The Soundcraft Realtime Rack brings an extensive library of UAD plug-ins from Universal Audio to all Soundcraft Vi Series consoles.

The Realtime Rack is a 1U-high unit capable of processing up to 16 channels of a Madi stream, with the option of using additional units for 32, 48 or 64 audio channels. Realtime Rack hardware and software enables Soundcraft Vi consoles to integrate UA’s UAD Powered Plug-Ins with ultra-low latency, and snapshot store and recall from within the console’s Cue/Snapshot system.

There are two versions of the Soundcraft Realtime Rack: the Core is preloaded with 14 Harman and UAD plug-ins, while the Ultimate is loaded with 72 plug-ins including emulations of analogue hardware from names such as Neve, Studer, Lexicon and Manley.

The Realtime Rack software runs on a separate Mac computer and allows UAD plug-ins to be inserted on individual channels, auxiliary channels and master buses as easily as hardware. A comprehensive snapshot system allows total recall of all plug-ins and their settings. Tight network integration with Vi Series consoles ensures that all settings of the plug-ins are stored inside a Soundcraft Vi console. One Realtime Rack can run 16 channel strips each with up to eight plug-ins inserted. Realtime Racks can also be daisy-chained to up to four units processing 64 channels simultaneously.