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Allen & Heath 

M-Waves Card

User Guide

Summary of Contents for M-Waves V1

Page 1: ...Allen Heath M Waves Card User Guide...

Page 2: ...7 Configure the System 8 Manual Device Configuration 9 Automatic Device Configuration with SoundGrid Studio 9 Device Firmware 10 Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network 10 M WAVES CONTROL PANEL 11...

Page 3: ...otocol for 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 t...

Page 4: ...Waves V2 or M DL WAVES3 card Setting up the clock master for the network is done in either SuperRack SoundGrid QRec SoundGrid Studio or eMotion LV1 M Waves has three SoundGrid Ethernet ports This enab...

Page 5: ...pplication SoundGrid 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 SoundGrid host c...

Page 6: ...by Waves You can connect and assign up to 16 SoundGrid I O devices to the network depending on the SoundGrid Host Application All SoundGrid I O devices hosts and servers are connected through the Ethe...

Page 7: ...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 ins...

Page 8: ...k 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 ch...

Page 9: ...ain 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...

Page 10: ...ect 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...

Page 11: ...Hardware Control Panel button The driver control panel is located here in the host computer PC C Program Files x86 Waves SoundGrid Driver Control Panel Mac System HD Applications Waves SoundGrid CONT...

Page 12: ...device and to assess clock status SOURCE sets the requested clock source Internal The unit itself provides the clock Digital Syncs via the M Waves connection to the console Sync over Ethernet Syncs t...

Page 13: ...example if another SoundGrid I O device is the SOE master and is locked to a word clock device you may choose to receive clock from the same external device over word clock from the master device rath...

Page 14: ...ut page contains a description of the device The System Info page contains technical details about the device and its firmware This information can be useful for troubleshooting Please have this infor...

Page 15: ...load presets of device settings A saved preset includes all Clock panel parameters Use presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration Click the ID but...

Page 16: ...hing 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...

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