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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Add or Change the Server
Servers are assigned and removed in the same manner as I/O devices. Some SoundGrid devices contain
I/Os as well as a server. Treat these devices as two separate units. One will appear in Device Rack A or B as
an I/O under its own name. The other will appear as SGS-1, SGS-2, etc.
DSP Meters
The meter bars on a server icon indicate DSP load of the server’s cores.
The solid bar areas display average
DSP use per core:
The yellow lines show peak use, as indicated in the percentage display above the line. Certain plugins can
exhibit a high average/peak DSP ratio. This may cause overloads (momentary or constant) that result in audio
drops. When adding a large number of these CPU-hungry plugins, the peak and average indicators will drift
apart. In such cases, you may need to disable or remove certain plugins.
Average Peak Status
Green DSP peak value: 1% to 84% System is stable. You can add more plugins.
Yellow DSP peak value: 1% to 84% The network is approaching its limit. Monitor the meter status and be prepared to
remove some plugins and/or increase the network buffer size.
Yellow DSP peak value: 85% to 99% Network load is excessive. Monitor the meter status. Remove some plugins
and/or increase the network buffer size.
Red DSP load is beyond the limit. Remove heavy-load plugins immediately.