WSG-Y16 Interface Card / User Guide
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Company: Waves Inc.
Address: 2800 Merchants Drive, Knoxville TN 37912
Telephone: 1-865-909-9200
Type of equipment: Waves interface card
Model Name: WSG-Y16 (V1 or V2)
Page 1: ...User Guide WSG Y16...
Page 2: ...rovides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices This equipment generates uses r...
Page 3: ...Interface Card User Guide 3 COMPANY INFORMATION Company Waves Inc Address 2800 Merchants Drive Knoxville TN 37912 Telephone 1 865 909 9200 Type of equipment Waves interface card Model Name WSG Y16 V1...
Page 4: ...or equipment failure Be sure to disconnect the power cable of the host device before installing the card and connecting disconnecting the cables in order to eliminate shock hazard undesired noise and...
Page 5: ...s as shown in this Owner s Manual are for instructional purposes only and may be different from the ones on your equipment The company names and product names in this user guide are the trademarks or...
Page 6: ...dd I Os 14 Download and Install Software 15 Configure the System 16 Manual Device Configuration 17 Automatic Device Configuration with SoundGrid Studio 17 Device Firmware 18 Identify a Device on the S...
Page 7: ...ending on the host SoundGrid devices 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...
Page 8: ...card with the slot guide and slide the card in following the directional grooves 4 Make sure the card is seated firmly Screw it in for added protection Refer to the console s operation guide for furt...
Page 9: ...WSG Y16 Interface Card User Guide 9 SETTINGS Dipswitches are used to configure the WSG Y16 card Please refer to the following diagrams to determine the location of the dipswitches WSG Y16 V1...
Page 10: ...WSG Y16 Interface Card User Guide 10 WSG Y16 V2...
Page 11: ...1 Selects 44 1 48 kHz mode applicable in Emulation mode only Selects 88 2 96 kHz mode applicable in Emulation mode only DIP 2 Emulation mode Native mode DIP 3 Normal operation of the card Forces the...
Page 12: ...1 Make sure that the WSG Y16 DIP 1 is set to the new sample rate 2 Make sure the console is set to the new sample rate 3 On the console set the channel transfer format as follows a 88 2 96 kHz set to...
Page 13: ...undGrid 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 Host computer with SoundGrid...
Page 14: ...onal SoundGrid I O 1GB Ethernet switch See this support article 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 hos...
Page 15: ...e 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 i...
Page 16: ...ork 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...
Page 17: ...d Studio 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 c...
Page 18: ...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 ac...
Page 19: ...HE 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 Con...
Page 20: ...k 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...
Page 21: ...se to receive clock from the same external device over word clock from the master device rather than via network SOE If the device is clocked to external source and that clock source fails the device...
Page 22: ...ou contact Waves technical support concerning the device Presets The Top Bar is used to load and save device presets and to identify device hardware A saved preset includes all Clock and Control panel...
Page 23: ...I O to the SoundGrid ASIO Core Audio driver differs slightly among hosts In some hosts the When you use a host s Auto Config tool the host input channels are patched automatically in an order based o...
