MOTU UltraLite-mk3 - Hybrid FireWire/USB 2.0 Audio & MIDI Interface - Manual (Page 6)

1.
Co
nnec
t a MIDI de
vic
e her
e using standar
d MIDI cables.
Co
nnec
t the Ultr
aLit
e-mk3’
s MIDI OUT por
t t
o the MIDI IN
por
t on the other de
vic
e.
C
on
versely
, c
onnec
t the
Ultr
aLit
e-mk3’
s MIDI IN por
t t
o the MIDI OUT por
t on the
other devic
e.
Yo
u can c
onnec
t differ
en
t devic
es t
o each
por
t, such as a c
on
tr
oller de
vic
e t
o the IN por
t and a
sound module t
o the OUT por
t.
Yo
u can also daisy-chain
MIDI devic
es
, but be sur
e t
o manage their MIDI channels
(so tha
t they don
’t r
ec
eiv
e or tr
ansmit on the same
channel).
2.
Th
ese jacks pr
ovide st
er
eo
, 24-bit S/PDIF digital input
and output a
t an
y sample r
at
e up t
o 96kHz.
3.
Th
e Ultr
aLit
e-mk3’
s eigh
t analog outputs ar
e gold-
pla
ted
, balanc
ed +4dB
TRS (tip/ring/sleev
e) quar
te
r-
inch c
onnec
tors tha
t can also acc
ept an unbalanc
ed plug
.
Th
ey ar
e equipped with 24-bit
, 128x o
versampling
co
nve
rte
rs
.
4.
Th
is XLR/TRS c
ombo jack acc
epts either a mic cable or a
cable with a quar
te
r-inch plug
. U
se the fr
on
t panel MIC 2
trim enc
oder t
o apply up t
o +60 dB or +32 dB of boost
,
re
spec
tiv
ely
, for the mic (XLR) or instr
umen
t (
TRS) input
.
To
to
ggle the 20 dB pad f
or the mic (XLR) input
, push the
fr
on
t-panel Mic 2 trim enc
oder
. T
o t
oggle 48V phan
to
m
po
w
er for the XLR (mic) input
, push and hold the fr
on
t-
panel Mic 2 trim enc
oder
.
5.
Th
ese t
w
o balanc
ed
, quar
te
r-inch jacks ser
ve as the
Ultr
aLit
e-mk3’
s main outputs
. Y
ou can c
onnec
t them t
o a
set of po
w
er
ed studio monit
ors and then c
on
tr
ol the
volume fr
om the fr
on
t panel v
olume knob
. T
o hear disk
tr
acks in y
our audio soft
w
ar
e on these main outs
, assign
the disk tr
acks (and mast
er fader) t
o these main outs
(
Main Out 1-2
).
Yo
u can also use C
ueMix FX t
o monit
or
liv
e Ultr
aLit
e-mk3 inputs her
e as w
ell.
6.
Eq
uipped with 24-bit 192 kHz c
on
ver
te
rs
, these six
analog inputs (3 thr
ough 8) ar
e gold-pla
te
d,
balanc
ed
TRS (tip/ring/sleev
e) quar
te
r-inch c
onnec
tors tha
t can
also acc
ept an unbalanc
ed plug
. T
hey do not ha
ve
micr
o-
phone pr
eamps
, so they ar
e best used f
or syn
thesiz
ers
,
drum machines
, effec
ts pr
oc
essors
, and other instr
u-
men
ts with line le
ve
l signals (either -10 dB or +4 dB).
Th
ese inputs ar
e also equipped with the U
ltr
aLit
e-mk3’
s
Pr
ecision Digital
Tr
im™ fea
tur
e:
digitally c
on
tr
olled
analog trims tha
t let y
ou adjust input le
ve
l in 1 dB incr
e-
men
ts fr
om either fr
on
t panel L
CD or the included
Cu
eMix FX soft
w
ar
e.
T
he trim can be adjust
ed o
ver a
range of -96 t
o +22 dB
.
7.
Co
nnec
t the Ultr
aLit
e-mk3 t
o the c
omput
er her
e via
either F
ire
W
ire
or USB2,
using either the standar
d 1394
Fi
re
W
ire
A or USB cable pr
ovided with y
our
Ultr
aLit
e-mk3.
T
her
e’
s not much diff
er
enc
e,
e
xc
ept tha
t
Fi
re
W
ire
offers bus-po
w
er
ed oper
at
ion (without the DC
po
w
er supply).
Impor
tant not
e:
it is best t
o turn off
the UltraLit
e-mk3 when plugging in the F
ir
eW
ir
e
ca
ble
, as this a
voids the possibility of sta
tic
dischar
ge
, which c
an harm the elec
tric
al compo-
nents in the UltraLit
e-mk3 or y
our comput
er
.
8.
Th
is jack acc
epts an
y standar
d 10-24V DC po
w
er supply
with either tip-positiv
e or tip-nega
tiv
e polarit
y.
Quick Ref
e
re
nc
e:
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aLit
e-mk3 Hybrid Rear P
a
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