Rack Performer

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Rack Performer is a modular host dedicated to stage performance, with a special emphasis on interface ergonomy and user interaction.

Plug your guitar, your keyboard, your microphone, or even all at once, add any number of effects or instruments and connect them the way you like. You are ready to perform!

Rack Performer supports VST plug-ins (effects and instruments) and thanks to its collection of included internal modules you can perform right away.

With Virtual Screens and Multiple monitors support there is no overlapping windows and all interfaces remain accessible at all time.

All MIDI Controllers are supported (keyboards, pedals, knob and fader boxes, etc) and the Quick MIDI Map feature allows you to configure them in a flash.

Pre-listen and cue sounds using Dedicated monitoring channels and Any-point monitoring.

Perform in real-time with ultra-low control latency, and process Multi-channel audio inputs and outputs, using ASIO, DirectSound or MME drivers.

Hot features

Modular host

High-level modular environment supporting VST/VSTi plug-ins, internal modules, multichannel audio and MIDI.

Use ready-made instruments and effects to create complex patches without needing a degree in electronics or computer science.

Create as many modules as you wish and define the audio signal flow by dragging cables between their outputs and inputs.

Patch size is limited only by your system resources and your imagination

Virtual Screens

Full-screen interface without scrolling or overlapping windows, based on virtual screens concept.

Dispatch all module interfaces exactly the way you want on up to 8 virtual screens, each holding its own rack of modules.

Switch between screens in a flash by using the screen selector, keyboard F1 to F8 keys or even your MIDI controller.

Always get a clear view of your entire live set and keep everything you need to play at hand.

Rack Performer - module GUI dispatching on virtual screens

Rack Performer - while dispatching, module GUIs can't overlap

Scene Snapshots

Original way to save and recall any instant of your performance in a flash.

All modules have their own presets bank where their state and configuration can be stored and recalled at will in the form of individual presets.

Scene snapshots work on top of the presets system and can be seen as "meta-presets", that is, presets for the whole document state at the moment the snapshot was taken.

Storing and recalling scene snapshots is really easy and instantaneous, using the floating window or your MIDI controller.

Rack Performer - scene snapshots floating window (empty)

Rack Performer - storing scene snapshots is really easy

Rack Performer - scene snapshots in action

GUI wrappers

Display module interfaces exactly the way you want and chose amongst a large number of GUI wrappers to build your perfect control surface.

For each module you create in the patch-bay you can select between many different ways to display its graphical interface, from very compact to very large, including of course the original module interface if there is one available.

GUI wrappers can be changed at anytime, making it possible for instance to configure a module using its own full GUI then switch afterwards to a more compact one having just a single presets control.

Modules without their own GUI always get a wrapper around them in order to make their controls editable and mappable.

Rack Performer - GUI wrapper selection dialog

Rack Performer - showing different GUI wrappers, VST plugin courtesy of our friends at www.audiorealism.se

Multi-chan audio processing

Multi-channel audio content authoring made easy. Most modules support multi-channel streams on their inputs and outputs.

Why have distinct modules for mono, stereo or multi-channel processing? It's just a matter of patching!

Most modules have variable I/O pins and can operate in either modes depending on how you patch them.

Create a module, set the required pin count, then patch and play!

Rack Performer - when created this module is in a mono configuration...

Rack Performer - clicking on the buttons next to the pins allows to setup the module for multi-channel operation

Rack Performer - module shown patched in mixed mode

Dedicated audio monitoring

Allocate dedicated audio output channels for audio monitoring, ideal to cue sounds on your headphones before playing them.

You are not limited to stereo as this is a real multi-channel dedicated monitor output, allowing to pre-listen 5:1 sources for instance.

The audio monitor has its own floating window with large and bright vu-meters, source selection and volume controls.

Rack Performer - dedicated audio monitoring setup

Rack Performer - configuring a 5:1 dedicated monitoring output

Rack Performer - audio monitoring window with vu-meter, volume and source selection

More Rack Performer features...

Screenshots

Rack Performer - patch mode, multi-chan audio processing

Rack Performer - edit mode (VST plugin shown courtesy of our friends at www.audiorealism.se)

System requirements

Operating System: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 - AMD Athlon XP or faster
Memory: 256MB RAM minimum, 1GB recommended
Graphics: OpenGL 1.2 compatible video card, 800x600 min resolution
Sound: internal or external device, ASIO driver recommended
MIDI: interface, keyboard and controllers recommended