Stand-Alone Mixer; Interface + Mixer - MOTU UltraLite AVB User Manual

STAND-ALONE MIXER

Choose the Stand-alone mixer preset to use
UltraLite AVB as a mixer. Doing so routes all
physical inputs to the mixer, with the mixer's main
mix bus and monitor bus going to the Main Out
and Line Out pairs. In addition, all inputs are fed to
each Aux bus pair (1-2, 3-4, etc.), which are in turn
routed to the line out pairs. This means that each
aux bus can serve as its own independent monitor
mix, with access to any/all inputs.
To control the mixer (with the AVB Control web
app), you have several options. You can connect a
computer to the UltraLite AVB using USB,
Ethernet, or Wi-Fi, as explained in "Setup for web
app control" on page 36. Figure 5-2 below shows
the Wi-Fi scenario. Note that you can control the
mix from multiple Wi-Fi devices.
Laptop (optional)
Main Aux Group
Mix Mix Mix 1
Local inputs plus network inputs
Figure 5-2: Using the UltraLite AVB as a stand-alone mixer. This
example demonstrates how you can control the mixer from several
Wi-Fi devices.
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Tablet Smart
phone
Wi-Fi devices
Group
Mix 2
Airport
or any other Wi-Fi router
Ethernet
cable

INTERFACE + MIXER

Choose the Interface + Mixer preset to use the
UltraLite AVB as both an audio interface and
mixer, simultaneously. Doing so routes all physical
inputs and outputs to and from the computer,
connected through USB or AVB Ethernet. In
addition, the following audio sources are routed to
the mixer, which mixes them to the Main Mix bus,
plus three stereo aux busses for independent
monitor mixes:
The UltraLite AVB's ten analog inputs
■
The UltraLite AVB's optical inputs
■
USB channels from the host computer
■
The Monitor bus is set up as a solo bus.
In this scenario, you can control the mixer from the
MOTU AVB Control web app running on the
computer. You can also run the web app from
wireless devices on the same Wi-Fi network as the
laptop.
Laptop
Figure 5-3: Using the UltraLite AVB as an audio interface and mixer,
simultaneously.
Main Aux Aux
Mix Mix 1 Mix 2
Audio inputs from stage, studio, etc.
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