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DiGiGrid Q / User Guide

 

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DiGiGrid Q Control Panel 

There are two ways to open the device control panel: 

F

ROM THE 

D

EVICE 

R

ACK

 

Click the 

Gear

 button on a device in the rack slot. 

 

 

 

 
 
F

ROM THE 

D

RIVER 

C

ONTROL 

P

ANEL

 

Open the driver control panel and then click the Hardware Control Panel button. The 
driver control panel is located here in the host computer: 

PC: C:\Program Files (x86)\Waves\SoundGrid\Driver Control Panel  
Mac: System HD/Applications/Waves/SoundGrid 

 

 

C

ONTROL 

P

ANEL 

P

AGES

 

The 

Clock

 page is used to set the clock source and monitor clock status. The 

About 

and 

System Info 

pages provide 

information about the unit, such as MAC address, SOE master MAC Address, firmware version, and more.  
 
 

SoundGrid Studio  

SoundGrid QRec 

Summary of Contents for DiGiGrid Q

Page 1: ...User Guide DiGiGrid Q ...

Page 2: ...are 8 Configure the System 9 Manual Device Configuration 10 Automatic Device Configuration 10 Device Firmware 11 Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network 11 DIGIGRID Q CONTROL PANEL 12 Clock Page 13 System Info Page and About Page 15 Presets 15 USING AN I O DEVICE WITH A DAW 16 SPECIFICATIONS 17 RESETTING THE UNIT 18 Waves Inc 2800 Merchants Drive Knoxville TN 37912 USA 1 865 909 9200 www waves ...

Page 3: ...st configures the network assigning servers and I O devices to mix process or record depending on the host SoundGrid I Os link to the SoundGrid network with standard Ethernet cable SoundGrid is scalable Connect one I O device to a DAW and you have a high quality sound card Add more I Os and your system becomes more flexible and powerful Depending on the host application a SoundGrid host can assign...

Page 4: ...upport This is not a USB audio port Analog Line Inputs AES EBU Inputs Reset button on side panel DC In SoundGrid Ethernet port Hardware and Connections DIGIGRID Q FRONT PANEL DIGIGRID Q REAR PANEL Selected input indicators Bluetooth Status LED Flashes alternating red and blue when not paired Flashes steady blue when paired Headphone outputs inch and 3 5 mm inch overrides 3 5mm ...

Page 5: ...to the SoundGrid network Setting up Bluetooth The Bluetooth LED on the Q top panel flashes blue and red alternatively when the unit is unpaired To set up Bluetooth monitoring choose BT by pressing down on the volume button until selected enable Bluetooth on your tablet phone computer and view the available Bluetooth devices The DiGiGrid Q is identified in the Bluetooth setup with the name DiGiGrid...

Page 6: ...SoundGrid ASIO Core Audio driver for plugin processing and or DAW playback recording The interface is connected directly to the host using a Cat 5e Ethernet cable or better SoundGrid host computer SoundGrid I O device The LAN port that s connected to the SoundGrid network should be used for SoundGrid only Do not share this port with the internet or other networks In this configuration all plugin p...

Page 7: ...witches You can connect and assign up to 16 SoundGrid I O devices to the network depending on the SoundGrid Host Application You can also add more computers to enable audio streaming between hosts ADD A SERVER To add a server to your SoundGrid system just connect it to the Ethernet switch and configure it in your host application This moves all DSP processing from the host computer to the server w...

Page 8: ...es Central to update the host application which also updates the device drivers or install just the missing device driver from Waves Central 1 Waves Central All Waves software is downloaded and installed via the Waves Central application To install a specific device driver launch Waves Central and follow these steps Choose All Products Search for the driver by name Choose the driver and click Inst...

Page 9: ... be available for assignment This collection of devices is called the Inventory Setup is similar with all hosts identify the host s LAN port select a device slot and use the drop down menu to choose an available device Please consult the user guide of your host application for specific instructions All SoundGrid devices are configured in a very similar manner Throughout this section we show DiGiGr...

Page 10: ... SoundGrid hosts including SoundGrid Studio eMotion LV1 or SuperRack SoundGrid offer an Auto Config tool Once your devices are connected and powered up click Auto Config to start the configuration Auto config chooses the correct LAN port on the host computer and scans the SoundGrid network for devices It then patches the devices to the host We recommend that you let Auto Config take care of things...

Page 11: ...the device or turn off the computer before Done appears Once the update is ready turn the device off and on to reset Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network Click on the ID button to activate a hard to miss LED on the front panel of the corresponding hardware device You can also activate the front panel from the top bar of the device s control panel SoundGrid Studio SoundGrid QRec SoundGrid Stu...

Page 12: ...Hardware Control Panel button The driver control panel is located here in the host computer PC C Program Files x86 Waves SoundGrid Driver Control Panel Mac System HD Applications Waves SoundGrid CONTROL PANEL PAGES The Clock page is used to set the clock source and monitor clock status The About and System Info pages provide information about the unit such as MAC address SOE master MAC Address fir...

Page 13: ...age status indicators are on the right SOURCE sets the clock source SAMPLE RATE sets the sample rate when Clock Source is set to Internal Range 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz Sync Over Internet The DiGiGrid Q sets its clock to the sample rate of the SoundGrid network In this mode the device is a slave Internal The device is the clock master so it s setting the sample rate of the SOE network ...

Page 14: ...rrent Clock Source Displays the current sync method This may differ from the choice made in the Source menu SOE Indicates that the device is assigned to the SoundGrid network and whether it s the SOE master or a slave Three windows on the right side of the Clock control panel help you to quickly assess the network status of the DiGiGrid Q ...

Page 15: ...for troubleshooting Please have this information handy if you contact Waves technical support concerning the device Presets A bar at the top of the control panel lets you save and load presets A preset describes the condition of the control panel status including clock source and sample rate Click the ID button on the right to illuminate a LED on the device This helps to quickly identify the hardw...

Page 16: ...g an I O to the SoundGrid ASIO Core Audio driver differs slightly among hosts When you use a host s Auto Config tool the host input channels are patched automatically in an order based on rack The order of the devices in the Device Rack determines the default patching order Please refer to your SoundGrid host s user guide for details Configure the DAW for SoundGrid 1 Set the DAW playback engine to...

Page 17: ...Line Input Impedance 10 kiloohms AES EBU Input Impedance 110 ohms Line Input Level 2 dBu for full scale Frequency Response 3 dB 10 Hz to 100 kHz Analog to Analog Harmonic Distortion 0 005 HEADPHONES Gain Range Infinity To 10 dB Max Output Level Load RMS 16Ω 2 3V 32Ω 3 7V 100Ω 6 0V 200Ω 7 5V 600Ω 8 8V DIMENSIONS Width 9 cm 3 54 inches Height 11 35 cm 4 46 inches Depth 9 cm 3 54 inches Device Weight...

Page 18: ...Grid Q does not appear in the Inventory panel use the Reset button which is on the DiGiGrid Q back panel to try and recover the unit Turn off the unit Press and hold the Reset button Restart the unit while holding the button Release the Reset button once the device has fully booted The unit is now in force update mode and a new firmware update can be performed ...

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