SoundGrid Studio User Guide / Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome to SoundGrid Studio
- Part 1: Getting Started
- Part 2: Top Bar
- Part 3: Setup Window
- Setup Window Overview
- Network Controls
- Device Racks: Assigning and Managing Network Devices
- I/O Devices Racks
- I/O Device Racks Displays and Controls
- I/O Devices Menu Items
- SG Connect
- I/O Sharing
- Connected Systems
- System Inventory in Super Systems
- Sharing a Device
- Setting up Device Sharing
- Shared Devices: Clocking Considerations
- Patching Shared Devices
- Patching Shared Output Devices
- Shared and Un-Shared Devices in the Patch
- Removing Shared Devices
- If the Sharing Host Becomes Unavailable
- Share Preamp Control
- Servers
- External Control Devices
- Setting Sample Rate
- Assigning I/O Devices Manually
- Working Offline
- Mixer Settings
- User Interface Settings Section
- Patch Window Sections
- The Patch Grid
- Mixer Layers
- Mixer Channels
- Mixer Layer Modes
- Using Plugins
- Monitor Panel
- INCORPORATING MIDI
- MACKIE CONTROL PROTOCOL
- Setting Up Mackie HUI in a DAW
- Setup Window Overview
- Part 4: Patch Window
- Part 5: Mixer Window
- Appendix
Part 3: Setup Window
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Device Racks: Assigning and Managing Network Devices
Device racks are used to assign and control the hardware and software I/Os, servers, and controllers available on
the network. Use these to set up a new configuration or to modify an auto-configured setup.
Click on the File icon at the top of a rack slot to open the Device menu.
I/O Devices Racks
There are 16 I/O device slots: two sets of eight. Every rack slot can assign one I/O device. Note the “SG Driver” slot
at the top of the rack. This is the only slot to which you can assign the host computer’s driver.
There are three categories of assignable devices:
Network
Assign all working I/O devices attached to this SoundGrid SOE network.
Local
The host computer’s local driver.
Offline Templates of devices that can be used to prepare sessions without a server and I/O devices. Later, when the hardware is
available, the session will load completely.
• Available devices are shown in white. Devices that are not available for assignment are gray.
• The rack slot number determines the device’s place in the Patch window and in certain drop-down menus.
Device sequence is not important, but some engineers choose to use one rack for control room and input, and
the other for monitoring.
• The ID button next to the device name activates a changing-color LED on the device to help identify the
hardware unit.