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This device may not cause harmful interference. b. This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. See user manual instructions if interference to radio reception is suspected. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
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• Do not drop screws or other small parts inside the card. If power is applied while screws or similar metal objects are loose inside the unit, the card may malfunction or be damaged. If you cannot retrieve dropped objects yourself, refer the problem to qualified Yamaha service personnel. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
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• The illustrations as shown in this Owner’s Manual are for instructional purposes only and may be different from the ones on your equipment. • The company names and product names in this user guide are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
Clock Page ..................................15 System Info Page and About Page ..........................17 Presets .................................... 17 USING AN I/O DEVICE WITH A DAW ..........................18 Waves Inc 2800 Merchants Drive, Knoxville, TN 37912 USA 1-865-909-9200 www.waves.com WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
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Introduction WSG-HY128 is an HY interface card that enables Waves plugins to run on Yamaha Rivage PM series consoles, using Waves SoundGrid technology. The WSG-HY128 lets you process up to 128 channels of audio using award-winning Waves reverbs, equalizers, compressors, limiters, delays, and more. You can also assign additional SoundGrid I/O devices to your network.
Hardware and Connections The WSG-HY128 card has one SoundGrid Ethernet port and LEDs to indicate operation status. Link/Activity indicator LED Link/Activity = Flashing green GigE (Gigabyte Connection Indicator) = Solid orange Please note: the card will connect only to 1000 Base-T (Gigabit) Ethernet equipment.
Connect the Hardware One I/O In this example, the single WSG-HY128 Ethernet port is used to connect the console to the SoundGrid host application’s SoundGrid ASIO/Core Audio driver for plugin processing and/or DAW playback/recording. The interface is connected directly to the host using a Cat 5e Ethernet cable or better.
This moves all DSP processing from the host computer to the server, which provides a higher plugin count and enables the eMotion LV1 and ST mixers. Visit the waves.com hardware pages to learn more about SoundGrid servers. Consult your SoundGrid host application’s user guide to learn about using servers. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
You do not need a license to use this device. However, many hosts or specific host configurations do require a license. Refer to your host’s product page for details. The SoundGrid QRec host is installed with any I/O. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
Please consult the user guide of your host application for specific instructions. SoundGrid QRec SoundGrid Studio Setup Window § All SoundGrid devices are configured in a similar manner. Throughout this section, we show DiGiGrid IOS as an example. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
If later you add, remove, or swap a device, Auto-Config will reconfigure your inventory and re-patch. Note that SoundGrid Studio assigns the SoundGrid driver automatically. SuperRack SoundGrid and eMotion LV1 require that the SoundGrid ASIO/Core Audio driver is assigned manually. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
Click on the ID button to activate a hard-to-miss LED on the panel of the corresponding hardware device. You can also activate the LED from the top bar of the device’s control panel. SoundGrid Studio SoundGrid QRec WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
The About and System Info pages provide information about the unit, such as MAC address, SOE master MAC Address, firmware version, and more. The Clock page is used to set up and manage the WSG-HY128. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
SoundGrid host, then this setting determines the sample rate of the SoundGrid network. If Clock Source is set to an external clock source, you cannot change the sample rate from the host. The Sample Rate menu is grayed out and inoperative. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
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SOE. In the event that the selected clock source fails, WSG-HY128 card has a series of clock fallback layers, in this order: SOE, Internal. If the WSG-HY128 card is clocked to SOE and this external source fails, it will fall back to Internal.
The Top Bar is used to load and save device presets and to identify device hardware. A saved preset includes all Clock and Control panels parameters. Save WSG-HY128 presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration.
1. Set the DAW playback engine to “Waves SoundGrid.” The SoundGrid driver channels will now appear in the DAW I/O preferences and in the Input/Output selector in each DAW channel. 1. Route the DAW inputs and outputs to SoundGrid. WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide...
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