Digital Performer - MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid User Manual

Digital Performer

CHAPTER 7
OVERVIEW
This chapter provides a brief overview of Digital
Performer's basic I/O and synchronization
operation with the UltraLite-mk3 hardware.
Setting up your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The UltraLite-mk3 settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Working with UltraLite-mk3 inputs and outputs. . . . . 49
24-bit operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
MIDI I/O via the UltraLite-mk3 MIDI ports. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Processing live inputs with plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Working with CueMix FX mixing and effects. . . . . . . . . 49
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Exchanging projects with AudioDesk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
As described in chapter 4, "Installing the
UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid Mac Software" (page 29),
the Digital Performer and MOTU UltraLite-mk3
software installers will properly install and update
everything for you.
THE ULTRALITE-MK3 SETTINGS
Choose the UltraLite-mk3 as your audio input
output device by choosing Configure Audio
System>Configure Hardware Driver from the Setup
menu. This window shows some of the
UltraLite-mk3 settings, such as sample rate and
clock source, but to access all of the UltraLite-mk3
settings, open MOTU Audio Setup, as shown in
Figure 5-1 on page 34.
Figure 7-1: Choose Setup menu> Configure Audio System> Configure
Hardware Driver to open the dialog shown above and access the
UltraLite-mk3 Core Audio driver. To access the rest of the
UltraLite-mk3 settings, open MOTU Audio Setup.
For complete details about the UltraLite-mk3
settings, see chapter 5, "MOTU Audio Setup"
(page 33). The following sections provide a brief
explanation of each UltraLite-mk3 setting for use
with Digital Performer.
Sample rate
Choose the desired overall sample rate for the
UltraLite-mk3 system and Digital Performer.
Newly recorded audio in Digital Performer will
have this sample rate. Imported audio or
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