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1280 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Business voice: (617) 576-2760
Business fax: (617) 576-3609
Web site: www.motu.com
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  • Page 1: User Guide

    UltraLite AVB ™ User Guide Title Page 1280 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Business voice: (617) 576-2760 Business fax: (617) 576-3609 Web site: www.motu.com Tech support: www.motu.com/support...
  • Page 2 Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards. 20.Safety Check - Upon completion of any service or repairs to this MOTU product, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the product is in safe operating conditions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    UltraLite AVB Rear Panel MOTU AVB Control Web App About the UltraLite AVB Packing List and System Requirements Software Installation Hardware Installation Part 2: Using the UltraLite AVB Presets The Front Panel LCD Working with Host Audio Software Mixer Effects Networking...
  • Page 4 Authorization Number on the outside of the box below the shipping address. That license agreement is a contract, and clicking “Accept” binds you and MOTU to This warranty does not apply if the equipment has been damaged by accident, all its terms and conditions.

  • Page 5: Part 1: Getting Started

    Part 1 Getting Started...

  • Page 7: Quick Start Guide

    Mac’s Ethernet port with a standard CAT-5e or CAT-6 Ethernet cable (sold separately). 4 Switch on the UltraLite AVB. Preset Application 5 Open the MOTU AVB Control web app by doing Audio interface Operate as a standard audio interface. one of the following: Stand-alone mixer...

  • Page 9: Ultralite Avb Front Panel

    . This setting, along with all front panel switchable 48V phantom power, and an optional -20 dB out). settings, can also be adjusted from the MOTU AVB pad. Control web app. 6. This portion of the LCD displays the current sample rate 2.

  • Page 10: Ultralite Avb Rear Panel

    UltraLite AVB Rear Panel 1. The UltraLite AVB operates as a USB MIDI interface, 8. Connect the UltraLite AVB to the computer here 4. The MAIN OUT pair provides stereo analog output 6. This is MIC INPUT #2. Controls for preamp gain, 48V...

  • Page 11: Motu Avb Control Web App

    OVERVIEW MAKE HARDWARE AND NETWORK CONNECTIONS MOTU AVB Control is a web app that gives you Connect your UltraLite AVB to your computer or complete control over the UltraLite AVB. If you laptop with a USB cable. Make sure your iPad,...
  • Page 12 DEVICE TAB 1. If you have two or more MOTU AVB 7. Lets you create, save, recall and 12. If an update is available for your network. Click the Become Clock interfaces, the Device list lets you manage presets for the UltraLite...
  • Page 13 25. The digital mixer in the UltraLite simplify operation. Doing so also you can stream audio channels to are using to view the UltraLite AVB is AVB supports up to 48 channels. If helps conserve DSP resources. and from other devices on the connected to the internet through a you don’t need that many inputs,...

  • Page 14: Routing Tab

    Source column, to work with. If you aren’t working the UltraLite AVB. the top. Simply click in the grid to make just to the right of the output it is with network audio, you can set the 15.

  • Page 15: Mixing Tab

    MIXING TAB The Mixing tab gives you full access to 6. This column is the Legend. It 12. The Monitor Bus can mirror the 20. Solo and mute. On the Monitor bus, the 48-channel mixer in the UltraLite provides labels and controls for output of any other bus, or it can act the SC button clears all solos.

  • Page 16: Aux Mixing Tab

    3. Use the Aux Mix Target sidebar to 8. This is the master fader for the 12. Click the View Personal Mix button access to the UltraLite AVB’s mix busses control which aux bus or group you current aux bus being viewed (4).

  • Page 17: Mixer Input Channel Strips

    MIXER INPUT CHANNEL STRIPS To access a mixer input channel strip, go input level. Engage the RMS button to to the Mixing tab (page 15), reveal the uses RMS values (a computational side bar (item #3 on page 15), and then method for determining overall show the input channel you want in the loudness) to measure the input level.

  • Page 18: Main Mix And Monitor Channel Strips

    Monitor assigned to the Main Outs on the bus carries only the soloed aux bus UltraLite AVB, you’ll see trim settings (any current channel solos are for the outputs. This item is grayed excluded).

