MOTU UltraLite-mk4, User Manual

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CHOOSE THE MOTU PRO AUDIO DRIVER
Once you’ve made the preparations described so
far in this chapter, you’re ready to run your audio
software and enable the MOTU Pro Audio driver,
which allows your host software to use the
UltraLite-mk4 as an audio interface.
For Mac OS X audio software
For audio software running under Mac OS X, go to
the menu item or preference where you choose the
audio device (Core Audio driver) you wish to use,
and then select the UltraLite-mk4 by name.
For Windows audio software
For audio software running under Windows, go to
the menu item or preference where you choose the
ASIO driver you wish to use, and then choose
MOTU Pro Audio ASIO . If your host audio software
doesn’t support ASIO, choose the
MOTU Pro Audio
Wave driver instead.
Figure 7-1: Choosing the MOTU Pro Audio ASIO driver in Cubase.
Where to go in popular audio hosts
Here is the location for this setting in various
popular audio software host applications:
Other audio software
Consult your software’s manual for further
information.
REDUCING MONITORING LATENCY
Monitoring latency
is a slight delay caused by
running an input signal through your host audio
software and back out. For example, you might
hear it when you drive a live guitar input signal
through an amp modeling plug-in running in your
audio sequencer.
This delay is caused by the amount of time it takes
for audio to make the entire round trip through
your computer, from when it first enters an input
on the UltraLite-mk4, passes through the interface
hardware into the computer, through your host
audio software, and then back out to an output.
Monitoring through the UltraLite-mk4
If you don’t need to process a live input with
plug-ins, the easiest way to avoid monitoring
latency is to disable your DAW’s live monitoring
feature and instead use the digital mixer in the
UltraLite-mk4 to route the input directly to your
Host software Location for choosing the UltraLite-mk4
Digital Performer
and AudioDesk Setup menu > Configure Audio System >
Configure Hardware Driver
Pro Tools 9 or later Setup menu > Playback Engine or Current
Engine
Logic Pro Preferences > Audio tab > Devices tab >
Core Audio tab
Garage Band Garage Band menu > Preferences > Audio/
MIDI > Audio Output/Input menus
Cubase and
Nuendo Device Setup > Devices list > VST Audio
System menu
Live Preferences > Audio tab
Reason Preferences > Audio preferences
Reaper Preferences > Audio prefs > Devices