The Ensemble PRO processors and effects are really good quality too. Still that is or can be a pricey setup as they tend to have a lot more of a beefy machine for VSL Vienna Ensemble PRO than their DAW machine (which makes sense in such a setup). It isn't something I personally need but when I've worked with friends and other people running that setup it has always been rock solid stability wise and automatic PDC takes care of itself extremely well. Most friends and people I know seem to go for VSL Vienna Ensemble PRO (Its at version 5 at the moment if memory serves me) along with their DAW of choice on a separate machine, Using Vienna Ensemble Pro for the CPU crushers and especially so if they use big ROMplers such as VSL's own, EastWest, loads of KONTAKT libraries and BFD with all or most of the expansions. I remember the old and highly overpriced Waves DSP boxes (APA 32 and 44 M) >shudders<, Still if a person has/uses a lot of Waves plugins and is either about to build/buy a new setup to replace an old one or has an old one for DSP farming already then it could be useful I suppose but yeah it is overpriced. Good points, I think this is a very useful tool for live sound applications foremost. Network infrastructure for sound installations.Provides a complete Redundancy & Recovery system.Set and Save Presets and Snapshots per Song and Song Sections.Extremely low latency platform for Waves SoundGrid-compatible plugins.Together with a SoundGrid DSP Server, SoundGrid-compatible Waves plugins, a Mac or PC control computer, and an I/O, MultiRack SoundGrid lets you run a multitude of Waves award-winning reverbs, equalizers, compressors, mix tools, and more.
SoundGrid provides an extremely low latency environment for high precision Waves audio processing. MultiRack is a software host that lets FOH and monitor engineers run multiple, simultaneous instances of the same award-winning Waves plugins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over. MultiRack SoundGrid application is Ideal for live sound, broadcast, post production facilities, and more. A true Live sound breakthrough, MultiRack SoundGrid is a software host that lets FOH and Monitor engineers run multiple simultaneous instances of the same Waves plugins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over in real time.