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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SYSTEM INVENTORY IN SUPER SYSTEMS
All devices in a super system—whether assigned to a host or not—are displayed in the
Device menu of each independent system’s Inventory (left). In this example there are
five I/O devices, none of which have been assigned to a system. Each connected
host’s local driver is also shown. The letter preceding the device name identifies the
SoundGrid Studio system to which the device is physically connected to.
A device assigned to a host’s inventory is the manager of the device. When a device
is removed from a host, it becomes Free and it can be assigned by any other host,
which in turn becomes its manager.
Sharing a Device
Device sharing enables hosts to assign devices that are already claimed by other hosts and patch available
device I/O channels. A host that patches I/O channels from a device that’s been assigned to another host (the
manager) is called the client of that device. A host can be a manager of some devices and a client of others. A
device can have several clients, within the limits of the device’s maximum output to the network. Each
destination establishes a direct connection from the shared IO device, so the total outputs to the network
increase.
For example, a 128-input MGB patched to four hosts will use up the 1 Gb network capacity of the SoundGrid
network. In this case, the device will output 128 x 4 channels=512 channels (at 48 kHz).