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UAD System Manual - 75 - Chapter 7: Using UAD Powered Plug-Ins
Note: LiveTrack Mode is available exclusively with UAD-2 PCIe devices.
When a UAD-2 FireWire device (UAD-2 Satellite or Apollo) are in use by the
system, LiveTrack Mode cannot be used.
Increased Host Loading using LiveTrack
When LiveTrack is active, host CPU loading increases. The host load is di-
rectly proportional to the DSP load of the UAD plug-in(s) in LiveTrack mode,
however host CPU is never used for Powered Plug-in processing.
Extra Latency using LiveTrack
When Extra Buffering is enabled (page 60) or when upsampled UAD plug-ins
(page 87) are used with LiveTrack, latency is increased. Extra buffering adds
64 samples, and each upsampled plug-in using LiveTrack adds the value from
Table 6 on page 88.
Note: For more detailed information about latency and buffers, see
Chapter 9, “UAD Delay Compensation”.
LiveTrack
Activation
To activate LiveTrack Mode, click the microphone icon in the UAD-
2 Toolbar. The mode is active when the mic icon is red.
LiveTrack Mode can be activated simultaneously on multiple UAD-2 plug-ins.
However, host system CPU loads will increase with each LiveTrack Mode in-
stance.
Status Indicator The Status indicator (see Figure 20 on page 72) displays information about
the current state of the plug-in. Each state is described below.
Start Demo
When “START DEMO” is displayed, the 14-day trial period
for the particular plug-in has never been activated. Clicking
this button will start the demonstration period (you can also start the demo in
the Control Panel’s Plug-In Status column (page 56).
Demo Active
After starting the demo, and when the plug-in is still within
the active 14-day trial period, the number of days remain-
ing in demo mode is displayed here.