Cuemix Fx; A 16-Bus Mixer With Eq, Compression And Reverb - MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid User Manual

CueMix FX

CHAPTER 11
OVERVIEW
CueMix FX is a cross-platform software
application that provides graphic, on-screen
control for the UltraLite-mk3's flexible CueMix FX
on-board mixer and effects processing.
CueMix FX can be used independently of host
audio software, or together with it. CueMix
dovetails with the direct monitoring features of
your host audio software, allowing you to
seemlessly mix in both environments.
For information about programming the
UltraLite-mk3's on-board mixing and effects using
the front panel LCD, see chapter 11, "CueMix FX"
(page 67).
A 16-bus mixer with EQ, compression and reverb. . . . 67
Advantages over host-based mixing and processing 68
CueMix FX installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CueMix FX basic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Mixes tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The Inputs tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Outputs tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
The channel settings section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The Monitor Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
DSP meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Solo light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Talkback and listenback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Edit menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Devices menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
X-Y Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Phase Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configurations menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Talkback menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Phones menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Control Surfaces menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
A 16-BUS MIXER WITH EQ, COMPRESSION
AND REVERB
All UltraLite-mk3 inputs and outputs can be
routed to the on-board CueMix FX 16-bus (8
stereo bus) digital mixer driven by hardware-based
DSP with 32-bit floating point precision.
The CueMix FX mixer allows you to apply no-
latency effects processing to inputs, outputs or
busses directly in the UltraLite-mk3 hardware,
independent of the computer. Effects can even be
applied when the UltraLite-mk3 is operating
stand-alone (without a computer) as a complete
portable mixer. Input signals to the computer can
be recorded wet, dry, or dry with a wet monitor
mix (for musicians during recording, for example).
Effects include:
Classic Reverb with tail lengths up to 60 seconds
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7-band parametric EQ modeled after British
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analog console EQs
A standard compressor with conventional
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threshold/ratio/attack/release/gain controls
The Leveler™, an accurate model of the
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legendary LA-2A optical compressor, which
provides vintage, musical automatic gain control
The UltraLite-mk3's flexible effects architecture
allows you to apply EQ and compression on every
input and output (a total of 58 channels), with
enough DSP resources for at least one band of
parametric EQ and compression on every channel
at 48 kHz. DSP resources are allocated dynamically
and a DSP meter in the CueMix FX software allows
you to keep tabs on the UltraLite-mk3's processing
resources.
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