User Guide
DiGiGrid MGR
Page 1: ...User Guide DiGiGrid MGR ...
Page 2: ...gure the System 10 Manual Device Configuration 11 Automatic Device Configuration 11 Device Firmware 12 Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network 12 MGR MGB MGO CONTROL PANELS 13 MADI Options Page 14 Clock Page 15 System Info Page and About Page 17 Presets 18 USING AN I O DEVICE WITH A DAW 19 SPECIFICATIONS 20 Waves Inc 2800 Merchants Drive Knoxville TN 37912 USA 1 865 909 9200 www waves com ...
Page 3: ...r moving audio clock and other information between a host system and I O devices and between I O devices themselves A SoundGrid host 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 c...
Page 4: ...e Word Clock Input Connect external word clock source feeds both modules SoundGrid Net Status LEDs SoundGrid network found Blue SoundGrid network not found Flashing red Firmware update in progress Yellow Hardware error White Device Identify mode Revolving colors SoundGrid Network Port has two LEDs to indicate status Link Activity Led Flashing green GigE Gigabyte Connection Indicator Solid orange ...
Page 5: ...oth front and rear mounted SoundGrid ports making redundant recordings possible without any additional hardware You can connect an MGR directly to a host computer and to one other device e g I Os SoundGrid server without needing an Ethernet switch For installations that include more than two SoundGrid ports a 1 GB SoundGrid approved Ethernet switch is necessary It is not important which of the two...
Page 6: ...udio driver is used for plugin processing and or DAW playback recording Host computer with SoundGrid application MADI enabled console MGB MGO MADI connection SoundGrid connection The host computer s 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 processing is carried ou...
Page 7: ...icle for a list of supported switches 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...
Page 8: ...use Waves 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 cli...
Page 9: ...nd optical MADI modules used in the DiGiGrid MGR are identical to those used in the DiGiGrid MGB and MGO products When connected to a SoundGrid Network the MGR will identify as either an MGB BNC or MGO Optical device When installing SoundGrid Drivers for the MGR install the MGB MGO package ...
Page 10: ...t s part of the host s SoundGrid network will 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 All SoundGrid devices are configured in a similar manner Throughout this section we show DiGiGrid IOS as an example SoundGrid QRec Sound...
Page 11: ...n 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 thing...
Page 12: ...connect 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 panel of the corresponding hardware device You can also activate the LED from the top bar of the device s control panel Grey Compatible firmware Blue Compatible firmware b...
Page 13: ...rack slot FROM THE DRIVER CONTROL PANEL You can also access the control panels of all assigned I O devices from Driver Control Panel application which is located here PC C Program Files x86 Waves SoundGrid Driver Control Panel Mac System HD Applications Waves SoundGrid MGR CONTROL PANEL PAGES The About and System Info pages provide information about the unit such as MAC address SOE master MAC Addr...
Page 14: ... this Control Panel One MADI connection supports 56 or 64 in out channels at 44 1kHz 48kHz and 28 or 32 in out channels at 88 2kHz 96kHz In MADI Port Settings set the number of available channels according to your MADI device settings Range 56 28 64 32 While the MGR can deliver up to 256 channels at sample rates of 44 1kHz 48kHz SoundGrid Driver is limited to 128 channels at any sample rate ...
Page 15: ...e external clock Digital Syncs via the BNC or optical MADI connection on MADI Port 1 or Port 2 selectable The MGB MGO interfaces sync to the incoming MADI from the console or MADI enabled device Sync over Internet Send or receive clock and sample rate over an Ethernet cable between SoundGrid network devices SAMPLE RATE sets the sample rate when Clock Source is set to Internal Range 44 1 48 88 2 96...
Page 16: ...k from the master device rather than via network SOE CLOCK SOURCE AUTO SWITCHING In the event that the selected clock source fails MGR has a series of clock fallback layers in this order Word Clock input MADI port A SOE Internal If an MGR is clocked to WC and this external source fails it will first try to clock to MADI port A then SOE If that not successful it will fall back to Internal Status Re...
Page 17: ...scription of the device The System Info page contains technical details about the device including MAC address Firmware version and Module version This information is useful for troubleshooting Please have this information handy if you contact Waves technical support concerning the device ...
Page 18: ...l Clock and MADI Options panels parameters Save MGR presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration Click the Identify button to indicate which MGB MGO module belongs to this Control Panel Clicking the button causes the Network LED on the panel of the module to flash in a rather psychedelic manner ...
Page 19: ...ng 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 t...
Page 20: ...hannel modes Support for double wire 48k frame and single wire 96k frame 96kHz 224 256 channel I O 48kHz Recording and playback of more than 128 channels at 48kHz requires a second computer 112 128 channel I O 96kHz Clock Synchronization via in fallback order Word Clock input MADI port A SoundGrid SOE Internal Dual AC input power supplies with redundant operation Dimensions 482 6mm w x 306mm d x 4...
