Motu Ultralite

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Post by citrus » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:20 am

robin wrote:I wish i could see one of these in person. I get the feeling the website pics make it look bigger than it is.

I also wish it wasn't so expensive in europe compared to the US.
well, if you go to the feature summary it will give you the dimensions:

http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/ ... tures.html

8.5" wide x 7" deep... and i'm guessing it's as high as a 1U rack unit (1.75").

i almost wish this had come out sooner, so i could've bought this instead of the Traveller. i use my Traveller primarily for laptop DJing, and while it's really compact, i just feel like there's a lot on there i won't really use too often, and i could've saved $200 bucks. oh well though... still badass :)

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Post by unguitar » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:43 am

Can anyone check the following please ?

1) can you control internal mixer faders via midi ?
if yes:
2) does any fader a fixed midi value/channel or can you assign it as you prefer ?

Thanks a lot.
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Post by Digi V » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:03 pm

for the price is this the best one i could get?



i'm thinking of picking one up today.

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Post by Groovecake » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:24 pm

Well, speaking as someone who has the Presonus Firepod also, I would go with the Ultralite.

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Post by unguitar » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:23 pm

fireface 400 by rme http://www.rme-audio.com/english/firewire/ff400.htm
this one is great ( I own a fireface 800)
luca

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Post by err_fatale » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:27 pm

I can't find a price for the fireface 400 how much is that running in USD$$$?

It seems that the RME and MOTU are very similar, is there really an audible difference in sound quality?

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Post by unguitar » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:36 pm

the ff 400 will be officially introduced in a week.
consider that there are many differences with the ultralight, watch deeper.
luca

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Post by mouthster » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:36 pm

unguitar wrote:fireface 400 by rme http://www.rme-audio.com/english/firewire/ff400.htm
this one is great ( I own a fireface 800)
luca
yeah i'd like to know how much $$$ this runs

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Post by FORMAT » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:23 pm

According to the RME press release, "Available during May, the Fireface 400 will retail at a price below €900" - don't know about $, sorry.

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Post by Digi V » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:54 pm

unguitar wrote:fireface 400 by rme http://www.rme-audio.com/english/firewire/ff400.htm
this one is great ( I own a fireface 800)
luca

how will this compare to motulite?

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Post by err_fatale » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:45 pm

I got an ULTRALITE last night and am getting a lot of pops and crackle when only using two tracks. Yes, I've adjusted the buffer/latency settings and it keeps happening randomly, usually when I record onto an AUDIO TRACK (the track plays back really shitty). It isn't a consistent thing, but it happens regularly enough that if I don't figure out that I'm missing something soon it's going back to the store....anyone else have this with a MOTU piece?

when it happens, no matter how much I mess with the buffer setting it won't go away until i adjust the setting to near the highest latency possible, then the timing of the playback gets screwed.....

BTW using an INTEL 740 1.73 GHZ centrino....

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Post by scottfro » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:03 pm

sounds like a similar issue to mine....when i use DX drivers its really crackling in both abelton and FL studio. when i try the motu asio driver (which is what i want to use) i get no audio at all except out of the headphone jack. i have sent an email to tech support this morning, we'll see what happens.
err_fatale wrote:I got an ULTRALITE last night and am getting a lot of pops and crackle when only using two tracks. Yes, I've adjusted the buffer/latency settings and it keeps happening randomly, usually when I record onto an AUDIO TRACK (the track plays back really shitty). It isn't a consistent thing, but it happens regularly enough that if I don't figure out that I'm missing something soon it's going back to the store....anyone else have this with a MOTU piece?

when it happens, no matter how much I mess with the buffer setting it won't go away until i adjust the setting to near the highest latency possible, then the timing of the playback gets screwed.....

BTW using an INTEL 740 1.73 GHZ centrino....

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Post by err_fatale » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:05 pm

check your ASIO configuration and make sure you open the ASIO panel and have MOTU "main outs" box "checked" as an output...

yeah i was having fun until the crackle, then I'm like "zero latency" with a free bitcrusher effect on every sound!!!! Great. What a bargain. I don't remember reading about the free bitcrusher effect on the website....

guess they just threw that in as a surprise bonus!!!!

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Post by err_fatale » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:10 pm

BTW I only had two/three tracks and the LIVE CPU meter never rose above 30%

it did sound great when it WAS working though!!!

my old tracks took on a new life!!!!

sad....maybe i'm doing something wrong/missing something here. i hope so. If not i'll trade it for an EMU or RME fireface 400 when that comes out.......(I should've waited for the RME....)

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Post by Digi V » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:40 pm

hmm ok then maybe i'll be waiting.

haha

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