends though - this is a decent, cheap piece of equipment. Recording quality is fine (I am pretty new to recording/mixing) and it hasn't broken on me yet after a year of owning it and constantly transporting it from place to place. I also really like how the phantom power is divided between the inputs, which is a nice feature I don't see on many mixers in this price range. It isn't split between all four individually, but each pair of inputs (1/2 and 3/4) has their own phantom circuit. this is seriously excellent for recording a room since you can have a ribbon mic along with a dynamic mic in 1/2 (to pick up vocals or instruments) and a condenser or two in 3/4 with the phantom juice flowin' to capture the noise in the air or an acoustic instrument that would otherwise get lost in the milieu of amplified tones. However, the interface is fairly confusing once you want to start monitoring the inputs. Also, if you turn the volume knob all the way down on the four main input knobs, it seems like sound still leaks through pretty easily so there's no real "kill point" in terms of volume for any given channel. As well, 4 channels just really is not a lot after some time with the device, I have the 16-bit and 24-bit interface (the EIE and EIE pro) and I ended up using both of them to record a band so I could give the drums the mics they needed along with bass, guitar, and vocals. This in itself turned out to be kind of annoying since the EIE doesn't use a special driver, but the EIE pro does and thus they become incompatible in an ASIO setting, which means you either need to have two hosts set up to record from either interface or have a friend with another computer next to you with whom you can synchronize recordings :) As well, it can be kind of sensitive to power fluctuations. I had an SSD in my tower and whenever this interface was plugged in, there would be loud *SNAPS* in the recordings every so often which you can sort of fix with compression/EQ but still just tend to cut through everything else. However, the SSD died on me after only like 8 months of use so it may have been an issue with that specific SSD so ymmv. Drivers work fairly well in OSX and Windows (never hooked it to a Linux box), although some folks have had issues with them and they are not updated very often. Also, a quick note is that when you are downloading the drivers from Akai's website you can literally just fill out the "contact info" they require with jibberish and it will still give you the download. 4 stars for working fairly well and the fact that my SSD anecdote is most likely irrelevant. Like I said in the title, just some loose ends. ## Features - Record and playback 24-bit, 2-channel audio via USB - Four XLR-1/4" combo jacks with phantom power and gain control - Two classic, high-quality VU level meters with switchable sources - Plug-and-play operation, no driver installation required - Three additional USB ports for connecting other devices through to a computer - Four nickel-plated 1/4" outputs for two separate monitoring systems ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 3.4 out of 5 stars 111 Reviews | ## Images ![Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/819YE-0tx1L.jpg) ![Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Pndk2+cwL.jpg) ![Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Qkv8-N9aL.jpg) ![Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81xaPGEUMEL.jpg) ![Akai EIE Electromusic Interface Expander - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81wNJxckYpL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Does this record and save multiple tracks?** A: This is only an interface to do recording on your machine. This does not store anything locally. You still need software to do the actual recording/storing of files. It comes with ProTools Express which IMO sucks because you must use monitors in order to hear what you are doing. ProTools will not output to your sound card, it will only come back out the monitor port of the AKAI box. I grabbed Cakewalk Sonar from Steam and that allows me to do either up to 2 stereo inputs (1/2 + 3/4) or up to 4 mono inputs for recording and I can output to my sound card so I can hear without investing in studio monitors.Works like a charm though. **Q: So, i was hoping to be able to plug in a couple of midi controllers, a mic, and possibly a guitar. is this a possibility?** A: Long answer short, yes. I currently have 3 midi/usb controllers plugged into the usb hub then a condenser Mic and my bass xlr Jack's in the front. All 4 of those have the option for 48v power. There is also one midi in and midi out port on the back. **Q: How many headphone jacks does this have?** A: Just one official headphone jack, but you can use a splitter to be able to use two headphones. **Q: If I order this here, do I get protools?** A: yes you will have protools it comes with protools express. Akai EIE Pro USB Audio Interface FeaturesUSB audio interface with up to 24-bit recording resolution supporting all standard sample ratesFour XLR-1/4 inch combo jacks with phantom power and gain controlFour nickel-plated 1/4 inch outputsTwo classic, high-quality VU level meters with switchable sources and RED peak LEDSThree additional USB ports for connecting other devices through to a computerIncludes Pro Tools Express, a 16 Channel, Lite version of ProTools 105 Pin DIN MIDI InterfaceHeadphone output with switchable source and direct monitoring dialTable-top, solid construction with a great-looking, classic design ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great and beautiful audio interface *by N***I on June 13, 2012* I'm very satisfied with this great audio interface. It's incredibly beautiful, very well builted and works perfectly! The vintage visual it's amazing and the analog VU meters turns it even beautiful. It's a unique feature at this price. The body it's very solid and resistent. It has a great performance, with a very low latency. The built-in USB hub it's another great feature, vey helpful for more than one midi controller or USB device. Keeps the table more organized. It works perfectly in my home studio and for my eletronic music productions, and is incredibly beautiful Strongly recommended! