MOTU ULTRALITE , What is your opinion?

sebovzeoueb · Post by **sebovzeoueb** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:05 am

Ultralite is definitely good. Nice sound, no problems, unnecessary number of ins and outs (in a good "I have room for expansion" way). Get one, I don't think you will regret it. Good latency too. It is much much better than my Mackie Spike I had previously, which was not bad, but died after less than a year, which is why I upgraded to MOTU Ultralite, which redefined my notion of "good preamps"!

jesso · Post by **jesso** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:27 am

I havnt heard an ultralight, but the sound coming out of my new ff400 is razor sharp.... Me thinks its worth the extra for top class convertors.

sebovzeoueb · Post by **sebovzeoueb** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:29 am

Ultralite is top class... (to my ears anyway)

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:40 am

leandrogonza wrote:yes
that is exactly what i want to know.
if it is solid or not.

But don't blame me for disliking chinese crap,

Have you ever tried any m-audio interface??? if you do, you will be just like me.

the case is like a tank.. build for on the road..
latency is great..
only minor point I can think of is that the knobs are a bit hard to handle..
too close to each other..

have I ever tried something m-audio?
where do you think I'am coming from?

hehehe.. never again..

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:09 am

This looks like a really solid unit!

Could anyone confirm if it can PLAY BACK (2,000Hz, 8bit PCM) .wav files or (8,000Hz 4bit IMA ADPCM) .wav files?

Alot of professional I/Os will not play back extremely low bit and sample rate files, and its a big concern of mine that whatever I use CAN do so...
Only I/Os I know that can playback these sample and bit rates are the Presonus, RME and Lnyx Audio units. I'll be in the market for a new I/O shortly and this would be excellent info to know.

Komplex · Post by **Komplex** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:29 am

i bought one a while ago, had a few issues with random noise when switching programs (never during any serious work, just when alt-tabbing in windows for example).

liked it enough to buy another one

lots of inputs and outputs, sounds decent too = recommended interface

Komplex · Post by **Komplex** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:33 am

kaffein wrote:This looks like a really solid unit!

Could anyone confirm if it can PLAY BACK (2,000Hz, 8bit PCM) .wav files or (8,000Hz 4bit IMA ADPCM) .wav files?

Alot of professional I/Os will not play back extremely low bit and sample rate files, and its a big concern of mine that whatever I use CAN do so...
Only I/Os I know that can playback these sample and bit rates are the Presonus, RME and Lnyx Audio units. I'll be in the market for a new I/O shortly and this would be excellent info to know.

i dont think it does, don't quote me on it but i had trouble playing back some real lo-fi files. not sure if they were corrupt however...

so, if you can yousendit one or two samples, i can test them for you...

randrohe · Post by **randrohe** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:54 pm

another happy motu user. have had the ultralite since it's introduction and 0 problems. great sound. I liked it so much I bought the 8 pre by motu also and it too is a solid piece of gear. I have a m- audio ozonic and have had plenty of problems with it . i'm through with m-audio also. enjoy your purchase. Rand

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:06 pm

Komplex wrote:
kaffein wrote:This looks like a really solid unit!

Could anyone confirm if it can PLAY BACK (2,000Hz, 8bit PCM) .wav files or (8,000Hz 4bit IMA ADPCM) .wav files?

Alot of professional I/Os will not play back extremely low bit and sample rate files, and its a big concern of mine that whatever I use CAN do so...
Only I/Os I know that can playback these sample and bit rates are the Presonus, RME and Lnyx Audio units. I'll be in the market for a new I/O shortly and this would be excellent info to know.
i dont think it does, don't quote me on it but i had trouble playing back some real lo-fi files. not sure if they were corrupt however...

so, if you can yousendit one or two samples, i can test them for you...

Hey mang, I emailed the files to ya... you can alternately DL it here:
http://download.yousendit.com/747E36131CCA693E

If anyone else would like to try that would be cool as well!

metapathik · Post by **metapathik** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:54 pm

so far my ultralite has performed flawlessy as a soundcard - excellent preamps, incredible definition and detail, solid playback...

however, i have been experiencing issues when copying files via the firewire bus (even when i'm not using the ultralite as a soundcard): halfway through a transfer, the entire firewire bus disappears and i have to reset everything. i'm working with motu support to resolve the issue and i'm sure it will be sorted out soon...

i know this isn't an isolated issue as glitchrock-buddha had posted some similar troubles with his unit. at any rate, until the issue is resolved, the ultralite is still an amazing soundcard for the money - just use caution when daisy-chaining it to other firewire devices...

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:08 pm

metapathik wrote:so far my ultralite has performed flawlessy as a soundcard - excellent preamps, incredible definition and detail, solid playback...

however, i have been experiencing issues when copying files via the firewire bus (even when i'm not using the ultralite as a soundcard): halfway through a transfer, the entire firewire bus disappears and i have to reset everything. i'm working with motu support to resolve the issue and i'm sure it will be sorted out soon...

i know this isn't an isolated issue as glitchrock-buddha had posted some similar troubles with his unit. at any rate, until the issue is resolved, the ultralite is still an amazing soundcard for the money - just use caution when daisy-chaining it to other firewire devices...

Is it even meant for that? I assumed the firewire port was just for daisy chaining and extra unit...

metapathik · Post by **metapathik** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:14 pm

the dual firewire ports are meant to allow daisy-chaining *any* other firewire device along the same bus - this is standard with almost all firewire soundcards.

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:46 pm

Gotcha, nifty feature.

mrweasel · Post by **mrweasel** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:04 pm

I opened the files in Soundforge and tried to play them through my Motu 828MK2.

It didn't work so I doubt it would work with the Ultralite

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:55 pm

mrweasel wrote:I opened the files in Soundforge and tried to play them through my Motu 828MK2.

It didn't work so I doubt it would work with the Ultralite

Thanks for trying. :\