ultralite mk3 mac M1 and big Sur

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Ultralite Mk2 firewire working fine here under macOS Monterey 12.0.1 on macbook pro 14" m1 max
using the mk3 hybrid driver

Hi Wolf !
How did you manage it?
Which driver did you use? And where did you find it?
I use monterey 12.6 and UltraLite Mk3, I have installed driver 1.6 89555 and test only via USB, and it didn't see the Ultralite(I don't have bought the firewire adapter yet).

Can you help me?
Thanks in advance
David

[junkmanukuk]

Hi

Just a quick question has anyone had success daisy chaining 2 or 3 Ultralites using this method

Thanks

[mikehalloran]

Hi

Just a quick question has anyone had success daisy chaining 2 or 3 Ultralites using this method

Thanks

Ha! I wish there was a quick answer.

You cannot daisy-chain MOTU bus powered interfaces, only with external power on #2 and further. If daisy-chaining MOTU interfaces, they recommend using an external clock if three or more to prevent drift. Otherwise there is more than one way how is explained in the manual. BTW, some Mac portables supply adequate bus power from only one port—yea, Apple still does this. Setting up more than one in Windows is not easy at all.

MOTU has used the UltraLite name for 6 different interfaces of three types. This is confusing, of course.

The UltraLite, UltraLite-mk3 and UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid take this driver from Big Sur forward. Since the UltraLite & UltraLite-mk3 are no longer supported, you have to look under UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid to find this driver. If you click on Additional Downloads, you'll find the ones for Catalina and backward.

MOTU Audio Installer
Mac v89555 | Oct. 13, 2021
macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11

The UltraLite-mk4 and UltraLite-AVB take this one from Big Sur forward:

MOTU Pro Audio Installer
Mac v92740 | Feb. 8, 2023
macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11

while the UltraLite-mk5 uses this:

MOTU Gen 5 Installer
Mac v93305 | June 6, 2023
macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11, macOS 10.15, macOS 10.14

[junkmanukuk]

Thanks for your quick reply

Just to make sure I've ordered the correct adapters

Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire (A1463) & Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter (A1790)

Hope there Correct

Thanks

[mikehalloran]

Thanks for your quick reply

Just to make sure I've ordered the correct adapters

Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire (A1463) & Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter (A1790)

Hope there Correct

Thanks

Many of us are using unsupported FW devices with those two adapters, myself included with my 828mkII FW. If the unit is good; these work. All MOTU FireWire devices must use the correct MOTU Audio Installer and not either of the other two.

[junkmanukuk]

Thanks for the reply

I guess I will need this one for my UltraLite and UltraLite-mk3


UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid
MOTU Audio Installer
Mac v89555 | Oct. 13, 2021
macOS 13, macOS 12, macOS 11

Thanks

[rafaelminari]

Hey, guys!

I'm using a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with Mojave 10.14.6 using a MOTU Ultralite MK3 hybrid (driver 1.6 83634 and firmware 1.07).
I'm having problems like glitches and sound interruption with a really high frequency noise that stops after some time. This problem happens all time without a pattern between the interruptions.

I sent the audio interface to the authorised assistance and there was not hardware problem detected.

Should I upgrade my OS from Mojave to Catalina or any other?
Would this work?

Thank you so much!

[junkmanukuk]

Right I've managed to give this a go at last but unfortunately only one ultralite shows up I'm using the suggested driver and adapters

Is there a certain way u need to start them up like turn interfaces on then the mac or vice versa

If I turn the one on that's connected to the mac first it shows up but then if I turn the second one on I get a beachball and I have to turn off the mac and restart

Any help would be great

Thanks

Ps I'm using a ultralite mk3 Fw and a original ultralite also tried with a 828 mk2 with same out come

I wi try on bootcamp and see how that goes also

[mikehalloran]

They both use the same driver so that is installed only once.

Do they both show up in Audio MIDI Setup.app? If so, then you need to make an Aggregate Device. Apple and MOTU have instructions for doing so.

[junkmanukuk]

Thanks for the reply Mike

No only one shows up

Sorry to sound stupid as there 2 firewire ports does it matter what firewire port goes where?