Introduction - Waves DiGiGrid MGR User Manual

Introduction

The DiGiGrid MGR is used to connect MADI-enabled devices to a Waves SoundGrid network for plugin processing
and/or DAW playback and recording. The MGR unit is equipped as standard with Quad MADI BNC connections across
two Dual MADI Interface modules. Optical MADI connection are available as an upgrade option by swapping either one
or both BNC modules. Dual redundant PSU's ensure uninterrupted operation and guaranteed performance. Use the
second SoundGrid network port to connect additional SoundGrid devices.
A SoundGrid I/O device is part of a SoundGrid network. SoundGrid is the Waves high-speed networking protocol for
moving audio, clock, and other information between a host system and I/O devices—and between I/O devices
themselves. A SoundGrid host configures the network, assigning servers and I/O devices to mix, process, or record,
depending on the host. SoundGrid I/Os link to the SoundGrid network with standard Ethernet cable.
SoundGrid is scalable. Connect one I/O device to a DAW and you have a high-quality sound card. Add more I/Os and
your system becomes more flexible and powerful. Depending on the host application, a SoundGrid host can assign up to
sixteen I/O devices. Complete SoundGrid systems can be networked together to share devices.
Add a server to a SoundGrid system to offload plugin processing from the host CPU to a SoundGrid DSP server. This
dramatically increases processing power and enables greater plugin counts, as well as providing very low system
latency.
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