


MultiRack SoundGrid displays rows of virtual plugin chains, named Racks, each of which chains up to eight Waves plugins.
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SoundGrid audio processing, connections, system configuration, and monitoring are controlled by the MultiRack SoundGrid control application, which runs on standard Windows and Mac computers, including embedded systems.

The FPGA also transfers control messages between control nodes external to the SoundGrid network and the SoundGrid control application. The FPGA receives I2S or other audio signal formats and converts them to the SoundGrid format. Waves Audio says this division of labor between audio processing CPUs and host application CPUs is key to high performance, stability, and low latency.Īudio interfaces with SoundGrid by integrating a SoundGrid-programmed FPGA ( Xilinx Spartan 3) into a mixing console’s I/O ports.

I thought the external clocking issue had been settled years ago, following all the apocryphal stories about touring BEs seeing their rider-spec'd Big Ben or whatever in the rack, and after pointing out any supposed benefits they are told it's not connected yet. I'm no expert so please take this with a pinch of salt. My understanding has always been that when clocking only digital desks and their ancillaries - the PLL way means that an internal clock ought to always be inherently superior, as the external device only has scope to introduce errors. If the clock was also sync'd to instruments and tracks playback, I could see how there may be scope for some change (though I'd not expect it to be in the tonality of the sound output). Unless other factors are changing (eg AD and DA conversion stages) how can the clock change the sound of the whole desk output?
