SuperRack & MultiRack Benchmarks

The table below indicates the number of plugin racks and plugins that can be inserted into SuperRack or MultiRack and loaded to the SoundGrid Extreme Server-C before the system reaches DSP overload (85%) or fails to play audio fluently (clicks, dropouts, corruption).

Configuration (all stereo Racks)	Plugins	Sample Rate	SGS buffer size	Results
Configuration (all stereo Racks)	Plugins	Sample Rate	SGS buffer size	CPU Peak	CPU Average	Instances
16 Racks	C6	48 kHz	40	58	43	128 (max)
	CLA2A	48 kHz	40	38	29	128 (max)
	DBX160	48 kHz	40	67	65	60
	Ren Channel	48 kHz	40	28	21	128 (max)
	SSL E-Channel	48 kHz	40	14	10	128 (max)
	H-Reverb	48 kHz	40	75	29	11
	H-Delay	48 kHz	40	20	17	128 (max)
	Ren-Verb	48 kHz	40	37	25	128 (max)
	F6	48 kHz	40	35	24	128 (max)
	J37	48 kHz	40	78	78	79
32 Racks	C6	48 kHz	40	85	66	200
	CLA2A	48 kHz	40	72	58	256 (max)
	DBX160	48 kHz	40	67	68	63
	Ren Channel	48 kHz	40	41	41	256 (max)
	SSL E-Channel	48 kHz	40	25	19	256 (max)
	H-Reverb	48 kHz	40	85	39	15
	H-Delay	48 kHz	40	42	34	256 (max)
	Ren-Verb	48 kHz	40	85	64	253
	F6	48 kHz	40	51	48	256 (max)
	J37	48 kHz	40	83	78	79
64 Racks	C6	48 kHz	40	72	68	204
	CLA2A	48 kHz	40	67	69	303
	DBX160	48 kHz	40	66	64	59
	Ren Channel	48 kHz	40	68	70	437
	SSL E-Channel	48 kHz	40	57	44	512 (max)
	H-Reverb	48 kHz	40	85	26	10
	H-Delay	48 kHz	40	85	67	512 (max)
	Ren-Verb	48 kHz	40	85	63	253
	F6	48 kHz	40	70	68	366

The maximum number of plugins that can be tested given system limitations is 512 (64 MultiRacks) for either mono or stereo. Plugin benchmark results may vary slightly from one system setup to another. While most plugins perform most efficiently at 44.1 kHz, a few perform as or even more efficiently at 96 kHz thanks to their upsampling or to algorithms that do not depend on sample rates.

* Plugin’s peak DSP usage level is much higher than its average level. Make sure to monitor peak levels on the DSP meter.

** Plugin introduces high latency. Click here for a latency chart of all Waves plugins.

StudioRack Benchmarks

The table below indicates the number of plugins that can be inserted into StudioRacks and loaded to the SoundGrid Extreme Server-C before the system fails to play audio fluently (clicks, dropouts, corruption).

	SoundGrid Extreme Server-C v3 (StudioRack v9.7.99.52)
Plugin	44.1kHz	96kHz
API 2500 (mono)	512	366
API 550 (mono)	512	512
API 560 (mono)	114	100
AudioTrack (mono)	512	512
C6 Multiband Compressor (mono)	178	88
CLA-2A Compressor / Limiter (mono)	429	192
CLA-3A Compressor / Limiter (mono)	440	208
CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter (mono)	512	399
CLA MixHub (mono)	66	67
CLA MixHub Lite (mono)	92	94
dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter (mono)	82	86
DeEsser (mono)	512	512
Dorrough (stereo) (stereo)	256	256
H-Comp Hybrid Compressor (mono)	512	350
H-Delay Hybrid Delay (mono)	512	229
H-EQ Hybrid Equalizer (mono)	200	189
H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb (stereo)*	14	9
IR1 Convolution Reverb (stereo)*	65	19
IR-Live Convolution Reverb (stereo)*	90	37
InPhase (mono)**	512	512
J37 Tape (mono)	97	102
Kramer HLS Channel (mono)	145	72
Kramer Master Tape (mono)	128	44
L2 Ultramaximizer (mono)	512	369
LoAir (mono)	512	358
MaxxVolume (mono)	512	512
NLS Non-Linear Summer (mono)	415	181
PuigChild Compressor (mono)	477	208
PuigTec EQP1A (mono)	255	80
REDD 17 (mono)	177	248
Renaissance Bass (mono)	512	290
Renaissance Channel (mono)	512	350
Renaissance Compressor (mono)	512	512
Renaissance Equalizer (REQ6) (mono)	512	512
Renaissance Reverb (stereo)	191	96
Renaissance Vox (mono)	512	512
Scheps 73 (mono)	195	219
SSL E-Channel (mono)	512	421
SSL G-Channel (mono)	512	434
SSL G-Equalizer (mono)	512	512
SSL G-Master Buss Comp (mono)	512	450
TG 12345 (mono)	68	66
TransX Multi (mono)	512	277
TransX Wide (mono)	512	512
Vitamin Sonic Enhancer (mono)	194	98

The maximum number of plugins that can be tested given system limitations is 512 (mono) or 256 (stereo) (64 or 32 StudioRacks, respectively). Plugin benchmark results may vary slightly from one system setup to another. While most plugins perform most efficiently at 44.1 kHz, a few perform as or even more efficiently at 96 kHz thanks to their upsampling or to algorithms that do not depend on sample rates.

* Plugin’s peak DSP usage level is much higher than its average level. Make sure to monitor peak levels on the DSP meter in the eMotion ST mixer.

** Plugin introduces high latency. Click here for a latency chart of all Waves plugins.

eMotion LV1 Benchmarks

The table below shows the server’s CPU peaks (in percentages) when used with the eMotion LV1 mixer (v10.0.65.98), SoundGrid Server firmware (v10.3.0.92 beta), and v11.0.0.98 plugins, given different server latency settings and different LV1 channel counts.

Sample Rate	SGS buffersize	Configuration (all mono)	Mode	Plugins	i7 9gen
Sample Rate	SGS buffersize	Configuration (all mono)	Mode	Plugins	Avarage	Peak
48	40	16 channels	Latency	none	5	8
		16 channels	DSP		3	5
		32 channels	Latency		6	8
		32 channels	DSP		5	8
		64 channels	Latency		11	17
		64 channels	DSP		7	13
		16 channels	Latency	D5, F2, Q4 on all input aux and bus channels	9	12
		16 channels	DSP		10	11
		32 channels	Latency		19	22
		32 channels	DSP		17	20
		64 channels	Latency		26	31
		64 channels	DSP		24	29

CPU: Intel^® Coffee Lake i7 8 Core

RAM: 8 GB

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B360N-GSM v1.0

LAN Card: Intel on-Board

Dimensions

Length: 22.1 cm / 8.7 inches
Height: 8.61 cm / 3.39 inches
Depth: 25.1 cm / 9.9 inches
Device Weight: 3.2 kg / 7.1 lbs
Package Weight: 4.46 kg / 9.85 lbs

Power Consumption*

Server	120V	220V
SoundGrid Extreme Server-C v3	50 W	46 W

Operating CPU Temperature:

86^° to 167^°F / 30^° to 75^°C

Max CPU Temperature:

185^°F / 85^°C
*Tested at room temperature 75^°F / 23.8^°C

Operating Environment temperature range:

50^° to 95^°F / 10^° to 35^°C

Max Environment temperature:

104^°F / 40^°C

SoundGrid Extreme Server-C A&E Specs:

Waves SoundGrid Extreme Server-C X9