8 new RackUltra FX slots with dedicated stereo sends and returns.

Feature Release

New RackUltra FX Features (for MixRacks fitted with RackUltra FX card)

• 8 new RackUltra FX slots with dedicated stereo sends and returns.
• Pre and post FX PEQ and dynamics for each RackUltra FX slot.
• New FX models:
• Spaces Reverb Designer
• Plate Reverb Designer
• Vocal Shifter
• Vocal Tuner
• Vocal Gridder
• Dual Voice Harmoniser with key detection
• Quad Voice Harmoniser
• MIDI Harmoniser
• Amp+Cab Distortion
• Saturator

Other New Features

• Actions – automate console operations with multiple functions recalled from a single SoftKey press. Functions include:
• Mutes
• Bus, DCA & Mute Group Assignments
• Send Level
• Main Level
• Talkback Groups
• Processing In/Out (Including Preamp, Filters, Gate, Inserts, Compressor, PEQ & NEQ)
• ABCD Input
• Custom MIDI
• RackUltra FX Bypass
• Cue List system updates – Manual and Automatic Cue numbering, point Cues, indentation, Cue insert, Recall IDs, Skip Go and more
• Channel Library updates – now including Name & Colour settings and Routing.
• Strip Assign Libraries.
• FX Width control for all RackExtra and RackUltra FX.
• Director Preview Mode – recall and update Scenes from Director then Push and Store to the system without affecting the live audio.
• Director CSV Import / Export – Import / Export Channel Name, Colour, Patch and Preamp settings to/from a CSV file.
• Director fields now editable via keyboard.
• Scene control, Library recall, RackUltra FX channel strip and dual view Sonogram added to MixPad app.
• Dyn8 ganging.
• Independent On/Off and Pre/Post controls for PAFL Ext In to Wedge/IEM output.
• Custom names and colours for IEM and Wedge strips.
• New MIDI options and commands including:
• Ability to connect the MIDI Control driver to a dLive Surface for Cue List control
• Global Send and Receive Enable / Disable option
• MIDI control of Global Key
• Configurable MIDI CC messages for Scene Go, Next and Previous
• Configurable MIDI channel for each RackUltra FX slot
• Configurable MIDI CC messages for selected FX parameters e.g. Retune, Transition, Correction, Key, Scale, Bypass
• Support of multi-unit Configs in Custom Control.
• Touchscreen pinch control for PEQ width.
• Insert Return socket preamp Safe option.
• Polarity setting for all AES output sockets.
• Pro/Consumer mode setting for AES cards.
• gigaACE high-jitter tolerance mode.

Fixes

• ID7813 Director now correctly shows disconnections when running in window mode.
• ID7698 Reliability improvements to Director firmware updater.
• ID7659 Insert FX metering point updated to reflect Dry/Wet control changes.
• ID7645 Dante Preamp values could sometimes be erroneously changed on boot with Gain Tracking enabled.
• ID8576 Clearing DX box notifications on Home screen could cause a crash.
• ID7347 Offline Director DX box configuration reliability improvements.
• ID7807 Custom Control performance improvements.
• ID7296 Improved handling of Scene Update with Director connected.
• ID7285 Various Bookmark improvements.
• ID8414 Transient Controller could impact audio of other FX units.

Known Issues

• ID7480 With DX boxes configured as ‘Connected’ offline, Director can show Offline configuration when connected to a MixRack.
• ID6928 Connection of a ME personal mixing system to the DX2 socket on GX4816 is not supported.
• ID6623 PAFL delay is reset after a Mixer Config change.
• ID7484 Director restart required to connect to IP controllers when going from Online to Offline.
• ID7237 Sending a Scene Recall message to the MixRack MIDI/TCP port will ignore Role Filters of connected Surfaces in a multi-surface setup.
• ID8791 Touching both touchscreens at the same time can result in some menus not working correctly.
• ID8919 A red X may appear on the Home screen when gigaACE / fibreACE cards have no valid connection.
• ID8931 During firmware update, Help and Show version numbers will erroneously display as V1.90.
• ID8556 Director cannot control the new Pro/Consumer mode for AES sockets.
• ID8934 Trackpad drag adjustments may appear laggy in macOS Director.
• ID8923 Embedded Scenes on a V1.9 system recalling on a V2.0 system will cause errors.
• ID8845 Surface Lib button sometimes doesn’t open RackUltra FX Libraries.
• ID8337 Scene Edit user permission does not work with Cue Lists.
• ID8926 Virtual Soundcheck notification disappears after a Surface lock and unlock.
• ID362 dLive MixPad 2.00 doesn’t correctly indicate compressor state in gain reduction meter.
• ID8952 Relative Scene Update of send levels can cause errors with certain Mix Configs.