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Summary of Contents for BURL B80-BMB4 MOTHERSHIP
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Page 1: Quick Start Guide
B80-BMB4 MOTHERSHIP BMB4 Rev A0 Rom A1 Quick Start Guide Section 1: Getting Started Section 2: SoundGrid Quick Start Section 3: BMB4 Clocking Revision 2.2 May 13, 2018... -
Page 2: Getting Started
SECTION 1 1. GETTING STARTED 1.1 Register Please register all serial numbers for your B80 MOTHERSHIP chassis, all Daughter Cards, and BP-300 power supply. You must register to activate your warranty! Please visit: www.burlaudio.com/register. 1.2 Check Jumper Settings On BMB4 The B80 MOTHERSHIP is fully modular, accommodating a wide variety of I/O needs. - Page 3 SECTION 1 EXAMPLE A: JUMPERS ON 1 AND 3 (FACTORY SETTING) BMB4 jumper settings for a 40 in x 40 out system using BAD8 and BDA8 Daughter Cards Image 3: Jumpers on 1 and 3 for use with BAD8 and BDA8.
- Page 4 SECTION 1 EXAMPLE C: JUMPERS ON 2 AND 3 BMB4 jumper settings for a 32 in x 32 out system using BAD8, BDA8, BAES4 and BCLK Daughter Cards Image 7: Jumpers on 2 and 3 for use with for BAD8’s, BAES4, and BDA8’s.
- Page 5 Make sure the metal Daughter Card to the front panel. backplate, not PCB, is inserted into the card guides. Note: To purchase blanks for empty MOTHERSHIP slots, contact your BURL dealer! For more information on installing Daughter Cards, please go to www.burlaudio.com/b80-quick-start-video...
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Page 6: You Will Need
• Waves Central and Waves SoundGrid Studio • Gigabit Ethernet Switch (optional, you can connect BMB4 directly to host CPU) • Cat5e, Cat6 or Cat7 Ethernet Cables • Waves SoundGrid Server (optional) Image 13: Basic B80-BMB4 MOTHERSHIP setup. For a complete list of Waves supported Ethernet switches: https://www.waves.com/support/network-switches-for-soundgrid-systems... - Page 7 B80-BMB4 devices must be assigned to a host application. This is done within the application. Assignment is similar, but not identical, in all SoundGrid host applications. In this example, a B80-BMB4 MOTHERSHIP will be assigned to SoundGrid Studio. Refer to the SoundGrid Studio’s user guide for detailed instructions:...
- Page 8 SECTION 2 2.3 Disconnect All Other Devices From Gigabit Switch Note: If you are connecting the BMB4 directly to your computer, skip to step 2.6. For best results, start by removing all other connections to the switch. SoundGrid should be on its own network.
- Page 9 Choose Burl Audio I/O from dropdown menu. Repeat this step to assign your DAW to Rack B (See Image 19b below). Image 19b: The Burl Audio I/O device will appear in the device Rack A. Your DAW will appear in the device Rack B.
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Page 10: Input Assignment
Select Patch Window. Select Device To Device. Maximize DAW. In this example, our CPU is named “Grover”. Maximize “Burl Audio I/O-1”. In this example, the MOTHERSHIP is in “Bank A-Slot 1”. Patch channel 1 from the MOTHERSHIP to channel 1 of the Driver. -
Page 11: Output Assignment
Patch channel 1 from BMB4 to SoundGrid channel 1. This assigns B80 output ch. 1 to SoundGrid ch. 1 (See Images 22 and 23). Image 22: Select Patch Window. Select Device To Device. Maximize “Burl Audio I/O-1”. Maximize “Bank B-Slot 1”. Patch channel 1 from DAW to channel 1 of the MOTHERSHIP. Image 23:... - Page 12 SECTION 3 3. BMB4 CLOCKING There are 3 ways to clock the B80 MOTHERSHIP: BMB4 set to Internal Clock, External Clock, or Sound Grid 3.1 Clocking BMB4 To Internal Word Clock Set BMB4 front panel to INT. Push “Sample Rate” button on BMB4 faceplate to toggle to the SoundGrid desired sample rate.
- Page 13 SECTION 3 3.2 Clocking BMB4 To External Word Clock Set BMB4 front panel to EXT. Connect External clock to word clock IN on BMB4. SoundGrid Open SoundGrid Studio, select SETUP. Set SoundGrid sample rate to “SLAVE” (Image 27). Image 27: SoundGrid Studio set to “SLAVE”. In SoundGrid Studio, open MOTHERSHIP GUI by clicking on the gear box in the lower left corner (Image 28).
- Page 14 SECTION 3 3.3 Clocking BMB4 To SoundGrid Set BMB4 front panel to SoundGrid. Open SoundGrid Studio, select SETUP. SoundGrid Set SoundGrid sample rate to “MASTER” (Image 30). Image 30: SoundGrid Studio set to “MASTER”. In SoundGrid Studio, open MOTHERSHIP GUI by clicking on the gear box in the lower left corner (Image 31).