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3. SUGGESTED USES AND CONFIGURATIONS

There are many ways to use your DiGiGrid IOX. Your existing (or future) equipment, how you work, and what you need to accomplish 
are factors to consider when incorporating an IOX into your studio. Project studios with one or two DAWs can share I/O resources. 
Studios with several rooms and many DAWs can stream audio between rooms and quickly swap out devices. But no matter how 
simple or complex your setup is, connecting an IOX involves only one cable, an Ethernet Cat 5e or Cat 6. 

3.1 One Computer with a DiGiGrid IOX

This is the most basic studio configuration. It includes a host computer with a native DAW and a single DiGiGrid IOX that connects 
microphones, instruments, headphones, and monitors to the SoundGrid ASIO/Core Audio driver. This driver controls the network 
and all its devices.

Ethernet
Analog
Clock

Host Computer

External

Clock

DiGiGrid IOX

Summary of Contents for IOX

Page 1: ...IOX ...

Page 2: ...nfigurations 9 3 1 One Computer with a DiGiGrid IOX 9 3 2 Adding More I Os to Your System 10 3 3 Adding a Server 11 3 4 Multiple Computers with a Single DiGiGrid IOX 12 3 5 HD Mix Room and Several Smaller Recording Editing Rooms 13 4 Software Setup And Controls 15 4 1 Device Firmware 18 4 1 1 Resetting the Unit 18 4 2 Identifying a Device from the SoundGrid Studio Device Rack 18 IOX ...

Page 3: ... Iox 27 6 1 Applications of an External Server 28 6 1 1 eMotion ST mixer 28 6 1 2 StudioRack 29 7 Moving Audio In A Soundgrid Network 30 7 1 Using an I O Device with a DAW 31 7 2 Patching I O to Driver and Driver to I O 32 7 3 eMotion ST Mixer Patching 39 7 4 Device to Device Patching 40 7 5 Headphone Patching 41 8 Technical Specifications 42 8 1 Installation Notes 44 ...

Page 4: ...ork assigns and manages I Os controllers and servers and patches audio throughout the system Any user anywhere on the SoundGrid network has access to all available network I O devices Adding a SoundGrid DSP server enables processing and monitoring Ideal for professional facilities with live performance rooms the DiGiGrid IOX audio interface features a unique I O configuration 12 mic line inputs wi...

Page 5: ...ailable at Waves website IOX SoundGrid Studio software installed on the host computer Cat 5e or Cat 6 Ethernet cables 1 2 Registration To download IOX software you will need to register your device at www digigrid net or www waves com You must know the serial number of your IOX in order to register it so sign up before you mount it in a rack The serial number appears on a label on the bottom of th...

Page 6: ...r chainer that hosts up to eight plugins and can move their processing from the DAW to an external SoundGrid server External server not included eMotion ST a software mixer that provides low latency plugin processing and monitor mixing Requires an external server 1 4 Licenses DiGiGrid Native I O devices do not require a license to operate in a SoundGrid network However certain advanced features su...

Page 7: ...ignal present Green signal present 48v phantom power Orange ON Network status indicator Blue Device recognized by the SoundGrid network Red Device not recognized by the SoundGrid network Yellow Updating White Unit malfunction e g firmware did not load properly unit did not boot properly Cycling through colors This LED is used to identify the unit from the control panel Power switch indicator Four ...

Page 8: ...ins input 90 240 V AC 50 60 Hz Built in 1GB Ethernet switch two ports Recovery reset button Clock in and out BNC connectors for external Word Clock 12 mic line inputs combo XLR TRS connectors 6 line out TRS connectors 4 5 6 3 ...

Page 9: ...eam audio between rooms and quickly swap out devices But no matter how simple or complex your setup is connecting an IOX involves only one cable an Ethernet Cat 5e or Cat 6 3 1 One Computer with a DiGiGrid IOX This is the most basic studio configuration It includes a host computer with a native DAW and a single DiGiGrid IOX that connects microphones instruments headphones and monitors to the Sound...

