WAVES SoundGrid Studio User Guide 22 April 2020 1 SoundGrid Studio/ User Guide Contents Welcome to SoundGrid Studio ............................................................................................. 5 Part 1: Getting Started .......................................................................................................... 6 Getting Started: 1, 2, 3 ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Connect the Hardware ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Install the Software .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Launch SoundGrid Studio: Initial Automatic Configuration ................................................................................................................. 11 What Next? ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Part 2: Top Bar ..................................................................................................................... 15 Copying Channel Information ............................................................................................................................................................... 20 Window Select Tabs ............................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Saving and Loading a Session .................................................................................................................................... 23 LOADING A SESSION ................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Templates ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Auto-Saving Sessions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Floating Panels........................................................................................................................................................... 27 Part 3: Setup Window ......................................................................................................... 29 Setup Window Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 30 Network Controls .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Device Racks: Assigning and Managing Network Devices................................................................................................................. 33 I/O Device Racks Displays and Controls .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 I/O Devices Menu Items ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 SG Connect .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 I/O Sharing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Servers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50 External Control Devices ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Setting Sample Rate ................................................................................................................................................... 53 Assigning I/O Devices Manually ................................................................................................................................ 54 Working Offline .......................................................................................................................................................... 55 Mixer Settings ............................................................................................................................................................ 56 User Interface Settings Section .................................................................................................................................. 59 2 SoundGrid Studio/ User Guide Part 4: Patch Window ......................................................................................................... 60 Patch Window Sections ............................................................................................................................................. 61 Filtering Tools ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Patch Views .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Grid Filters ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 63 The Patch Grid ........................................................................................................................................................... 64 Mixer Channels, Mix Busses and Control Groups ............................................................................................................................... 66 Mixer Inputs .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Mixer Outputs ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Internal Routing .................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Device-to-Device ................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Part 5: Mixer Window ......................................................................................................... 72 Mixer Layers ............................................................................................................................................................... 74 Channel Layers ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Groups/AUX Layer ................................................................................................................................................................................ 77 Monitor Layer ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Link Layer .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 79 StudioRack Layer .................................................................................................................................................................................. 81 Low-Latency Monitoring During Recording ........................................................................................................................................................ 82 StudioRack Monitor Setup .................................................................................................................................................................................. 83 Establishing a Link Between StudioRack and eMotion ST .................................................................................................................................. 85 Monitor Switching Under DAW Command .......................................................................................................................................................