Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Core

Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Core

The Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Core is a rack-mount unit with redundant power supply designed to run UAD-2 plug-ins in realtime for live sound situations. The UAD-2 Live Rack features a robust 16-channel MADI effects processor that allows live sound engineers to craft studio-quality mixes using Realtime UAD Processing and industry-leading UAD plug-ins.

Built to withstand the rigors of live sound, users can:

• Connect up to four UAD-2 Live Rack units for up to 64 channels of MADI signal processing.
• Mix studio-quality live sound with included UAD plug‑ins like Antares Auto-Tune Realtime, genuine Teletronix® LA‑2A and 1176 compressors, Pultec® EQs, and more
• Use the Live Rack App for effects tweaking, saving, and recall — complete with drag and drop, copy and paste, plug-in zoom, channel strip presets, and more
• Mix faster with MIDI snapshot recall and seamless integration with select Soundcraft Vi consoles

The Core version comes with the following plug-ins:

• Antares Auto-Tune Realtime
• Pultec EQP‐1A Legacy
• Pultec Pro Legacy
• UA 1176LN Legacy
• UA 1176SE Legacy
• Teletronix LA‐2A Legacy
• RealVerb‐Pro
• Precision Mix Rack Collection

Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Features

• 16-channel MADI effects processor for live mixing w/ Realtime UAD QUAD Core Processing and UAD plug-ins
• Process with acclaimed UAD Powered Plug-Ins while mixing live sound — including no latency pitch correction with Antares Auto-Tune Realtime
• Includes a suite of UAD plug-ins including Antares Auto-Tune Realtime, Teletronix LA-2A and 1176 compressors, Pultec EQs, and more
• Allows use of any licensed UAD plug-in(s) in users’ UAD accounts*
• Combine 4 units for up to 64 channels of Optical MADI signal processing
• Store configuration Snapshot files for easy recall of all show settings
• Load Snapshot configurations via MIDI or Soundcraft Vi CUE function
• Connects to Soundcraft Vi consoles via Ethernet for Snapshot CUE control
• Thunderbolt 3 connectivity for Macs (for plug-in control only)

Specifications

• Durable 1U Rack enclosure
• 4 SHARC DSPs on-board
• Dual-redundant internal power supplies with failover detection
• Each UAD‑2 Live Rack unit processes up to 16 channels of a MADI stream
• Add additional units for 32, 48, or 64 MADI channels
• Runs a huge library of UAD Powered Plug-Ins & UAD Direct Developer Plug-Ins
• Dual-Thunderbolt 3 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