Working With Ultralite-Mk3 Inputs And Outputs; 24-Bit Operation; Midi I/O Via The Ultralite-Mk3 Midi Ports; Processing Live Inputs With Plug-Ins - MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid User Manual

Reverb return
The UltraLite-mk3 also supplies a return to Digital
Performer that carries the output of its reverb
processor (Figure 7-2). This return can be used for
any purpose you wish.
WORKING WITH ULTRALITE-MK3 INPUTS
AND OUTPUTS
Once you've enabled the MOTU FireWire Audio
driver as explained earlier in "The UltraLite-mk3
settings" on page 47, UltraLite-mk3 audio inputs
and outputs will appear in Digital Performer's
audio input and output menus, as well as the
Bundles window (Figure 7-2).
Phones 1-2
If you've chosen to treat the UltraLite-mk3
headphones as an independent output, you'll see
Phones 1-2 in Digital Performer's output menus.
Audio tracks assigned to this output pair will be
heard on the headphone jack only. For further
explanation, see "Phones" on page 36.

24-BIT OPERATION

Your UltraLite-mk3 hardware fully supports
Digital Performer's 24-bit recording capabilities,
including both analog and digital 24-bit recording.
If you would like to record and play back 24-bit
audio files, go to the Setup menu, choose Configure
Audio System>Configure Sample Format, and
choose 24-bit recording as the sample format. This
setting is saved with the Digital Performer project.
MIDI I/O VIA THE ULTRALITE-MK3 MIDI
PORTS
Once you've followed the procedure for enabling
the UltraLite-mk3's MIDI features as explained in
"Software installation" on page 29, the
UltraLite-mk3 MIDI ports will appear as a input
source and output destination in Digital
Performer's MIDI I/O menus.
D I G I T A L P E R F O R M E R

PROCESSING LIVE INPUTS WITH PLUG-INS

If you patch a live input (such as MIDI synthesizer)
through a plug-in effect in Digital Performer, you
might hear a slight delay. There are several ways to
reduce this delay. For details, see chapter 10,
"Reducing Monitoring Latency" (page 61).
WORKING WITH CUEMIX FX MIXING AND
EFFECTS
The UltraLite-mk3 provides powerful external
mixing, EQ, compression and reverb, which you
can operate hand-in-hand with Digital Performer's
complete mixing environment. For example, the
UltraLite-mk3 can serve as a monitor mixer
routing channels to musicians, or it can serve as an
integrated extension of your Digital Performer
mixing environment. If you program an
UltraLite-mk3 mixing and processing
configuration that goes hand in hand with your DP
project, be sure to use the file save features in
CueMix FX to save the UltraLite-mk3 settings as a
file in your DP project folder for instant recall of all
settings. See chapter 11, "CueMix FX" (page 67) for
complete details. You can even set up your
UltraLite-mk3 configuration file as a DP startup
clipping so that it automatically loads when you
open the project. See your DP manual for details.

SYNCHRONIZATION

Together, Digital Performer and the UltraLite-mk3
have the ability to resolve directly to SMPTE time
code, without an additional time code
synchronizer. See "Syncing to SMPTE time code"
on page 112.

EXCHANGING PROJECTS WITH AUDIODESK

Digital Performer can exchange projects with
AudioDesk. To open an AudioDesk project in
Digital Performer, open it in same way you would a
DP project. To export a project to AudioDesk, use
DP's Save As command and choose the AudioDesk
2.0 file format.
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