MOTO Ultralite

upgraded to MOTU version 1.2... having real tough time upgrading to 1.5
 
can somebody who uses this pls give the basics.. have been using but feel like I need to go back to step 1...  using ASIO drivers
 
let's say I'm using the FRONT IN on ULTRALITE, what I'm looking to do is record a mono guitar/vocal right down the middle..  
1) does it matter if I have stero or mono marked in MOTU cuemix
2) what corresponds to the front input??  LEFT MOTU Audio Analog 1, or RIGHT MOTU Analog 1, Stereo??
3) what corresponds to the rear input??
 
I will get a track perfect.. for instance.
MOTU Analog 3-4 solo on stereo Button
SONAR track armed with blue INTERLEAVE buttons on both Track Inspector and Monitor
everything works find.. analog mono signal right down the middle to both left and right channels..
 
do it a gain it doesn't work.. fuss with the Interleave..  un-arm the track.  Get a signal coming thru the channel on both signal lines. hit record and no RED LINE.. shut down do it again and it works fine..
 
it's driving me insane.  I have got it working, made myself screenprints.  It's being realllly fussy.
 
would the MOTU Utlra/MK Firewire 1.5 upgrade help
would the sonar 1A and 1B upgrades help
 
 
 

the front input is the LEFT MOTU Analog Audio 1.

you don't need to do anything in sonar to tell it to record mono - just select ONLY the LEFT channel for one track and whichever one you have the guitar plugged into for the other track.  don't mess with the interleave - it's set automatically according to the input you select.  don't select a stereo input and it won't set the interleave to stereo, it will select a MONO interleave for you.  if you DO select a stereo input then sonar will set the interleave to stereo.

don't mess with it - just select the correct input!

your question about what the rear "one" is?  there are 7 inputs on the rear - which one are you talking about?

would the rea input be RIGHT MOTU ANALOG 1 ??

Yes.

-Susan

thanks for the help... to sum this up for future idiots like myself...
 
MOTU ULTRALITE & CAKEWALK SONAR
1) don't mess with the CueMix.. you may want to restore to default if you have
if you plug into the front XLR/Hybrid input in the
front, you choose Left MOTU Audio ASIO Analog 1, if you use the
rear input, you choose Right MOTU Audio ASIO Analog 1
 
The left Trim/48V/PAD controls you gain and trim on the front input
the Right Trim/48V/PAD controls the gain and trim on the rear input
 
this will give you a mono signal for your mic/guitar righ down the middle of the track channel, which you can then pan or straight-line into your mix.
 
 

greenstrat:

To add to the great help these users have given, you may want to watch that video on CueMix FX at the MOTU site. It's great for learning some basics of how to use CueMix FX.

You don't say which UltraLite you have, but I guess it's the newest model, the UltraLite-mk3 Hybird.