  • Page 19: Aux Bus Channel Strips

    AUX BUS CHANNEL STRIPS Aux busses can be used to create sub-mixes. An aux bus can be assigned to any output in the Routing grid (page 14). To access an Aux bus channel strip, go to the Mixing tab (page 15), reveal the side bar (item #3 on page 15), and then show the aux busses you want in the Mixer Outputs section (27).

  • Page 20: Group And Reverb Channel Strips

    GROUP AND REVERB CHANNEL STRIPS Group busses can be used to create a mix sub- group, which is a set of inputs you wish to control together as a group. Groups differ from aux busses in that they have aux sends, a reverb send, as well as a main mix send.

  • Page 21: About The Ultralite Avb

    192 kHz for on- the-go mobile audio recording. Other MOTU AVB interfaces The UltraLite AVB is part of a larger family of audio Powerful DSP delivers large console style mixing interfaces that offer complementary I/O configura- with 48 channels, 12 stereo busses, and 32-bit tions.
  • Page 22 AVB-equipped MOTU Stand-alone mixing with wireless control interface using any standard CAT-5e Ethernet If you connect the UltraLite AVB to an Apple cable. You can network up to five MOTU interfaces Airport or other Wi-Fi router with a standard together using a MOTU AVB Switch™...
  • Page 23 Rack mount or desktop operation The UltraLite AVB is housed in a sturdy, metal- alloy half-rack enclosure. Rack mounting brackets are included for mounting side by side with any other MOTU half-rack unit.
  • Page 24 A B O U T T H E U L T R A L I T E A V B...

  • Page 25: Packing List And System Requirements

    System Requirements PACKING LIST PLEASE REGISTER TODAY! the UltraLite AVB ships with the items listed below. Please register the UltraLite AVB today. There are If any of these items are not present in the box when two ways to register.
  • Page 26 P A C K I N G L I S T A N D S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S...

  • Page 27: Software Installation

    AVB Ethernet, all you need is a recent Mac (any MOTU AVB USB Control Panel ..... . . 28 Mac that has a Thunderbolt port on it) with Mac MIDI I/O on Windows .

  • Page 28: Audio Drivers

    On Windows, to enable the UltraLite AVB in your ASIO host software, choose the MOTU AVB USB ASIO driver. Figure 3-2: The MOTU AVB USB Audio Control Panel Buffer Settings tab. USB Streaming Mode USB Streaming Mode (Figure 3-2) determines how frequently the USB driver transfers audio.

  • Page 29: Midi I/O On Windows

    A simple, intuitive list of your MIDI devices ■ whenever you need it in any Core MIDI- Figure 3-3: Connecting devices to the UltraLite AVB. In this example, a compatible program controller keyboard is connected to the UltraLite AVB’s MIDI IN, and a sound module is connected to the UltraLite AVB MIDI OUT.

  • Page 30: Audiodesk Workstation Software

    AUDIODESK WORKSTATION SOFTWARE AudioDesk is an advanced workstation software package for Mac and Windows that lets you record, edit, mix, process, bounce and master multi-track digital audio recording projects. Advanced features include real-time effects processing, recording, and much more. See the AudioDesk User Guide, available on your computer hard drive as a PDF document.

  • Page 31: Hardware Installation

    Setup for web app control ......36 A typical UltraLite AVB setup......38 Audio connections.

  • Page 32: Avb Ethernet Audio Interface Setup

    Thunderbolt is available on other MOTU AVB-equipped interfaces, such as the 1248, 8M, 16A and 112D. Use this setup if you want to use the UltraLite AVB as an AVB Ethernet audio interface for a recent- generation Mac (i.e. any Mac with a Thunderbolt port on it).

  • Page 33: Setup For Three To Five Interfaces

    Use standard CAT-5e Ethernet network cables to ■ Use this setup if you want to connect three to five connect the interfaces to the MOTU AVB Switch MOTU interfaces to your computer using a MOTU using their NETWORK ports. AVB Switch™ (sold separately).

