Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Ultimate

Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Ultimate

The Universal Audio UAD-2 Live Rack Ultimate is a rack-mount unit with redundant power supply designed to run UAD-2 plug-ins in realtime for live sound situations. The Live Rack Ultimate comes with a complete suite of plug-ins from the likes of Antares, API, DBX, Empirical Labs, Fairchild, Lexicon, Manley, Moog, Neve, SPL, SSL, Teletronix, Thermionic and more.

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 Ultimate version comes with the following plug-ins:

• Antares Autotune Realtime
• AKG BX 20
• API 2500 Bus Compressor
• API Vision Channel Strip
• API 500 EQ Collection
• Brigade Chorus Pedal
• Cambridge EQ
• Cooper Time Cube Delay
• CS-1 Channel Strip
• dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter
• Distortion Essentials Bundle
• DreamVerb
• Empirical Labs Distressor
• EMT 140 Reverb
• EMT 250 Reverb
• EP-34 Tape Echo
• Fairchild Tube Limiter Plug-In Collection
• FATSO JR/SR Tape Emulation
• Fender '55 Tweed Deluxe Guitar Amp
• Galaxy Tape Echo
• Harrison 32C & 32C SE
• Korg SDD-3000 Delay
• Lexicon 224 Reverb
• Little Labs IBP
• Little Labs VOG
• Manley Massive Passive EQ Collection
• Manley Vari-Mu
• Manley Voxbox
• Moog Multimode Filter Collection
• MXR Flanger/Doubler
• Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Collection
• Neve 1081 EQ
• Neve 31102 EQ
• Neve 33609 Compressor
• Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection
• Ocean Way Studios
• Oxide Tape Recorder
• Precision Buss Compressor
• Precision De-Esser
• Precision Enhancer kHz
• Precision Enhancer Hz
• Precision Equalizer
• Precision K-Stereo
• Precision Limiter
• Precision Mix Rack Collection
• Precision Maximizer
• Pultec Passive EQ Collection
• Pure Plate Reverb
• RealVerb Pro
• SPL Transient Designer
• SSL 4000 E Channel Strip Collection
• SSL 4000 G Bus Compressor Collection
• Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder
• Studio D Chorus
• Teletronix LA-2A Leveler Collection
• Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
• Thermionic Culture Vulture
• Trident A-Range Classic Console EQ
• UA 1176 Classic Limiter Plug-In Collection
• UA 610 Tube Preamp & EQ 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
• 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