Page 10: ...ost Each of these can be accessed by any computer on the network Audio and clock pass through the same Ethernet cable This means of distributing clock is called Sync over Ethernet SoE and is used between all SoundGrid devices To clock the entire network to an external clock source such as house sync use Word Clock or Digital In as clock master for the IOX If the IOX is the SoE master then the enti...

Page 11: ...er of plugins you can use simultaneously Some SoundGrid I O devices are equipped with internal servers With these devices the server will appear under the Servers section and the I O under the Rack A Hardware I O Devices section Configure these I Os as you would any similar I O device All servers initially appear as SGS Once assigned a server can be renamed Ethernet Analog Clock Host Computer Exte...

Page 12: ...control the I O Any native DAW or combination of different native DAWs can be a part of this network so each computer must have the IOX software installed Two computers can be connected to the DiGiGrid IOX Ethernet switch via a single Cat 5e or Cat 6 Ethernet cable If you want to add further computers you will need to connect them to an approved external 1GB Ethernet swtich Ethernet Analog Clock C...

Page 13: ... IOC I O devices 1 GB network switch The DLS serves as a bridge between a SoundGrid network and the control room s Pro Tools HD Once this link is established Pro Tools can access any device on the network In this example Studio A s control room uses a Digilink I O interface for monitoring but additional I O channels can be added by connecting one or more IOX interfaces to the DLS The live room is ...

Page 14: ...panel Studio B DL1 Ethernet Primary Port In Expansion Port Out DL2 DigiLink Interface Studio D Studio C Studio A Live Room 1 Live Room 2 WC Loopsync 1 2 DiGiGrid IOX DiGiGrid IOX DiGiGrid DLS DiGiGrid IOC DiGiGrid IOC DiGiGrid IOC HD Mix Room and Several Smaller Recording Editing Rooms ...

Page 15: ...es between devices and provides access to device control panels To maintain network effectiveness the SoundGrid Studio Application always runs in the background Bring SoundGrid Studio to the front by clicking on the SoundGrid icon in the Mac Top Bar or the Windows System Tray When SoundGrid Studio opens you will see the System Inventory page part of the Setup section Mac PC ...

Page 16: ...er to the SoundGrid Studio Application user guide SoundGrid Studio uses Ethernet to stream audio between devices on a SoundGrid network Clock synchronization is also carried over Ethernet This method of providing clock is called Sync over Ethernet SoE SoundGrid I O devices can clock by other means as well but SoE is by far the most common and convenient way to provide clock information to network ...

Page 17: ...vice from the rack slot 4 1 Device Firmware Firmware is a small program that runs on a device in order to control it It enables IOX to communicate correctly with SoundGrid Studio An I O that is using outdated or incompatible firmware will not work properly in a SoundGrid network until its firmware is updated To see if your IOX firmware is compatible with the version of SoundGrid Studio that you ar...

Page 18: ... longer being recognized by MultiRack or SoundGrid Studio the IOX device is not showing in the inventory panel you can use the Reset button to try to recover the unit The Reset button is on the IOX rear panel 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 ...

Page 19: ...here are input and output meters Pressing the Hardware Control Panel button on the Driver Control Panel app will open the control panels of all I O devices assigned to your SoundGrid application If none are assigned nothing will happen The Driver Control Panel app is located here PC C Program Files x86 Waves SoundGrid Driver Control Panel Mac System HD Applications Waves SoundGrid ...

Page 20: ... in a rather psychedelic manner You can save and load presets of device settings A saved preset includes all Clock and Control panels parameters Use IOX presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration To save a preset click the SAVE button and choose a name and path Loading a saved preset is equally obvious Device presets are also saved as part of a ...

Page 21: ...nd Controls pages are used to set up and manage the IOX 5 1 Controls Page This is where you configure the inputs and outputs of the IOX Mic preamps line inputs and outputs digital I O level control and metering all of the things you d expect from a top end I O The Controls page is divided into three sections Top Bar Analog section Focus section Analog input and output levels are controlled from he...

