Stratus - Small Price, Big Performance  It's time to make your kind of music.
Plug in your guitar, turn on your keyboard. Close your eyes. Slip into the creative zone and never come back again. Stratus is your infinite canvas, perfectly engineered for awesome performance with your software like Reason, Pro Tools and Cubase. Now you have the freedom to record, edit, mix and burn without glitches or dropouts. Now you can make your kind of music with the plug-ins, virtual instruments, loops and effects that make your projects come to life. Now is the time.
And when you're ready to grow, Stratus is ready to grow with you. Add more memory, more ports, more power. There's room for your expansion cards like the UAD-2 for effects or a high-power video card for some serious gaming.
Proof that it doesn't have to be big to be powerful.It doesn't matter if you're a famous producer or a weekend warrior. The truth is, no one wants to run out of steam in the middle of a session. So Stratus arrives on your doorstep ready for you to push it to the limit. Drop in some more loops, push those synth tracks through a dozen filter gates, beat repeat, remix and mash it to your hearts content With a choice of Dual or Quad Core Sandy Bridge processors, memory that expands to 32 gigabytes and hard drives designed to avoid glitches and drop-outs, you've got performance to spare. Perfection isn't far behind.
Son of Nimbus
The Stratus contains the exact same technology as our award winning Nimbus Z Project Studio - 2nd generation “Sandy Bridge” core i3, i5 and i7 processors are generally regarded as Intel’s finest work to date. Sound On Sound when reviewing the original Nimbus in June 2011 put it like this: “..this machine is simply stunning, beating the 980X Extreme at all but the lowest, 32-sample, buffer size. I can now see why there’s been so much fuss about Sandy Bridge”. Combine that with the new performance features in the Z68 chipset and you have one powerful mover.
 Tested and certified with the stuff you use to make music.
Sure, you could spend your time expertly tuning your computer to work with popular audio interfaces, like the Propellerheads Balance. Or, you could spend your time making awesome music. We're thinking you'd rather make music so we took care of the other stuff for you. Stratus is ready for your audio interface and other hardware right out of the box so you can get down to the good stuff.
Intelligent cooling keeps things chill.Go ahead and concentrate on the music. Stratus will spend its time thinking about the internal ambient temperature to make sure that failure is really not an option. When everything is normal, the large diameter fans spin nice and slow, moving torrents of air without making noise. Kick your session into overdrive and Stratus will make sure it accounts for the extra heat accordingly.
No bottlenecks equals less heat.
It's not just about preventing audio glitches and dropouts. The data bottlenecks that cause those things also cause extra heat inside the system. When everything is turned up to 11, the last thing you need is system failure from overheating. Stratus makes sure that never happens.
 Educationally Sound
Stratus was born out of a request to furnish a Music Technology suite with 25 small but powerful digital audio workstations. Its size, power and price point make it perfectly suited for schools, colleges and music departments. Rain is the perfect partner in realising your department's potential. We'll work with you to configure the right system, with the right hardware and software to suit your needs, all installed, tested and ready to go out of the box.
The Student SolutionWith its small footprint and quiet running Stratus is perfect campus accommodation. Acres of power for your most intense projects, optional Blu-Ray player for high definition entertainment and room for high-end gaming graphics if you need to push things further than the awesome Intel HD 2000 and 3000 video engine can cope with.
Visably Smart HD video outputStratus comes as standard with Intels Visably Smart graphics technology. “Quick Sync” offers 2x faster media processing and “InTru 3D” gives full 3D BluRay playback with active shutter glasses in full high-definition resolution. You can use any two of the VGA, DVI-D, HDMI or DisplayPort outputs for dual monitor viewing. LucidLogix Virtu GPU technology means that even if you add a high-end discrete graphics card you can still utilise the power of the onboard processing.
USB 3.0 & 2.0The next generation of high speed data streaming has arrived. Plug in your USB 3.0 external hard drive and stream your audio, video and graphics at breathtaking speeds up to 4.8 gigabits per second. And for your keyboard, mouse and USB coffee warmer, you've got six USB 2.0 ports too.
Burn CDs, DVDs and Blu-RayThere's something about holding that disc in your hand that makes a project feel complete. Whether its Dual Layer CD, DVD or the optional Blu-Ray, you've got SATA II performance and a large buffer to prevent failed burns. Feel free to add another drive or two for disc-to-disc transfers.
Gigabit Ethernet for high speed networkingPop an ethernet cable into the industry-standard RJ-45 port and get connected with gigabit speed. Once you're hooked up, just a flick of the wrist pulls down all the data you need from the web or network attached storage. Optional WIFI does the same trick with no strings attached.
Windows 7, tuned by Rain.
Windows 7 tuned by Rain for Audio and Video Squeeze every drop of performance out of your creative software. By carefully tuning the operating system for audio and video production, we've created a Windows 7 that's stable, compatible and perfectly suited for the software you use to make audio and video.
Compatible with everything.Software Compatibility There's a difference between compatible and "compatible". The second one means it technically works with your operating system but who knows how well. There's no need to wonder with Stratus and Windows 7. Install your software and see how it was really meant to work.
Technical Specifications
ProcessorIntel Core i3 2100 3.1GHz up to i7 2700K 3.5GHz Quad Core Unlocked
6MB or 8MB L3 Smart Cache
Up to 4.4GHz unlocked Turbo Boost
Core i7 Hyperthreading for 8 virtual cores
2nd Generation Sandy Bridge technology
Memory4 memory slots for up to 32GB of high performance DDR3 1600MHz XMP RAM
Hard DriveTwo hard drive bays on SATA III 6Gb/s high speed ports
We only use Western Digital Caviar Black high performance SATA III drives
Super fast SSD drive option running up to 525MB/s read & 500MB/s write
Optical DriveSATA DVDR/RW drive as standard.
Specific models available on request.
Optional Blu-Ray player or writer
Video & GraphicsIntel's “Visibly Smart” HD2000 & HD3000 ("K" CPU versions) integrated graphics with DVi, VGA, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Up to two outputs can be used for running dual monitors. Support for Intel’s Quick Sync Video conversion and InTru 3D full Blu-Ray high definition 3D playback. Add a workstation graphics accelerator designed for professional 2D and 3D video and graphics production and also employ LucidLogix Virtu GPU Virtualisation to harness the power of both the integrated and the discrete video.
Onboard AudioHD Audio playback
5.1 Surround Sound
Optical S/PDIF output
I/O Ports2x USB3.0 Ports
6x USB2.0 Ports
PCIe Expansion4x PCIe 2.0 (3x16, 1x1)
Connectivity1x Gigabit Ethernet port
Wifi optional
SoftwareWindows 7 tuned for audio and video production
RainZone Internet Safe Zone for virus free surfing and downloading
SupportOne year limited hardware warranty
Optional three year extended hardware warranty
Lifetime email and phone tech support
Quiet Cool DesignBalanced component architecture
Zalman cooling system
InputOptional keyboard and mouse, wired or wireless
Power520Watt quiet power supply, 80Plus certified
Size & Weight270 x 212 x 393 (WxHxD mm)
10-15 Kgs depending on options
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