Comments on: The Ultimate Mac Music Rack? Rax 3, in Previews

By: macpapa

macpapa — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:47:49 +0000

One more question (for now): do you have any ETA on when Rax 3 might be released?

Thanks.

By: macpapa

macpapa — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:37:40 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I’m very much looking forward to Rax’s release.

By: Anton Torres

Anton Torres — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:36:49 +0000

Hi macpapa,

Yes, Rax 3 now natively supports both AU and VST instrument and effect plug-ins.

By: macpapa

macpapa — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:34:49 +0000

Will Rax 3 be able to load and manage virtual racks of VST plug-ins as well as AU ones?

By: Matthew Foust

Matthew Foust — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:21:53 +0000

tomax, your wish is our command. Rax 3 new features are as follows:

Complete GUI redesign (completely configurable console, variable number of channels & modules, configurable output routing for each channel, accurate metering & faders, separate Master Channel, animations) / Many new channel input sources (live audio inputs, ReWire, Network using AUNetSend/AUNetReceive, Audio File for large file playback, Sample for small, sliced file playback via MIDI, Sends from other channels) / iTunes-like repertoire control / native VST effect support / effect and sends for both pre- and post- fader positions (up to 8 sends and inserts) / Exhaustive remote control capability (MIDI, Apple Remote IR, Frontier Designs’ AlphaTrack & TranzPort, Monome 40h, m64, m128, m256) / Keyboard utility / 8 (instead of 4) virtual MIDI inputs / configurable console headroom

By: tomax

tomax — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:20:55 +0000

REWIRE please. IAC is useless for beat-synched and song position pointer instruments and fx. mangle the GUI all you want… :P DAW users want a V-inst/fx rack that they can rely on, not sends that they can construct in their DAW.

By: corporation

corporation — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:57:07 +0000

I would really love to get away from using ableton live, since i only really use it as an effects box for channels coming from mlr…

Thus, it’s not worth it for me to buy Live for just this use…

Rax though looks really interesting! All I really need, plus interfacing with my monome - that’s an extra plus…

Can’t wait for this to be released!

By: GirlSonic

GirlSonic — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:58:31 +0000

Very neat. It took me some time to learn how to use racks in Ableton Live and I’m quite positive I don’t use them as creatively as I should.

The Rax 3 interface just looks so much more intuitive and explorable. A great benefit for those of us who aren’t exactly audio engineers!

By: Anton Torres

Anton Torres — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:05:38 +0000

There’s no download link for Rax 3, but we are collecting names of anyone who wants to be considered for the beta release. Please send an email to support@audiofile-engineering.com and let us know you’re interested. We’ll tell you how to sign up. Thanks! ••• Anton Torres • Support Manager • Audiofile Engineering

By: Thomas Cermak

Thomas Cermak — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:57:42 +0000

I’m a happy AFE customer and look forward to what other improvements are under development for RAX. I love Ableton Live but the latency just kills so many possibilities, and that’s why I use an MPC for so much now a days - even though the processor in it is so unbelievably outdated. I’d love to combine RAX 3, and the right plugins, with say the Linndrum 2. I’d totally forget Ableton Live for at least performances.