Page 22: ...ob gain range 0 dB to 52 5 dB in 7 5 dB steps Fine knob digital gain range 0 dB to 7 dB in 0 5 dB steps A clip indicator holds for two seconds or for as long as clipping persists Peak hold persists until reset by clicking on the indicator From the main Control window of the I O Control Panel you can control the Preamp levels through the text value windows This lets you quickly control any preamp w...

Page 23: ... Preamp Gain Input Mono channels have one polarity reverse button Stereo channels have two Buttons are latching and are colored green when engaged Input Polarity Controls input level from digital sources Separate controls for L R when input is stereo Digital Input Trim This allows you to control preamps on the fly without leaving your monitor mixer eMotion ST also provides a digital trim for incom...

Page 24: ...clipping is indicated on the meter in the Focus section This allows you to monitor levels in the way you find most comfortable The threshold can be set to 0 dB 1 dB 2 dB or 3 dB This setting is global not channel specific When Clip Indication Threshold is set this behavior affects level indication for all channels input and output Additionally each channel button analog or digital input or output ...

Page 25: ...controls are on the left side of the page status indicators are on the right SOURCE sets the clock source Internal The interface itself provides the clock External WC Clock is provided by an external device via the IOX Word Clock Input connector Sync over Ethernet Word clock is transmitted between SoundGrid devices using Ethernet ...

Page 26: ...ndGrid network CURRENT CLOCK SOURCE Displays the current sync method This may differ from the choice made in the Source menu SOE Indicates whether this IOX is the master or a slave in the SoundGrid network This mirrors the status information in the SoundGrid Studio Device Rack When the IOX is a slave in the SoundGrid network you will likely sync it to the SoundGrid network clock via SoE Even when ...

Page 27: ... server click on the arrow to reveal the list of available servers select a server from the list and remove or assign the server A server cannot be shared by multiple SoundGrid host applications such as SoundGrid Studio or MultiRack Within a SoundGrid network only one computer can utilize a server s processing power for StudioRack and the eMotion ST mixer Once assigned to a computer a server remai...

Page 28: ...or monitoring while recording The eMotion ST mixer enables you to create personalized monitor mixes with plugin processing done pre post or in parallel with your DAW eMotion ST combines 8 channel inputs with up to 64 StudioRack plugins Each input or StudioRack channel can be sent to aux tracks or a main mix You can set up and control the IOX preamp from eMotion ST so you never have to leave the mi...

Page 29: ...f processors with limitless parameters and flexible signal flows which are easily inserted into any track of the session When part of a SoundGrid network with a SoundGrid DSP server StudioRack can shift plugin processing away from the local CPU and direct it to the SoundGrid DSP server StudioRack works in conjunction with the eMotion ST mixer to create numerous personalized monitor mixes that use ...

Page 30: ...hink about patching When you first set up a SoundGrid network or change its physical inventory the Wizard automatically sets up your devices and establishes the patches Still you should know how to patch between devices drivers and applications Then you can take advantage of the flexibility of a SoundGrid network There are three types of SoundGrid Patch page connections Patch I Os to drivers in or...

Page 31: ...playback engine Selecting the Number Of Channels When you configure your host application you can allocate between 32 and 128 driver channels This is done in Rack B of the Setup page The number of channels you select here is reflected in the Patch page fewer allocated channels means fewer channels visible Pick a number that only slightly exceeds the maximum total number of driver channels you will...

Page 32: ...ce tab All device and driver channels are shown along both the horizontal and vertical axes To make a standard ascending patch connection draw the cursor in a diagonal line as shown below To create a customized patch click on individual cells There are many ways to patch devices but normally IOX inputs are patched to the ASIO Core Audio inputs for recording For playback the patches are opposite un...

