User guide

ABOUT THE ULTRALITE-MK3 HYBRID
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The LCD also provides activity metering for all
UltraLite-mk3 inputs and outputs.
16-BIT AND 24-BIT RECORDING
The UltraLite-mk3 system handles all data with a
24-bit signal path, regardless of the I/O format. You
can record and play back 16-bit or 24-bit audio files
at any supported sample rate via any of the
UltraLite-mk3’s analog or digital inputs and
outputs. 24-bit audio files can be recorded with any
compatible host application that supports 24-bit
recording.
CUEMIX FX 32-BIT FLOATING POINT
MIXING AND EFFECTS
All UltraLite-mk3 inputs and outputs can be
routed to the on-board CueMix FX 16-bus (8
stereo) digital mixer driven by hardware-based
DSP with 32-bit floating point precision. The
mixer allows you to apply no-latency effects
processing to inputs, outputs or busses directly in
the UltraLite-mk3 hardware, independent of the
computer. Effects can even be applied when the
UltraLite-mk3 is operating stand-alone (without a
computer) as a complete portable mixer. Input
signals to the computer can be recorded wet, dry,
or dry with a wet monitor mix (for musicians
during recording, for example).
Effects include reverb, parametric EQ and
compression/limiting. The UltraLite-mk3’s Classic
Reverb™ provides five different room types, three
frequency bands with adjustable crossover points,
shelf filtering and reverb lengths up to 60-seconds.
Two forms of compression are supplied: a standard
compressor with conventional threshold/ratio/
attack/release/gain controls and the Leveler™, an
accurate model of the legendary LA-2A optical
compressor, which provides vintage, musical
automatic gain control.
CueMix FX also provides 7-band parametric EQ
modeled after British analog console EQs,
featuring 4 filter styles (gain/Q profiles) to
effectively cover a wide range of audio material.
Low-pass and high-pass filters are also supplied
with slopes that range from 6 to 36 dB. The EQ
employs extremely high precision 64-bit floating
point processing.
The UltraLite-mk3’s flexible effects architecture
allows you to apply EQ and compression on every
input and output (a total of 24 channels), with
enough DSP resources for at least one band of
parametric EQ and compression on every channel
at 48 kHz. However, DSP resources are allocated
dynamically and a DSP meter in the CueMix FX
software (included) allows you to keep tabs on the
UltraLite-mk3’s processing resources. Each input,
output and mix bus provides a send to the Classic
Reverb processor, which then feeds reverb returns
to mix busses and outputs, with a selectable split
point between them to prevent send/return
feedback loops.
HOST AUDIO SOFTWARE
The UltraLite-mk3 system ships with standard
Windows drivers that allow you to record, edit,
play back and mix your UltraLite-mk3 projects
using your favorite Windows audio software.