Dsp Meter; Solo Light; Talkback And Listenback - MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid User Manual

Assigning outputs to the monitor group
Any combination of outputs can be assigned to the
monitor group. To include an output pair in the
monitor group, click its Monitor button in the
Outputs tab (Figure 11-6 on page 75).
Monitor group presets menu
The monitor group presets menu (Figure 11-29)
provides several presets for commonly used
monitor groups:
Monitor group preset Output assignment
Main Outs Main Out 1-2
Stereo Analog Out 1-2
Quad Analog Out 1-4
5.1 Analog Out 1-6
7.1 Analog Out 1-8
If you program your own monitor output group,
the presets menu displays the word Custom.
Monitor group meters
The monitor group meters (Figure 11-1 on
page 68) show levels for any/all output pairs that
are currently included in the monitor group. The
width of the meters scales proportionally so that all
current monitor group outputs will fit within the
prescribed space for the meters. If many outputs
are included, then the meters will look fairly thin,
but they will all be included in the meter.

DSP METER

The DSP meter (Figure 11-1) shows how much of
the available DSP processing power is currently
being used by the UltraLite-mk3 for effects
processing. DSP resources are allocated in channel
order from the first input to the last output. If there
aren't enough DSP resources for all effects to be
enabled on a channel, none of them are allocated
on that channel or any following channel.
C U E M I X F X
EQ on a stereo channel requires approximately
twice the DSP resources as the same EQ on a mono
channel. The Compressor (2.5 x 1 EQ band) and
Leveler (4 x 1 EQ band) require about the same
DSP resources for a mono or stereo channel.

SOLO LIGHT

The Solo light (Figure 11-1) illuminates when any
input in the current (active) mix bus is soloed
(even if it is currently scrolled off-screen).

TALKBACK AND LISTENBACK

CueMix FX provides Talkback and Listenback
buttons. Talkback allows an engineer in the control
room to temporarily dim all audio and talk to
musicians in the live room. Conversely, Listenback
allows musicians to talk to the control room.
Hardware setup
Figure 11-30 below shows a typical hardware setup
for Talkback and Listenback. For Talkback, set up a
dedicated mic in your control room and connect it
to a mic input on your UltraLite-mk3. For
Listenback, set up a dedicated listenback mic in the
live room for the musicians and connect it to
another mic input. For talkback output, set up a
headphone distribution amp or set of speakers in
the live room, and connect it to a pair of outputs.
For example, you might connect a headphone
distribution amp to analog outputs 7-8 on your
UltraLite-mk3, as demonstrated below in
Figure 11-30.
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