  • Page 34: Setup For A Multi-Switch Network

    If you have Thunderbolt-equipped MOTU AVB interfaces on the network (such as the 1248, 8M, 16A or 112D), in addition to your UltraLite AVB, use them for computer connections. The computer then has access to 128 channels of input and output to the network.

  • Page 35: Setup For Multiple Interfaces

    Avid S3 console to If you have other MOTU AVB interfaces with the Mac, and then connect a MOTU UltraLite AVB Thunderbolt connectivity (1248, 8M, 16A or to the S3’s extra network port (which is a built-in 112D) and your host computer has two or more switch).

  • Page 36: Setup For Web App Control

    Web app in your browser Web app control over USB If the UltraLite AVB is connected through USB to a computer with internet access (as shown on page 31), you can access the web app from the computer, or any other device on the network. In Web app this case, make sure you’ve run the software...
  • Page 37 Figure 4-3: Web app control through a standard Ethernet hub or network (LAN). (Sold separately) Figure 4-5: Using the Ethernet port on the MOTU AVB Switch. H A R D W A R E I N S T A L L A T I O N...

  • Page 38: A Typical Ultralite Avb Setup

    A TYPICAL ULTRALITE AVB SETUP UltraLite AVB itself, controlled from your laptop, Here is a typical UltraLite AVB setup. This rig can tablet, and smart phone — or several devices be operated with or without a separate mixer. All simultaneously.

  • Page 39: Audio Connections

    Quarter-inch outputs can be trimmed in the DAC Preamp gain itself. Range is 24 dB. The Main Outs and Phones The UltraLite AVB’s preamp provides 56 dB of provide full trim range from 0 dB to -∞ (-127). gain. Use the front panel detented trim knobs to adjust gain as needed for each input.

  • Page 40: Midi Connections

    MIDI its digital audio clock is phase-locked (in sync data. with) the UltraLite AVB. There are two ways to do this: Connecting additional gear with MIDI THRUs If you need to connect several pieces of MIDI gear, A.

  • Page 41: Syncing An Avb Network

    For example, you may features for AVB device networks of any size as be in a situation where at least one MOTU device shown on pages 33-34, including: on the network must remain resolved to its own clock (or another clock source).
  • Page 42 H A R D W A R E I N S T A L L A T I O N...
  • Page 43 Part 2 Using the UltraLite AVB...

  • Page 45: Presets

    Studio input expander....... 48 Figure 5-1: Using the UltraLite AVB as an audio interface.

  • Page 46: Stand-Alone Mixer

    Figure 5-2: Using the UltraLite AVB as a stand-alone mixer. This example demonstrates how you can control the mixer from several Audio inputs from stage, studio, etc. Wi-Fi devices. Figure 5-3: Using the UltraLite AVB as an audio interface and mixer, simultaneously. P R E S E T S...

  • Page 47: Live Recording With Monitor Mixing

    UltraLite AVB’s outputs. For example, you could have a single Ethernet cable running from an UltraLite AVB on stage to a 24Ai connected to the Front of House (FOH) mixer. You could then send FOH audio channels to the UltraLite AVB, which could then supply independent monitor mixes to musicians on stage.

  • Page 48: Studio Input Expander

    Connections section of the Device tab for the UltraLite AVB (item #19 on page 13). UltraLite AVB Analog outputs Figure 5-5: Use the Optical converter preset to use the UltraLite AVB as an optical-to-analog expander. OPTICAL CONVERTER WITH MIXING The Optical converter with mixing preset does not route incoming optical audio directly to the UltraLite AVB’s analog outputs.

  • Page 49: The Front Panel Lcd

    The Front Panel LCD CHAPTER OVERVIEW PUSH-BUTTON KNOBS The front panel LCD displays level meters for all The front-panel knobs (Figure 6-2) are push- analog inputs and outputs and activity indicators button digital rotary encoders. Push the knob for for MIDI and optical I/O. The LCD also provides the function labeled in blue.
  • Page 50 Settings Menu. STAND-ALONE OPERATION All settings, including mix settings and device settings, are saved in the UltraLite AVB’s memory. They remain in effect even when the interface is not connected to a computer. This allows you to use the UltraLite AVB as a stand-alone mixer.
  • Page 51 Run the web app........51 Enabling and disabling input/output banks Choosing the MOTU AVB Audio driver....54 In the web app Device tab (page 13), enable all Reducing monitoring latency.

