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DOC02-Using Waves Tracks Live - Issue C - July 2016

Quick Reference Guide

Cadac Holdings Limited
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Instructions for use of Waves Tracks Live on a

computer for audio playback / recording with a

Cadac CDC six and CDC eight mixing console

Waves Tracks Live

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Page 1: ...C July 2016 Quick Reference Guide Cadac Holdings Limited One New Street Luton Bedfordshire LU1 5DX England Tel 44 1582 404 202 Email support cadac sound com www cadac sound com Contact Product Name In...

Page 2: ...ndGrid is running on the console SoundGrid drivers only required on the PC 2 SoundGrid Studio is running on the Computer No MultiRack software required on console In both cases the computer will need...

Page 3: ...console CDC I O 6448 or CDC I O 3216 stage rack Audio source Audio speaker Minimum PC Requirement CPU Intel i5 RAM 8 GB Operating System Windows 7 64 bit Windows 8 1 64 bit Windows 10 64 bit Screen R...

Page 4: ...connect the computer Connect CDC I O stage rack to the console using RG6 coaxial cables for the MegaCOMMS network Connect the audio source to an input on the CDC I O stage rack Connect speaker to an o...

Page 5: ...cks live software This is where there are two options affecting what software is run on the console and computer c Finally the console GUI has to be setup to link audio to from its Waves hardware All...

Page 6: ...to SoundGrid numbers so there are 1 64 SoundGrid inputs assignments AND 1 64 SoundGrid output assignments Audio engine should be set to ASIO or CoreAudio if you are using a Mac Interface should be se...

Page 7: ...Network Using MultiRack on the Console Console Setup Waves software called MultiRack SoundGrid This software may be started from the small setup screen on the console IMPORTANT The licence dongle must...

Page 8: ...Page 8 of 19 DOC02 Using Waves Tracks Live Issue C July 2016 Select the Menu button above and to the left of the screen Select User Options on the touch screen...

Page 9: ...main screen Subsequent use of the large logo will full screen the Waves window on the main screen The smaller Waves logo will open the software in a smaller resizable window Note A USB mouse and keyb...

Page 10: ...ge 10 of 19 DOC02 Using Waves Tracks Live Issue C July 2016 Select File then Preferences Ensure the local LAN port selection is correct When correct SoundGrid network found should be displayed Select...

Page 11: ...resents the audio networks visible in the system There may be two of these shown one for the console and one for the computer However ONLY the external computer one should be assigned It will have a M...

Page 12: ...the software if such errors occur When ready you can close this window Use the X in the top right hand corner From the main screen select Audio then SoundGrid Connections The following screen should a...

Page 13: ...up The computer must run with SoundGrid Drivers Note That no licence is required to run this software The SoundGrid Driver Control Panel is run by selecting the icon You must ensure that network inter...

Page 14: ...software from the GUI Note There are Waves SoundGrid drivers running in the background but this should happen automatically every time the console powers up Computer Setup The computer must run Sound...

Page 15: ...onfig This will cause the program to scan the system and should discover the console denoted Cadac in the Rack A window The Rack B box represents the SoundGrid Tracks DAW c Network Port The appropriat...

Page 16: ...ct cascading ticks to indicate one to one connections for From RACK B channels 1 64 To CADAC channels 1 64 And From CADAC channels 1 64 To RACK B Channels 1 64 Once this is done then the audio channel...

Page 17: ...from the Waves looks like this When the full system is running these 1 64 SoundGrid input and output ports are directly connected to the Waves 1 to 64 input and output ports on the console SoundGrid...

Page 18: ...channel assignment on the console and sent to the I O rack output for the speaker If you assign an input to another channel from I O rack input audio source on the CDC six Send this channel to To Wav...

Page 19: ...er for the external computer does not appear on the console inventory screen ensure that the SoundGrid drivers are running and connected to the correct network port on the external computer If all els...