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Allen & Heath Avantis RackUltra FX Upgrade
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A rack FX upgrade with studio reverbs for live rigs.
Live productions have traditionally required a compromise between studio-grade effects and the reliability demanded on stage. The Allen & Heath Avantis RackUltra FX upgrade eliminates that compromise by bringing an expanded suite of effects directly into the Avantis platform. Powered by a dedicated hardware expansion card, RackUltra FX adds advanced reverbs, vocal processing, saturation, distortion and spatial effects without relying on external computers, plug-ins or servers. The result is a streamlined effects environment designed to elevate live productions while maintaining the stability and ultralow-latency performance professional engineers expect.
Studio-Class Effects Built for Live Sound
RackUltra FX expands Avantis with a collection of effects that rival many of today's leading studio plug-ins. Advanced vocal tuning and grid-based pitch correction support everything from subtle refinement to dramatic creative textures, while dedicated saturation processors and amp/cabinet models add warmth, color and harmonic character to vocals and instruments. Engineers also gain access to expansive reverbs, pristine delays and immersive spatial processors capable of creating everything from natural ambience to cinematic soundscapes, all running natively within the console. The upgrade also adds eight dedicated RackUltra FX engines, making sophisticated effects available without consuming existing channels, buses or RackExtra FX resources.
Dedicated Hardware Performance Without External Systems
Unlike software-based solutions that rely on laptops or external processing hardware, RackUltra FX operates entirely from a dedicated expansion card within the Avantis ecosystem. This approach minimizes latency, eliminates many of the risks associated with computer-based systems and ensures critical effects remain immediately available throughout demanding productions. Whether supporting concerts, theatrical performances, houses of worship or broadcast environments, the Avantis RackUltra FX upgrade provides a reliable way to expand creative capabilities while maintaining the speed and consistency required in professional live sound applications.
Features
- Studio-quality effects engine brings flagship sound to the live stage
- Dedicated hardware card delivers real-time effects with zero laptop dependency
- Vocal tuner offers pitch correction from subtle to robotic
- Saturator and amp simulation add harmonic complexity to live sources
- Advanced reverbs and delays enable deep spatial mixing on stage
- No external servers needed reduces failure points during performance
Command every mix with the Avantis RackUltra FX upgrade, delivering rock-solid, laptop-free effects that keep your live sound powerful, polished, and in control.
Avantis RackUltra FX Upgrade Specifications:
General- Product type: Effects processing expansion card
- Model:AH-M-AV-ULTRAFX-RUFX
- Compatibility: Allen & Heath Avantis digital mixing systems
- Vocal Tuner: Real-time pitch correction
- Vocal Gridder: Natural correction through hard-tuned robotic effects
- Saturation processing: Yes
- Distortion processing: Yes
- Amp simulation: Amp+Cab modeling included
- Advanced reverbs: Yes
- Delay effects: Studio-quality delays
- Spatial effects: Advanced immersive spatial processing
- Display resolution: 1440 × 900 minimum
- Recommended resolution: 1680 × 1050
- Free hard drive space: 250MB
- Memory requirement: 4GB RAM minimum
- Recommended memory: 8GB RAM
- Processor requirement: 2GHz dual-core processor
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