transform.engine and transform.go
plugin hosting. live.
The transform.engine and transform.go are low-latency, reliable plugin hosts, with the ability to host any Windows 10 compatible VST3 plugins that can be installed and licensed offline.
Utilising patent-pending technology to individually process each plugin chain, in the unlikely scenario that a plugin crashes, not only will transform automatically reboot the plugin, without user input. Your other plugin chains will be unaffected!
transform.engine and transform.go are controlled by our transform.client software, connecting as a client over the network, with no audio interruption if the connection is lost.
Multiple clients running transform.client can connect to and control the same unit at the same time!
transform spec’s and comparison
| feature | transform.engine | transform.go | |
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Audio I/O
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Channels | 64 in / 64 out | 16 in / 16 out |
| Audio potocols | Dante HYPERPORT* Allen & Heath gigaACE* Allen & Heath DX* AES67 |
Dante HYPERPORT Allen & Heath gigaACE Allen & Heath DX AES67 |
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| Audio IO Connection | 2 x etherCON gigabit ethernet | 2 x etherCON gigabit ethernet | |
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Processing Platform
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CPU | Intel Alder Lake i9-12900 | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
| DSP Cores | 6 | 2 | |
| DSP RAM | 24 GB | 12 GB | |
| DSP storage | 400 GB | 200 GB | |
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Plugin Hosting
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Compatible plugins | VST3 & CLAP | VST3 & CLAP |
| Compatible plugin bundles | transform.suite | transform.suite | |
| Sandboxed plugin chains | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Automatic plugin failure detection and recovery | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multi-channel chains | Up to 9.1.6 | Up to 9.1.6 | |
| Latency groups | 16 | 16 | |
| DSP monitoring | Detailed per chain and per core analysis |
Detailed per chain and per core analysis
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| Minimum roundtrip latency | 1.2 ms* | 1.2 ms | |
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Additional I/O
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Controlled by transform.client | ✓ | ✓ |
| MIDI: 5-pin DIN in / out / thru | in / out / thru | ||
| MIDI: Allen & Heath TC/IP MIDI | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Control connection | 1x etherCON gigabit ethernet | 1x etherCON gigabit ethernet | |
| USB 2.0 | 4 in rear protected USB Bay | ||
| USB 3.0 | 2x front of engine | 2x front of engine | |
| Power | Power supplies | Dual redundant Mains IEC | Single Mains IEC |
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Physical
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Rack size | 2U full width | 2U half width |
| Dimensions | 483 mm (w) x 385 mm (d) x 89 mm (h) |
217 mm (w) x 283 mm (d) x 85 mm (h)
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| Weight | 5.5 kg | 3.6 kg |
* available March ’26