MOTU UltraLite-MK3 Hybrid FireWire/USB2 Audio Interface

MOTU UltraLite-MK3 Hybrid FireWire/USB2 Audio Interface Review

MOTU UltraLite-MK3 Hybrid FireWire/USB2 Audio Interface Feature

• Hybrid FireWire/USB2 connectivity - connect to your computer via either bus-powered FireWire or hi-speed USB2.
• CueMix FXTM - flexible 10 input/14 bus mixer with on-board DSP effects, including reverb with sends/returns, EQ & compression on every input & output.
• 10 inputs / 14 outputs - no channel sharing in UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid; mic , S/PDIF I/O, headphone out & main outs are handled as separate channels.
• Classic ReverbTM - provides five different room types, three frequency shelves with adjustable crossover points.
• Two forms of compression - a standard compressor with conventional threshold/ratio/attack/release/gain controls and the LevelerTM.
• An accurate model of the legendary LA-2A optical compressor, which provides vintage, musical automatic gain control.

As the first-ever 'hybrid' audio interface of its kind, the UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid provides flexible and mobile operation via FireWire or hi-speed USB2 connectivity to a Mac or PC computer, with 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 stereo headphone output.