  • Page 52: Working With Host Audio Software

    MOTU AVB devices. Figure 7-1: An example of routing computer channels (from host audio software) to the analog outputs on a UltraLite AVB. Computer channels 1-2 are being split to two pairs of outputs: Phones L-R and Main L-R.
  • Page 53 Figure 7-2: An example of routing physical inputs on the UltraLite AVB to computer channels (for host audio software). W O R K I N G W I T H H O S T A U D I O S O F T W A R E...
  • Page 54 1-2 are being sent to Phones L-R and Main L-R. To route a source to multiple destinations, click multiple boxes in its column, Figure 7-3: Choosing the MOTU AVB ASIO driver in Cubase. (see computer channels 1-2 in Figure 7-1). Where to go in popular audio hosts...
  • Page 55 UltraLite AVB. This is your computer, from when it first enters an input done by opening the Mix In group in the Outputs...
  • Page 56 Figure 7-5: In Cubase or Nuendo, choose Devices menu > Device Under Mac OS X, audio I/O buffer size is handled Setup. Select your interface (UltraLite AVB), then click the Control Panel button to access the window above and the Buffer Size setting.
  • Page 57 For increase the overall processing load on your example, the UltraLite AVB can serve as a monitor computer, leaving less CPU bandwidth for things mixer, routing channels to musicians, or it can like real-time effects processing.
  • Page 58 W O R K I N G W I T H H O S T A U D I O S O F T W A R E...

  • Page 59: High Pass Filter

    DSP mixer in LA-2A optical compressor, which provides the UltraLite AVB. For basic mixer operation, see: vintage, musical automatic gain control Mixing tab ......... . . 15 Reverb .

  • Page 60: Mixer Effects

    GATE Enabling EQ Each band has an enable/disable button All input channel strips provide a Gate module. (Figure 8-3), allowing you to enable as few or as many bands as needed for the channel strip. Figure 8-2: The Gate module. The gate silences the signal when the input signal’s Enable/disable level drops below the Threshold.

  • Page 61: Compressor

    be flexible enough to cover a broad range of follows a loud passage. Short Release times may applications. By adjusting Gain and Bandwidth cause the attenuation to “pump”, a term used to together, you can emulate the smooth and musical describe the sound of the compressor when the character of classic analog EQ circuits, in which the average input level quickly fluctuates above and...

  • Page 62: Leveler

    LEVELER form a capacitor. Making one of the electrodes The Leveler™ (Figure 8-5) provides an accurate transparent allows the light to escape. These model of the legendary Teletronix™ LA-2A® devices are essentially glow-in-the-dark paint on a optical compressor, known for its unique and piece of foil covered by metalized glass or plastic, highly sought-after Automatic Gain Control and are the same devices used in low-power night...

  • Page 63: Reverb

    Enabling or disabling the Leveler Routing inputs and groups to the reverb processor The Leveler models the LA-2A so closely, it also The reverb processor is a single, independent unit models the time it takes for an actual LA-2A to that provides stereo reverb.
  • Page 64 setting represents the bottom frequency of the Mid band. The Ratio determines the length for each band specified in a percentage of the low frequency reverb time. DSP USAGE The DSP Usage meter (item #26 on page 17) shows how much of the available DSP processing power is currently being used by the mixer for the mix and for effects processing.

  • Page 65: About Avb

    Just plug the UltraLite AVB into a The MOTU AVB Switch ....... 70 standard AVB switch and go.

  • Page 66: Networking

    Depending on the model, some MOTU AVB devices can broadcast Personal studio expansion Let’s say you have a UltraLite AVB next to your sixteen 8-channel network streams and simulta- computer. You could add an 8M interface and...
  • Page 67 A studio installation of three to five interfaces can Concert systems must be flexible so they can adapt be handled with a single MOTU AVB Switch. See to each new venue while on tour. Because of its “Setup for three to five interfaces” on page 33.

