Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) UltraLite mk3 Firewire Audio Interface

10 inputs and 14 outputs. Front-panel LCD metering for all I/O. 14-bus CueMix FX.

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Been doing this audio thing since the early 80's and not since my Seasound Solo have I really liked the 'musicality' of a computer audio device, this much. Now, MOTU have a knack for being verrrry Mac friendly, not so friendly with PC devices(had major issues loading Mach 5 on PC, but that is another story, see here: http://www.zzounds.com/item--MTUMACHFIVE Due to a variety reasons, I am now a reluctant 'Mac' user and this installed without a glitch into my Macbook Pro with 4 GB. The mixer software that accompanies this is very graphically pleasing and is easy to use, intensivesly extensive and just plain sounds good. Like Apple, MOTU's products appear at first to be just a little too pricey, but unlike Apple, MOTU products have muscle and could never be accused of being too 'metro' or 'weenie-ish'. Price (Apple and Apogee take note!) doesn't neccessarily mean you are always getting what you paid for, but in this case, I am glad I sprang for the extra couple hundred dollars for the MOTU Ultralite Mk3 as it: 1) Is truly portable. 2) Sounds just awesome through headphones and allows you to monitor directly to your speakers without any latency when running external gear through its inputs. 3) Has NO Mac driver issues or bugs that I could find (can't vouch for PC yet). 4) Much Faster than USB by far (too bad they didn't have an express card 34 version) and leaves your USB ports open for all the dongles et al you'll be puttin in 'em. 5) Very usable internal effects and EQ-and sure!, I'd use them in a 'release' mix, no problem. I've used worse on records. 6) Has more inputs and outputs than boxes twice as long as it. 7) Actually has nice moving LED meters on your inputs, easy to see in the dark and the Midi functionality is extensive. 8) Is very forgiveable on input saturation/peaking/overload dry, but also it has its own DSP internal limiter/compressor on inputs and it works! 9) Rugged and drop-kickable. Horn player got crazy at a session in my garage and kicked the cord accidently and it went flying across the room, hit the wall and I was "Ohhhhh Nooooo!!". Plugged it back in, it worked! Huh? 10) Doesn't take a 'rocket scientist' to figure out how to use it. Very easy mixer setup and just plain designed to be user friendly. MOTU have put out a great product on this one and earned my respect all over again (had the MIDI Time Piece) after losing it on Mach Five. MOTU does Midi and Audio interfaces, well. Not just well, for the VFM (Value For Money), nothing compares. Get one for a Mac and you won't look back. (I'm sounding like a cheeseball rep, now...?) http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/ultralite-mk3/

Submitted: 9/4/2008

Style of Music: downtempo, electronica, ambient, trip hop, jazz

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The UltraLite mk3 provides flexible and mobile bus-powered operation, professional audio quality at samples rates up to 192 kHz and plenty of I/O, including two mic/instrument inputs, six line-level analog inputs, ten channels of analog output, stereo S/PDIF and a discrete stereo headphone output.

Housed in a rugged, compact enclosure you can take anywhere, the UltraLite mk3 is equally well-suited for studio and stage, with or without a computer. As an interface or standalone mixer, the UltraLite mk3 provides 10 separate inputs and 14 separate outputs.

Connect all of your studio gear, including microphones, guitars, synths, keyboards, drum machines, effects processors and even MIDI devices. Record, monitor, route and process all of these live inputs using the professional on-board CueMix FX digital mixer — with no latency and no processor strain on your computer. Apply hardware DSP-driven effects processing to inputs, outputs, and busses independent of your host computer. Add Classic Reverb with lengths up to 60 seconds. Further sculpt your sound with 7-band parametric EQ featuring filter types carefully modeled after British analog console EQs. Choose between two forms of compression: a conventional compressor and the Leveler, an accurate model of the legendary LA-2A optical compressor that provides vintage, musical automatic gain control.

After programming the on-board mixing in the studio, unplug the UltraLite mk3 from the computer and take it on the road for operation as a stand-alone mixer with effects. All mixing and effects parameters are adjustable using the front panel backlit LCD.

The UltraLite mk3 provides cross-platform compatibility with Mac and Windows and all of your favorite audio software and host-based effects via WDM/ASIO/Core Audio drivers. Or you can use the included AudioDesk workstation software for Mac, with 24-bit recording/editing and 32-bit mixing/processing/mastering.
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