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MOTU UltraLite Firewire Audio Interface |
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| This is a great little (half rack sized) Firewire interface from MOTU. Featuring 10 inputs and 14 outputs (inlcuding digital I/O), mic pre-amps, phantom power and a MIDI interface to boot! |
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| Product Code: |
MO250 |
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Motu |
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| RRP |
AUD $1,099.00 |
| You Save |
AUD $300.00 |
| Our Price |
AUD $799.00 |
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MOTU - UltraLite Firewire Audio Interface
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UltraLite Overview
Your compact bus-powered portable studio is ready to go
The UltraLite bus-powered FireWire audio interface delivers everything you need to turn your laptop or desktop Mac or PC into a mobile 24-bit, 96kHz recording studio with 10 inputs and 14 outputs. And because it's bus-powered, the UltraLite gives you the ultimate freedom to make music anywhere, anytime
Housed in sturdy yet lightweight aluminum alloy, the UltraLite provides 2 mic/instrument inputs with preamps,
48V phantom power, front-panel gain adjust and three-way pad switch. There is plenty of additional analog I/O
via 6 balanced line-level quarter-inch (TRS) inputs and ten analog TRS outputs for a total of 8 analog ins and
10 analog outs. You also get stereo S/PDIF digital I/O, a dedicated stereo headphone output and MIDI I/O for
your controller keyboard and other gear.
Features:
- Sturdy lightweight construction - ready to travel with you anywhere.
- Compact size (8.5" wide x 7" deep) - fits easily into a napsack, briefcase or computer bag and sits perfectly beside any laptop.
- Bus powered (requires a non-adapted 6-pin FireWire port on the computer) - no additional power supply necessary for complete recording freedom. Includes power supply for stand-alone operation (without a computer).
- Multiple CueMix DSP mixes - create different monitor mixes for the main outs and headphones. Add send/return loops for outboard gear with no latency.
- 10 inputs with 2 mic preamps and 14 outputs including separate mains - all the I/O you need.
- Discrete ins/outs - there's no channel sharing in the UltraLite; the analog I/O, mic inputs, S/PDIF I/O, headphone out and main outs are all handled as separate channels.
- Individual 48V phantom power - mix and match condenser and dynamic microphones.
- CueMix DSP" near-zero monitoring system.
- Front-panel control - access your entire mix, or any UltraLite setting, directly from the front panel.
- Stand-alone operation - program your mixes at the studio and then bring the UltraLite to your gig. No computer needed.
- Just plug in any DC power adapter (10-24 volts, tip positive or negative). Need to tweak the mix? Do it on site using the back-lit LCD and front-panel controls.
- Two mic pre-amps with switchable 48-volt phantom power and front-panel trim controls.
- Three-way pad switch (0, 18 & 36dB) plus 24dB of adjustable trim (in 1dB increments) - provides 60dB gain range.
- 18dB of extra gain for the six TRS inputs.
- Sample-accurate MIDI - connect a MIDI controller and/or sound module with no separate interface needed. MIDI I/O is sample-accurate with supporting software.
- Expandable - add additional UltraLite, 828, 828mkII, 896, 896HD or Traveler FireWire interfaces for additional I/O.
- Six 24-bit 96kHz analog inputs and eight outputs on balanced/unbalanced 1/4" TRS jacks.
- Separate TRS main outs and front-panel headphone jack, each with independent volume control.
- Stereo 24-bit 96kHz S/PDIF in/out.
- SMPTE sync and striping via any analog input/output.
- Includes drivers for Mac & PC, including ASIO, WDM, Wave, GSIF, Core Audio, and Core MIDI. Supports all popular Macintosh and PC audio software.
- 100% compatible with all host-based effects processing in today's popular audio programs.
- Includes AudioDesk full-featured sample-accurate workstation software for Mac with recording, editing, mixing, real-time 32-bit effects processing & sample-accurate sync.
- Two FireWire ports - daisy-chain up to four units on a single FireWire bus without a hub.
- Plug-and-play operation with your Mac or PC via FireWire.
- Separate main outs with independent front panel volume control.
- Front panel headphone jack with independent volume control.
- Front panel LCD metering for all audio inputs and outpus.
Connect all of your studio gear, including microphones, guitars, synths,
keyboards, drum machines and even effects processors. Then monitor all
of these live inputs via the UltraLite's main outs, headphone jack or
any other output - with virtually no monitoring latency and no processor
drain on your computer. You can even create separate monitor mixes for
the main outs, headphones and other outputs. Control everything, including
talk-back and listen-back, from the included CueMix Console" software,
just like a large studio console. If you're using the UltraLite to mix
without a computer, you can control CueMix directly from the UltraLite's
front-panel.
The UltraLite includes a 16-channel MIDI interface. Simply plug in your FireWire cable, and both MIDI
and audio are ready to go. Connect any MIDI device, such as a controller keyboard, synth module, automated
control surface or drum machine. Timing is sample-accurate with supporting software.
The UltraLite provides cross-platform compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3 or higher, Windows XP and all of your favorite audio software and host-based effects via WDM/ASIO/Core Audio drivers. Or you can use the included AudioDesk workstation software for Macintosh, with 24-bit recording/editing and 32-bit mixing/processing/mastering.
UltraLite Inputs and Outputs
All inputs and outputs are independent and available at all times.
For example, using a mic-preamp input does not 'steal' an input from the TRS analog input bank. As another example, the headphones and main outputs are available as separate mix destinations. In addition, CueMix DSP gives you all the flexibility you need. For example, you can configure CueMix DSP to mirror an existing mix bus to the headphones.
UltraLite MIDI
The UltraLite includes a 16-channel MIDI interface that provides sample-accurate timing with supporting software.
Connect a MIDI keyboard, sound module or control surface, and you are ready to go. The FireWire cable carries both MIDI and audio so you don't need to connect an additional USB cable for MIDI.
UltraLite SMPTE
The UltraLite provides on-board SMPTE time code synchronization features.
These features allow you to slave your UltraLite system to SMPTE time code without a synchronizer via any analog input. Any analog output can be used for time code generation. The UltraLite provides a DSP-driven phase-lock engine with sophisticated filtering that provides fast lockup times and sub-frame accuracy.
The UltraLite provides a DSP-driven phase-lock engine with sophisticated filtering that provides fast lockup times and sub-frame accuracy.
The included MOTU SMPTE Console" software provides a complete set of tools to generate SMPTE for striping, regenerating or slaving other devices to the computer. These synchronization features are cross-platform and compatible with all audio sequencer software that supports the ASIO2 sample-accurate sync protocol.
Tech Questions:
Can I use my MOTU interface with Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)? Does my software work with 10.4?
Hardware:
We have drivers for our FireWire audio interfaces, USB MIDI interfaces, and PCI-324 & PCI-424 cards to operate under Mac OS 10.4 ("Tiger"). The minimum drivers required under 10.4 are:
- FireWire: 1.25
- PCI-324 & 424: 1.08
- USB MIDI: 1.31
Software:
Digital Performer 4.52 and Unisyn 2.11 are already Tiger compatible
- no updates are required.
MX4 requires version 2, which is a free update for MX4 v1 users (a
v2 download is available on our downloads page).
For AudioDesk and MachFive, please head to our downloads page for
public betas (1.2.2 and 2.04).
Symphonic Instrument and Ethno Instrument are Tiger compatible as
of their initial releases.
Please see the Tiger compatibility page on Motu's site for more info,
aswell as the downloads page for the latest updates.
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