Allen&Heath WAVES Quick Start
Allen & Heath M-Waves Quick Setup Guide
Registration
You must re giste r your Alle n & Heath M-Waves card to obtain the softw are, the drivers and any licenses
needed.
To register your device, log i nto your Waves account at www.waves.com.
Software Download
Go to Waves.com > Downloads > Hardware Drive rs, and select Al len & Heath M-Waves.
Download the latest vers ion f or Mac or PC, as needed.
Run the installer and follow the onscreen instructions.
Connections
Inse rt the M-Waves to your Allen & Heath stage box .
Connect the Allen & Heath M-Waves card to your computer.
If you are using just one M-Waves card, connect it directly to your computer’s Gigabit Ethernet port
using the supplied cable.
If you are using several M-Waves cards and/or multiple SoundGrid interfaces, computers, etc., connect
the m all to a SoundGrid-compatible switch and connect the switch to your computer’s Ethernet port.
See http://www.waves.com/hardware/soundgrid-swi tche s
Simple Recording/Playback Setup with the SoundGrid Studio Application
Use the SoundGrid Studio Application as your setup appli cation. Refer to the following images for
configuration.
for a list of approved switches.
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Note: The first time you run and configure your M-Waves card, you may be prompted to update the
firmware of your devi ce. Follow the onscreen instructions.
There are also built-in templates to assist you with configuration. Se lect the template that best meets
your setup. For recording and playback, select A& H REC-PB Standalone .
Finally, check in the PATCH tab that your M-Waves card is patched to the driver. If you’ve selected one
of the prese t templates, this should be all done. If you’ve adjusted the number of driver channels, you
may need to patch additional channels.
Note: Dependi ng on the number of channels you are recording or playing back and on the computer you
are using, you may need to raise your network’s and/ or driver’ s buffer size setting in the Setti ngs page
(P C) or dire ctly i n your DA W (Mac).
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