  • Page 68: A Quick Guide To Networking

    AVB-compatible switch. You can use any standard AVB audio can’t pass through more than seven ■ AVB switch on the market. MOTU offers the five- switches. However, you can daisy-chain more than port MOTU AVB Switch™ (sold separately). seven switches and route audio freely among them.

  • Page 69: Setting Up A Motu Avb Interface For Networking

    If a host computer is connected to an interface (through USB), mapping network input and 1 In the MOTU AVB Control web app, choose the output streams is accomplished as described in the device (item #1 on page 12).

  • Page 70: The Motu Avb Switch

    Any other standard networking device ■ THE MOTU AVB SWITCH The heart of a MOTU AVB network is the MOTU AVB Switch (sold separately). For a brief overview of the switch and its features, visit: www.motu.com/products/avb/avb-switch. N E T W O R K I N G...

  • Page 71: Part 3: Appendices

    Part 3 Appendices...

  • Page 73: Troubleshooting

    Set your Clock to use the mixer in the UltraLite AVB. Please see Source to Internal and try recording just using the “Monitoring through the UltraLite AVB” on analog inputs and outputs on the UltraLite AVB.
  • Page 74 Connecting or powering gear during operation... The serial number of your MOTU device. This is ■ It is not recommended that you connect/ printed on a label placed on the bottom of the rack disconnect, or power on/off devices connected to unit.

  • Page 75: Audio Specifications

    Audio Specifications APPENDIX Line Out Connector Type 1/4” Female, TRS Balanced, tip hot Output Impedance 100 ohm Per leg Dynamic Range 117 dB A-weighted THD+N -101 dB -1 dBFS, Unweighted, 1 kHz Frequency Response +0, -0.1 dB, 20 Hz/20 kHz Ref.
  • Page 76 Phones Connector Type 1/4” Female, TRS Stereo Tip Left, Ring Right Dynamic Range 112 dB A-Weighted THD+N -94 dB Unweighted Frequency Response +0 -0.15 dB, 22 Hz/20 kHz Ref. 1 kHz Drive Max. 80 mw 16/32/55 ohms Trim Range 128 dB 0 to -127 dB (muted) in 1 dB steps Power Supply Connector Type...

  • Page 77: Mixer Schematics

    Mixer Schematics APPENDIX MONO INPUT CHANNEL...
  • Page 78 STEREO INPUT CHANNEL A P P E N D I X C : M I X E R S C H E M A T I C S...
  • Page 79 GROUP BUS A P P E N D I X C : M I X E R S C H E M A T I C S...
  • Page 80 MONITOR BUS A P P E N D I X C : M I X E R S C H E M A T I C S...

  • Page 81: Updating Firmware

    An AVB port on a MOTU AVB switch ■ (connected to your office network through the Ethernet port) Figure D-1: The firmware update banner appears automatically at the top of the Device tab when your web host has internet access and MOTU posts an update.
  • Page 82 Updating off-line, without internet access Viewing the latest firmware version information If the UltraLite AVB (and the computer it is You can confirm the firmware version at the connected to) has no internet access, you can bottom of the Device tab (Figure D-2).

  • Page 83: Osc Support

    MOTU AVB audio interfaces support OSC, which provides remote control of all device settings and mixer controls from any OSC-enabled controller. For further details about remote control through...
  • Page 84 A P P E N D I X E : O S C S U P P O R T...

  • Page 85: Index

    Index connecting Guitar inputs 9, 39 Converter mode 24-bit setup/example optical Headphone outputs Converters 13, 39 2x SMUX mode Headphones Core Audio driver connecting Core MIDI High pass filter Audio MIDI Setup 51, 54 Ableton Live benefits ADAT optical Cubase 51, 54 connecting 11, 12, 49...
  • Page 86 Release Troubleshooting USB ASIO driver 60, 61 Compressor TRS analog inputs/outputs WebUI Setup Remote control (through OSC) TRS connectors MOTU AVB WebUI Setup Restore Factory Presets Type II (Legacy) optical setting 63-64 Reverb design section 65-70 Networking enabling/disabling UltraLite AVB...

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