Cadac CDC six, Quick Reference Manual

Page 1: ...racy is not guaranteed DOC02 Waves Effects Issue A Feb 2016 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 Instructions for use of Waves Effects plug ins with a Cadac CDC six and CDC eight mixing console Waves Effects ...

Page 2: ...aves MultiRack SoundGrid software It is assumed that the console has already been installed with this Separate instructions are however available describing this software install process Quick Reference Guide Installing Waves on a CDC six or CDC eight Any test audio will be supplied to and from the console via a CDC I O rack Ethernet CDC eight CDC six running MultiRack SoundGrid MegaCOMMS RG6 coax...

Page 3: ...Cat5e 6 cable Waves licence on USB memory stick to cover MultiRack SoundGrid USB mouse Keyboard Optional Only required for sourcing monitoring audio to from the console CDC I O 6448 or CDC I O 3216 stage rack Audio source Audio speaker Waves SoundGrid Server The example above shows the Waves SoundGrid Server One ...

Page 4: ...of port 1 2 or 3 may be used to connect to the SoundGrid server 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 output on the CDC I O stage rack Waves SoundGrid Server One Ethernet connection Cadac CDC six Ethernet connection ...

Page 5: ...ed MultiRack SoundGrid This can be run on a separate laptop to the console however for normal stand alone operation it is run on the console This software may be started from the console menu system as follows Important A licence dongle must be inserted into the console to run this software highlighted in red below Consider the system window as follows ...

Page 6: ...DOC02 Waves Effects Issue A Feb 2016 Select the Menu button above and to the left of the screen highlighted in red Select User Options on the touch screen ...

Page 7: ...ct Waves logo This will run the Waves MultiRack software which will open on the main screen Note 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 ...

Page 8: ...DOC02 Waves Effects Issue A Feb 2016 Note A USB mouse and keyboard connected to the console may be useful from now onwards First screen of Waves should be as follows Select File then Preferences ...

Page 9: ... Issue A Feb 2016 Ensure the local LAN port selection is correct When correct SoundGrid network found should be displayed Select OK From the same preferences menu select Plug in manager Select both plug ins and select OK ...

Page 10: ... channels MR Multirack This represent the MultiRack program itself SG Server This is the server external box Be aware that firmware error screens can occur This usually means server or the console IO firmware is out of date compared to the MultiRack software on the console The cure for this is to select the appropriate UPDATE button which will load new firmware into the hardware Historical setting...

Page 11: ...een select Audio then SoundGrid connections The following screen should appear Now double click where indicated to add two connections Cadac to MultiRack 1 to 64 and MultiRack to Cadac 1 to 64 Ensure both are ticked Select OK to close window when as below ...

Page 12: ...DOC02 Waves Effects Issue A Feb 2016 From the main screen Select Edit then Add Rack s Enter 64 where highlighted As shown below ...

Page 13: ...following illustrates the screen after racks have been added These illustrate the 64 possible Waves audio processes The next step is to connect these up to match the port connections from the console Select Audio then Auto route all racks as shown below ...

Page 14: ...DOC02 Waves Effects Issue A Feb 2016 Select OK the racks will now be numbered as shown below ...

Page 15: ...Use the main GUI to configure audio routing to from Waves The actual signal path to and from the Waves looks like this SoundGrid 1 Track 1 SoundGrid 2 Track 2 SoundGrid 64 Track 64 To Waves 1 To Waves 2 To Waves 64 From Waves 1 From Waves 2 From Waves 64 The Waves processing block may be considered as 64 separate racks of audio processing each with one input and one output accessible to the consol...

Page 16: ...e the audio source is attached Select Ch1 assign send to to Waves 1 Select Ch2 assign input to from Waves 1 Select Ch2 assign send to I O rack output socket where the speaker is attached Notes It is important to note that the console s local I O or AES ports and the Waves I O ports 1 16 share the same internal resource on the CDC six In addition Waves output 63 and 64 are not available as they int...

Page 17: ...e is running its audio processing block will join up the Waves connections and audio should be visible on the MultiRack screen and audio heard at the speaker Any Waves plug in may be selected using the button as shown below The audio effect should be heard ...

Page 18: ...main screen should be GREEN typically 8 You may need to press both buttons on the front of the SoundGrid server to reset it If a new SoundGrid server it may be necessary to update via the inventory screen Status indicators should be green on the inventory screen Check external connections Both network connections should be flashing If all else fails then program restarts may be useful ...