Waves Audio Waves DiGiCo SD Setup Guide

WAVES FOR DIGICO | Quick Setup Guide

System Requirements

1. Waves-enabled DiGiCo console – comes with a Waves I/O built into the console and
with Waves plugins and the Waves MultiRack plugin host pre-installed.

2. Waves-qualied DSP SoundGrid server.
For a list of qualied servers, visit www.waves.com/hardware/soundgrid-servers.

3. SoundGrid network switch. For a list of qualied network switches,
visit www.waves.com/1lib/pdf/hardware/qualied-soundgrid-switches.pdf.

4. CAT 5e/CAT 6 Ethernet cables.

For cable requirements, consult www.waves.com/1lib/pdf/live/soundgrid-cables.pdf.

5. USB ash drive with activated licenses connected to the console.
For license activation instructions, visit www.waves.com/support/activate.

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WAVES FOR DIGICO | Quick Setup Guide

Getting Started with Waves on DiGiCo SD Consoles

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DiGiCo System

1 The Waves MultiRack application is accessible from the Waves tab at the top center

of your DiGiCo screen. If the Waves tab is not accessible, go to Options > Console,

and turn on “Enable Waves MultiRack.”

MultiRack’s Top Bar

2 On the left-hand side of the MultiRack top bar, you should see an ON status light.

3 On the right of the top bar, you will see a server DSP usage percentage meter (SYS).

A green number represents a functional system with an active SoundGrid DSP

server available for running plugins.

4 Memory meter showing the RAM consumption of MultiRack SoundGrid and of any

plugins currently running on MultiRack.

5 MultiRack’s Show and Setup modes are linked to the console’s Live and Setup

modes, respectively.

6 MultiRack gives you 32 racks for running plugins, with 8 plugins per rack.

7 While in Setup mode , click on the “+” sign to add a plugin; drag a plugin away from

a rack to remove it.