Page 33: ...sent what they are connected to What they are connected to is determined in the Patch page of the SoundGrid Studio application Selecting the Driver in the DAW When a DAW is part of a SoundGrid network the SoundGrid ASIO Core Audio driver must be its playback engine Choose Waves SoundGrid from among your playback engine options ...

Page 34: ...page In the Patch page left IOX analog channels 1 12 are patched to driver channels 1 12 The arrow on the upper left of the Patch indicates that signal flows from the IOX to the driver Now look at the DAW I O The 12 driver channels appear at the top and are patched to DAW input channels 1 12 ...

Page 35: ...ithin your DAW Most DAWs allow you to change the naming manually For example you may a DiGiGrid IOS with a total of 10 inputs 8 analog 2 digital and 14 outputs 8 analog 2 digital and 2 stereo headphone outputs When these inputs and outputs are patched to and from the local driver I O to DAW DAW to I O you will see the following in the Connection or IO setup within your DAW Local driver channels th...

Page 36: ...nch the application Important DAW outputs through the driver can be patched to mutilple destinations for example the DAW s Main out can go to your Hardware Channel 1 2 as well as to Hardware Channel 3 4 In such a case the name of the driver channel will be Multiple Assignments In this case we suggest you manually name these driver channels As mentioned above driver channels can be connected to the...

Page 37: ...have been updated in your DAW you may need to follow certain steps depending on your DAW Here are a few examples Pro Tools Go to Setup I O Delete and reset all I O configurations to DEFAULT Cubase Go to Devices Device Setup Waves SoundGrid Select RESET above the PORT System Name table Logic Go to Mix I O Labels Select Reset All Labels ...

Page 38: ...c computers the driver s operating system layer is able to mix these channels On PC computers running Windows this limitation requires that you allocate driver channels manually between your DAWs Choosing a driver output in a DAW will overwrite previous selections For example if you choose Main out in Cubase to be Driver Channel 1 and 2 you should choose the Main output in Ableton Live to be 3 and...

Page 39: ...o learn more about patching between devices or to and from the eMotion ST mixer please refer to the SoundGrid Studio Application user guide A few things to remember about the Patch page All available devices and driver channels will appear in the patch The number of channels depends on devices and connections Patch direction is indicated by an arrow on the left side of the patch Establish a patch ...

Page 40: ...long both the horizontal and vertical axes There are many ways to patch devices but normally IOX inputs are patched to the ASIO Core Audio inputs for recording For playback the patches are opposite unless you choose to patch to the eMotion ST mixer for monitor mixing For further details refer to the SoundGrid Studio Application user guide ...

Page 41: ...41 IOX 7 5 Headphone Patching IOX has four independently adjustable headphone jacks These appear on the Patch page after the 6 I O channels Adjust headphone levels on the IOX front panel ...

Page 42: ...ain Range Mic 0 dB to 52 5 dB in 7 5dB steps Line 10 dB to 42 5 dB in 7 5dB steps Fine control provides further 0dB to 7dB in 0 5dB steps Maximum Input Level Mic 26 dBu Line 36 dBu Mic Equivalent Input Noise 126 dB 150 Ohm source gain 59 5 dB Harmonic Distortion Typically 0 01 unity gain 10dB input 1 kHz Frequency Response 0 5 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Channel Separation Better than 90 dB 40 Hz to 15 kHz...

Page 43: ...43 IOX XLR connectors Phase Termination Point Positive Pin 2 Negative Pin 3 Signal Ground Pin 1 Chassis Ground Case TRS connectors Phase Termination Point Positive Tip Negative Ring Signal Ground Sleeve ...

Page 44: ...use in ambient air temperature of up to 35 C Operation in higher temperatures should be avoided A 1U space should be left above and below the unit to prevent heat transfer from adjacent equipment if this generates heat above 35 C At least 75 mm 3 inches should be allowed to the sides of the unit to allow ventilation At least 75 mm 3 inches of free air should be left at both the front and the rear ...

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