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Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide

 

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Resetting the Unit 

If an unsuccessful firmware update results in the device no longer being recognized by the SoundGrid host application, 
follow these steps: 

1.  Turn off the console. 
2.  Press and hold the Reset button located on the SoundGrid I/O panel in the back of the console. 
3.  Turn ON the console while holding the button. 
4.  Release the Reset button once the console has fully booted. 

The unit is now in “force update” mode, and a new firmware update can be performed. 

 

Summary of Contents for Hear Back PRO

Page 1: ...Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card User Guide ...

Page 2: ...figure the System 8 Manual Device Configuration 9 Automatic Device Configuration 9 Device Firmware 10 Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network 10 HEAR BACK PRO SOUNDGRID CARD CONTROL PANEL 11 Clock Page 12 System Info Page and About Page 14 Presets 14 USING AN I O DEVICE WITH A DAW 15 RESETTING THE UNIT 16 Waves Inc 2800 Merchants Drive Knoxville TN 37912 USA 1 865 909 9200 www waves com ...

Page 3: ...her information between a host system and I O devices and between I O devices themselves A SoundGrid host manages the network and assigns servers and I O devices to mix process and record depending on the host All SoundGrid devices connect to the host 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 sys...

Page 4: ... third LED to the right of it The two LEDs on the port itself indicate network status Link Activity flashing green GigE connection solid orange The STATUS LED to the right indicates card status SoundGrid network found blue SoundGrid network not found flashing red Firmware update in progress yellow Hardware error white Device ID mode revolving colors Recovery reset button ...

Page 5: ...e SoundGrid ASIO Core Audio driver can be used 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 Hear Back PRO Mixer Hear Back PRO Hub Hear Back PRO Waves SoundGrid card The host computer s LAN port that s connected to the SoundGrid network should be used for SoundGrid only Do not shar...

Page 6: ...nding on the SoundGrid Host Application All SoundGrid I O devices hosts and servers are connected through the Ethernet switch You can also add more computers to enable streaming between hosts Two Hear Back PRO cards can be populated per Hub to allow A B input switching between two banks of 16 channels and up to four cards can be populated to allow A B input switching as well as a second set of ded...

Page 7: ...es list 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...

Page 8: ...work 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 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 sh...

Page 9: ... Certain 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 o...

Page 10: ... not disconnect 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 fi...

Page 11: ...ntrol 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 CONTROL PANEL PAGES The About and System Info pages provide information about the unit such as MAC address SOE master MAC Address firmware version and more The Clock page is used to set up and man...

Page 12: ...Clock Input connector Sync over Ethernet The device receives clock from the SoundGrid network SAMPLE RATE sets the sample rate when Clock Source is set to Internal Range 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz If the device is the network SOE clock master as determined in the Device Racks of the SoundGrid host then this setting determines the sample rate of the SoundGrid network If Clock Source is set to an external ...

Page 13: ...k from the same external device over word clock from the master device rather than via network SOE In the event that the selected clock source fails Hear Back PRO card has a series of clock fallback layers in this order SOE Internal If an Hear Back Pro Card is clocked to SOE and this external source fails it will fall back to Internal Status Reports the presence or absence of sync between the Hear...

Page 14: ... have this information handy if you contact Waves technical support concerning the device Presets You can save and load presets of device settings A saved preset includes all Clock parameters Save Hear Back PRO SG Card presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration Click the ID button to indicate which Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card hardware device be...

Page 15: ...s Patching 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 ...

Page 16: ... SoundGrid host application follow these steps 1 Turn off the console 2 Press and hold the Reset button located on the SoundGrid I O panel in the back of the console 3 Turn ON the console while holding the button 4 Release the Reset button once the console has fully booted The unit is now in force update mode and a new firmware update can be performed ...

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