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Realtime Rack Manual Chapter 1: Introduction 13

Realtime Rack Features

Hardware

• Durable 1U Rack enclosure

• 4 SHARC DSPs on-board

• Dual-redundant internal power supplies with failover detection

• Each Realtime Rack unit processes up to 16 channels of a MADI stream (add additional

units for 32, 48, or 64 channels)

• Runs a huge library of UAD Powered Plug-Ins & UAD Direct Developer Plug-Ins

• Dual-Thunderbolt host connectivity

• One set of MADI optical I/O (64 channels @ 48 kHz)

• Word Clock I/O (BNC) and input termination

• Sample Rate support from 44.1 kHz to 96 kHz

• Clock Support for the following formats: Internal, MADI, Word Clock

Software

• Purpose-built Realtime Rack application for inserting UAD Powered Plug-Ins

• Networked integration with select Soundcraft Vi consoles – allows full remote snapshot

triggering and storing

• Create, store, and recall channel strip presets

• Create, store, and recall snapshots

• Up to eight UAD Powered Plug-Ins per-channel

• Meter bridge always displays signal levels on all channels

• Plug-ins are categorized by type for quick assignments

• Large text and graphics for high visibility in live sound environments

• SAFE Mode ensures destructive changes do not occur during a live scenario

• Edit Mode ensures changes can be made as quickly as possible

• Intuitive drag/drop functionality for copy/paste, navigation, and moving plug-ins between

inserts and/or tracks

• Most functions can be navigated and executed without a mouse (via computer keyboard)

• Full screen application minimizes visual clutter

• Delay compensation group channels for maintaining phase alignment (critical for drums)

• Application and Snapshots can be conﬁgured without connected hardware for ofﬂine

setup and/or sharing with other operators