User Manual

DigiGrid M

The rst time you launch SoundGrid Studio, the Wizard will open. It scans the network, inventories its assets, and then congures the

devices. If the Wizard does not start automatically, click the Start Auto Cong button, which is next to the Network Port.

Choose “NEXT” to start automatic conguration. This will take a few moments. Choose “CANCEL” to congure manually.

If the Wizard cannot locate the requested SoundGrid network devices, this means the devices

might be turned o or not connected properly. When you resolve the problem, the Wizard

will allow you to rescan the network or work as a Driver node slaved to another system. For

more information please refer the SoundGrid Studio User Guide.

When conguration is complete, close the window. If there’s still a problem, you can use the

System Inventory page to assign devices, control the network, and manage clock. To learn

how to use this page, please refer to the SoundGrid Studio Application user guide.

SoundGrid Studio uses Ethernet to stream audio between devices on a SoundGrid network.

Clock synchronization is also carried over Ethernet. This method of providing clock is called

Sync over Ethernet (SoE). SoundGrid I/O devices can clock by other means as well, but SoE is by

far the most common (and convenient) way to provide clock information to network devices.

In the SoundGrid Studio Setup page, you will see racks containing all of the devices assigned to your system: physical and virtual I/O

devices, drivers, and servers. Each I/O rack slot displays the device’s mode, clock status, and sample rate.

In this example the DiGiGrid M is the SoundGrid network’s clock master device, indicated by its

blue color and the icon text: On, Master Clock, INT (48 kHz).

To add another SoundGrid device, click on the arrow in an empty rack slot. From the list of

available devices, choose the one you want to add, in this case, a DiGiGrid IOS interface. In this

image the DiGiGrid M is grayed out, and therefore unavailable, since it is already claimed (in this

case, by you).