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Waves Hear Back PRO User Manual

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  • Page 1 Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Automatic Device Configuration ........................... 9 Device Firmware ................................ 10 Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network ......................10 HEAR BACK PRO SOUNDGRID CARD CONTROL PANEL .................... 11 Clock Page ..................................12 System Info Page and About Page ..........................14 Presets ..................................14 USING AN I/O DEVICE WITH A DAW ..........................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction The Hear Back PRO Waves SoundGrid card enables a Hear Back PRO Hub to communicate with any pro audio equipment on a Waves SoundGrid network, including directly out of a PC or Mac using only its Ethernet port. Each card connects 16 channels of simultaneous audio input and output.

  • Page 4: Hardware And Connections

    The STATUS LED to the right indicates card status: SoundGrid network found = blue SoundGrid network not found = flashing red Firmware update in progress = yellow Hardware error = white Device ID mode = revolving colors Recovery/reset button Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Connect the Hardware One I/O In this example, one Hear Back PRO SoundGrid interface card is used to connect a Hear Back PRO hub to the SoundGrid host. The SoundGrid ASIO/Core Audio driver can be used for plugin processing and/or DAW playback/recording.

  • Page 6: Add I/Os

    Application. All SoundGrid I/O devices, hosts, and servers are connected through the Ethernet switch. You can also add more computers to enable streaming between hosts. Two Hear Back PRO cards can be populated per Hub to allow A/B input switching between two banks of 16 channels and up to four cards can be populated to allow A/B input switching, as well as a second set of dedicated SoundGrid outputs.

  • Page 7: Download And Install Software

    YSTEM If you are already using a Waves SoundGrid host application and your device does not appear in the Network Devices list, use Waves Central to update the host application, which also updates the device drivers—or install just the missing device driver from Waves Central.

  • Page 8: Configure The System

    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 very similar manner. Throughout this section, we show DiGiGrid IOS as an example. Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide...

  • Page 9: Manual Device Configuration

    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. Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide...

  • Page 10: Device Firmware

    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 QRec SoundGrid Studio Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide...

  • Page 11: Hear Back Pro Soundgrid Card Control Panel

    AGES 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 Hear Back PRO SoundGrid card.

  • Page 12: Clock Page

    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 Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide...
  • Page 13 SOE. In the event that the selected clock source fails, Hear Back PRO card has a series of clock fallback layers, in this order: SOE, Internal. If an Hear Back Pro Card is clocked to SOE and this external source fails, it will fall back to Internal.

  • Page 14: System Info Page And About Page

    Waves technical support concerning the device. Presets You can save and load presets of device settings. A saved preset includes all Clock parameters. Save Hear Back PRO SG Card presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration.

  • Page 15: Using An I/O Device With A Daw

    Please refer to your SoundGrid host’s user guide for details. Configure the DAW for SoundGrid 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.

  • Page 16: Resetting The Unit

    3. Turn ON the console while holding the button. 4. Release the Reset button once the console has fully booted. The unit is now in “force update” mode, and a new firmware update can be performed. Hear Back PRO SoundGrid Card / User Guide...

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