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ good for the price, lots of loose ends though *by I***N on August 15, 2013* this is a decent, cheap piece of equipment. Recording quality is fine (I am pretty new to recording/mixing) and it hasn't broken on me yet after a year of owning it and constantly transporting it from place to place. I also really like how the phantom power is divided between the inputs, which is a nice feature I don't see on many mixers in this price range. It isn't split between all four individually, but each pair of inputs (1/2 and 3/4) has their own phantom circuit. this is seriously excellent for recording a room since you can have a ribbon mic along with a dynamic mic in 1/2 (to pick up vocals or instruments) and a condenser or two in 3/4 with the phantom juice flowin' to capture the noise in the air or an acoustic instrument that would otherwise get lost in the milieu of amplified tones. However, the interface is fairly confusing once you want to start monitoring the inputs. Also, if you turn the volume knob all the way down on the four main input knobs, it seems like sound still leaks through pretty easily so there's no real "kill point" in terms of volume for any given channel. As well, 4 channels just really is not a lot after some time with the device, I have the 16-bit and 24-bit interface (the EIE and EIE pro) and I ended up using both of them to record a band so I could give the drums the mics they needed along with bass, guitar, and vocals. This in itself turned out to be kind of annoying since the EIE doesn't use a special driver, but the EIE pro does and thus they become incompatible in an ASIO setting, which means you either need to have two hosts set up to record from either interface or have a friend with another computer next to you with whom you can synchronize recordings :) As well, it can be kind of sensitive to power fluctuations. I had an SSD in my tower and whenever this interface was plugged in, there would be loud *SNAPS* in the recordings every so often which you can sort of fix with compression/EQ but still just tend to cut through everything else. However, the SSD died on me after only like 8 months of use so it may have been an issue with that specific SSD so ymmv. Drivers work fairly well in OSX and Windows (never hooked it to a Linux box), although some folks have had issues with them and they are not updated very often. Also, a quick note is that when you are downloading the drivers from Akai's website you can literally just fill out the "contact info" they require with jibberish and it will still give you the download. 4 stars for working fairly well and the fact that my SSD anecdote is most likely irrelevant. Like I said in the title, just some loose ends. ### ⭐ Randomly disconnects and has unmanageable latency, and the first input doesn't work *by N***Y on September 15, 2013* Coming out of the box, it seems like a solid, well built unit with all the features one could want. 4 inputs and outputs, MIDI in/out, 4 sends, cool VU meters, and a USB hub! Unfortunately it's hindered by a couple of showstopping defects: The drivers are awful. I used 2.2.5 (for Mac OS X), and the control panel would not let me change the buffer length. It randomly disconnects and reconnects. It momentarily disappears from the audio drivers menu before reappearing, while making a faint "popping" noise through your speakers. Obviously, random disconnects of your audio device throw your DAW for a loop, at best stopping the sound and at worst crashing the whole thing. Sometimes when I connect it, the latency is great and I can record with no problem. Other times, it appears to have a half-second lag in both recording and playback. Unmanageable. Sometimes it seems like it sets its own buffer length way too short, because all the sound coming out is crackly and lo-fi. Or it might be truncating the 24-bit recording down to 16-bits. I don't know for sure, but either way it sounds AWFUL and you can't use it. All of these problems are present with nothing plugged into the USB hub on the back, but I noticed the more USB devices you add, it gets even worse. Finally, when I initially got it all 4 inputs worked, but after 2 days the first input stopped working completely. Even when disconnected from a computer, you can directly monitor the inputs with your headphones and watch the VU needle bounce. On my unit, this works for inputs 2, 3, and 4, but not 1, even with the gain cranked all the way up. In short, my unit was unusable. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kg/products/10821562-akai-eie-electromusic-interface-expander](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/10821562-akai-eie-electromusic-interface-expander) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kyrgyzstan* *Store origin: KG* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*