User guide
 CUBASE, NUENDO, LIVE AND OTHER ASIO SOFTWARE
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☛ Warning: the Return inputs can cause 
feedback loops! DO NOT assign this input to a 
track that shares the same UltraLite-mk3 output 
pair as the returns.
Reverb return
The UltraLite-mk3 also supplies a return to your 
host software that carries the output of its reverb 
processor. This return can be used for any purpose 
you wish.
VIEWING AND MANAGING ULTRALITE-MK3 
OUTPUTS
To view and manage UltraLite-mk3 outputs, scroll 
down below the inputs to see them (Figure 7-6). 
Figure 7-6: Working with UltraLite-mk3 outputs in Nuendo or
Cubase.
The “Phones 1-2” output
If you’ve chosen to treat the UltraLite-mk3 
headphones as an independent output, you’ll see 
Phones 1-2 as a UltraLite-mk3 output destination. 
Audio tracks assigned to this output pair will be 
heard on the headphone jack only. For further 
explanation, see “Phones” on page 44.
CHANGING ULTRALITE-MK3 SETTINGS
To change the UltraLite-mk3 settings at any time, 
go to the Device Setup window in Nuendo or 
Cubase and click the Control Panel button, as 
shown in Figure 7-6 on page 47. Be sure to click the 
Reset button after making any changes.
PROCESSING LIVE INPUTS WITH HOST-
BASED VST PLUG-INS
If you patch a live input (such as MIDI synthesizer) 
through a VST plug-in effect in Cubase, you might 
hear a slight delay. There are several ways to reduce 
this delay. For details, see chapter 9, “Reducing 
Monitoring Latency” (page 55).
WORKING WITH CUEMIX FX MIXING AND 
EFFECTS
The UltraLite-mk3 provides powerful external 
mixing, EQ, compression and reverb, which you 
can operate hand-in-hand with your host 
software’s complete mixing environment. For 
example, the UltraLite-mk3 can serve as a monitor 
mixer routing channels to musicians, or it can 
serve as an integrated extension of your Cubase/
Nuendo mixing environment. If you program an 
UltraLite-mk3 mixing and processing 
configuration that goes hand in hand with your 
Cubase/Nuendo project, be sure to use the file save 
features in CueMix FX to save the UltraLite-mk3 
settings as a file in your Cubase/Nuendo project 
folder for instant recall of all settings. See 
chapter 10, “CueMix FX” (page 61) for complete 
details.
SYNCHRONIZATION
Together, Cubase (or Nuendo) and the 
UltraLite-mk3 have the ability to resolve directly to 
SMPTE time code, without an additional time 
code synchronizer. See “Syncing to SMPTE time 
code” on page 106.
MIDI I/O VIA THE ULTRALITE-MK3 MIDI 
PORTS
Once you’ve run the UltraLite-mk3 software 
installer as explained in “Installing the 
UltraLite-mk3 software” on page 15, the 
UltraLite-mk3 MIDI ports will appear as a MIDI 
input source and output destination in your host 
software’s MIDI input and output menus.










