UAD‑2 Live Rack Manual
Chapter 4: Live Rack Application
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Live Rack Terms
For the purpose of describing Live Rack operations in this chapter, the following
definitions are used.
Screen – All elements currently visible on the computer display. Some displayed
elements are common to all screens, while other elements depend on the active View
and/or selected function.
Element – One specific item in the screen. An element can be a menu, control (button,
switch, knob), or visual indicator. Some screen elements vary depending on the active
view and the functions available within that view.
View – A set of related functions. Live Rack has six primary views, and some views have
multiple screens. Items available within each view can vary depending on the active
function.
Tab – A button that switches between a set of elements within a view.
Channel – A single MADI channel within the 64‑channel MADI stream. Each UAD‑2 Live
Rack unit can process up to 16 MADI channels.
Plug-In – The UAD plug‑in files containing the DSP algorithms. Each plug‑in has a
unique interface containing a set of controls that adjust its audio processing features.
Insert – A slot within a single channel where plug‑ins are loaded and adjusted. Each
channel has eight inserts to facilitate serial processing.
Channel Strip – Two or more UAD plug‑ins inserted serially in the same channel for
stacked signal processing.
Bank – A group of MADI channels that are displayed concurrently. The number of
channels displayed in a Live Rack bank can range from four to 64 channels.
Group – A set of specific channels that are grouped together. Live Rack uses groups for
latency delay compensation, which is necessary to align channels that must maintain
phase coherency (such as drum kits with multiple microphones).
Linked – Two adjacent channels that are combined into a stereo pair. Linked channels
operate with one set of controls and pan settings are automatically set to hard left/right.
Focus – A control element that is selected and ready to accept an operational command.
Live Rack uses element focus extensively to enable operation with the computer’s
QWERTY keyboard.
Preset – A complete set of parameter values for an individual plug‑in or channel strip
that are saved as a named disk file. Presets are used to recall favorite settings for
individual plug‑ins and/or channel strips.
Snapshot – A complete Live Rack configuration. Snapshots contain all parameter values
within the Live Rack application and are used to for total session recall. Snapshots can
be loaded via MIDI or directly from within a Soundcraft Vi console via Ethernet using the
CUE functions within the Vi console.
