[FabParticipant]

hey Joel, contact waves support as they should be able to help you out… (it’s their job…)
https://www.wavesupport.net/content.aspx?id=155

FAB

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[FabParticipant]

Hey, try the m-waves card. It allows you to record 64 channels without the need for any additional license for each computer you plug in. Also you do not need to create a patch, setup clock etc.
When you only have a simple setup the patch is automatically done 1 to 1.
Not to mention you can always get a server to run some nice plugins;)

FAB

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[FabParticipant]

You should try playing with different driver latency settings, the lowest the better for native processing, but more processor load. So you need to find a middle ground so that you can do both things at once. the setting is in the inventory page (F2).

FAB

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[FabParticipant]

Hey Fredrick, I have to disagree with you regarding the processing order on the iLive system, have a look at the manual and you will see the insert point post hpf and gate, pre eq, comp etc.
In an output the insert is pre everything.
You can find all this lovely tech stuff on the pdf at this link.
https://www.allen-heath.com/UK/CategoryDocuments/iLive_range_blk.pdf

The way the insert point is represented at the top of your channel strip GUI is not correct, I assume it’s there because it’s a function you hit once during setup, not for actual operation..

Doing the connections as I have mentioned in my previous post does not roule out any other connections you might want to have with 3rd party programs. The driver can be used by multiple programs on one machine.

The advantage of routing all the ip via the insert point on soundgrid via multirack SG is that you can create groups of latency management, so you keep a “sample coherent” system, IE all signals are lined up to have the same latency.

Look forward to your reply

FAB

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[FabParticipant]

Hey, unfortunately you can only have one instance of driver running on a network.
With modern laptops you should be able to perform all the tasks on the same machine, multitrack soundgrid is not power hungry at all. Just make sure you use an external hard drive for recording and also a light daw for recording (i use Reaper, a handful of megabytes), there should be enough resources left.
With my setup (mbp 2009) I run Smaart, 48ch of record on the driver and multirack soundgrid and the system is still very responsive.

Let me know how you get on!

br

FAB

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[FabParticipant]

Hey, really sorry for the delay…out touring a lot!
Basically the connections are as follow for inserting an recording
Insert send-multirack sg
Insert send- driver
Multirack out-insert return

Then for playback you activate the following connections:
Driver out- multirackSg
MultirackSg- insert return

As you can see the only change is the audio path in the soundgrid, not in the desk. This is the quickest way. You can create the connections and turn them on off quickly, without changing anything on the desk.

Let me know if you need any more tips

Fab

FAB

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Geek and waves live product specialist

[FabParticipant]

Hey Tor,
are you trying to send audio to the controller computer at foh?
Basically the way the system, should be configured is you tunnel control into the ACE system, not audio. This is due to bandwidth limitations in the tunneling. We strongly discourage using long cables for soundgrid.
Follow this link to find out our recommendations on cables type and lenght for SoundGrid.
https://www.waveslive.com/pdf/soundgrid-cables.pdf

If you want to record at the same time, i suggest you have a computer onstage near the server and use the foh computer for controlling the processing.

Let us know how you get on!

FAB

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[FabParticipant]

Hey Fredrick,
the limitations of the system are the 64 busses. This means you can record and process the 64 channels simultaneously (ie 64 processes AND 64 recording). When it comes to playing back, you route the output of the daw to the host multirack and job done.
If you look at the signal path for such a system, the pickoff point for the processing is on the insert, so that signal gets then split to the daw and processing.
If you look at waveslive.com you can see what plugins are compatible with SoundGrid. We have 3 very interesting SoundGrid bundles that cover the whole spectrum of processes, from nice toys, to pure tools.
TDM is the license needed for SoundGrid.

Any questions, just shout out!

Fab

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