User Manual

PRESETS
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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.
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.
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.
Figure 5-3: Using the UltraLite AVB as an audio interface and mixer,
simultaneously.
Airport
or any other Wi-Fi router
Ethernet
cable
Wi-Fi devices
Laptop (optional) Tablet Smart
phone
Local inputs plus network inputs
Main
Mix
Aux
Mix
Group
Mix 1
Group
Mix 2
Laptop
Audio inputs from stage, studio, etc.
Main
Mix
Aux
Mix 1
Aux
Mix 2