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I have a mac Pro 12GB RAM Plenty of HD space. Just received my MOTU Ultra Litemk3 and instruction book says shut down Mac before connecting firewire cable. Do I really have to power down or just leave Mac in sleep mode. Also I need a glossary for some of the terms in the book. I'm a Guitar player only. Using Logic Pro X 10.0.7
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Hooking Up worries
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Discussion related to installation, configuration and use of MOTU hardware such as MIDI interfaces, audio interfaces, etc. for Mac OSX
Discussion related to installation, configuration and use of MOTU hardware such as MIDI interfaces, audio interfaces, etc. for Mac OSX
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mikehalloran
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Re: Hooking Up worries
Although the FireWire spec says that devices are hot swappable, too many fried peripherals and burned out motherboards tell us differently.
The spec calls for 22W bus power. It can arc, go where it's not wanted and damage equipment. Shut your computer and peripheral down before plugging or unplugging a FW device.
The spec calls for 22W bus power. It can arc, go where it's not wanted and damage equipment. Shut your computer and peripheral down before plugging or unplugging a FW device.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
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Re: Hooking Up worries
+1 aways shut down the mac before plugging or unplugging a FW device!mikehalloran wrote:Although the FireWire spec says that devices are hot swappable, too many fried peripherals and burned out motherboards tell us differently.
The spec calls for 22W bus power. It can arc, go where it's not wanted and damage equipment. Shut your computer and peripheral down before plugging or unplugging a FW device.
fwiw most users will also recommend setting sleep mode to never,I just have monitors turn off after 5 or 10 minutes of non use.
2012 Mac Pro 3.46GHz 12 core 96 gig,Mojave, DP11.01,Logic 10.51, RME UCX,Great River ME-1NV,a few microphones,UAD2, Komplete 12U,U-he,Omni & way too many VI's,Synths & FX galore!, Mimic Pro w/ SD3,Focal Twin 6 monitors, Shunyata...........
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offtheroad
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Re: Hooking Up worries
Thank you all very much. I hsd s focusrite before this so this quite a step up,
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mikehalloran
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Re: Hooking Up worries
Most of us? Really?fwiw most users will also recommend setting sleep mode to never,...
I have no issue with sleep mode and DP and I'm pretty sure that, if "most of us" did, there would be a lot of posts about it.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4.1, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
Re: Hooking Up worries
It might depend on the audio interface drivers. I have no problems with the 828 or 2408, but with some other interfaces, including the built in audio on the MBP, when the system sleeps, MAS loses contact with the audio system and DP switches to MIDI only. I saw the same thing with DP under Windows.mikehalloran wrote:I have no issue with sleep mode
2018 Mini i7 32G 10.14.6, DP 11.3, Mixbus 9, Logic 10.5, Scarlett 18i8
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offtheroad
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Re: Hooking Up worries
Thanks all so I guess with my Ultralite mk3 sleep mode is OK?
Re: Hooking Up worries
correction, many users.mikehalloran wrote:Most of us? Really?fwiw most users will also recommend setting sleep mode to never,...
I have no issue with sleep mode and DP and I'm pretty sure that, if "most of us" did, there would be a lot of posts about it.
2012 Mac Pro 3.46GHz 12 core 96 gig,Mojave, DP11.01,Logic 10.51, RME UCX,Great River ME-1NV,a few microphones,UAD2, Komplete 12U,U-he,Omni & way too many VI's,Synths & FX galore!, Mimic Pro w/ SD3,Focal Twin 6 monitors, Shunyata...........
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offtheroad
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Re: Hooking Up worries
I just now talked to tech support at MOTU and they said for the MOTU Ultralite mk3 it's ok to plug it in when Mac is just in sleep mode and not to shut down completely.