DiGiGrid IOC

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DiGiGrid products are sold by Waves in the US and Canada. For other regions, please visit: www.digigrid.net.

Perfect for the control room, the DiGiGrid IOC audio interface offers a range of connectivity options, including 2 mic/line inputs with broadcast-grade preamps, 8 line inputs/outputs, and 16 AES and ADAT inputs/outputs, plus two powerful headphone outputs. With the IOC and a dedicated SoundGrid DSP server on your network, you will be able to run up to hundreds of SoundGrid-compatible Waves and third-party plugins, all fully integrated within your DAW of choice. Just plug the IOC into your SoundGrid network using a single Ethernet cable, and you will enter a new world of real-time tracking, mixing and monitoring, with extremely low latency of only 0.8 milliseconds.

ASIO- and Core Audio-compliant audio I/O for Native DAWs
2 mic/line inputs with broadcast-grade preamps and 8 line inputs
8 line outputs and 2 headphone outputs
16 AES ins/outs, ADAT ins/outs
Connects via a single Ethernet cable (Cat 5e/Cat 6)
Quick-view front panel metering
High-definition 192 kHz ADC conversion

User Guide

General

8x line inputs (25-pin DB25)
8x line outputs (25-pin DB25)
16x AES/EBU I/O (25-pin DB25)
1x ADAT I/O (8 channels @ 48kHz). (4 channels @ 96 kHz and 2 channels @ 192 kHz will be supported in the future)
2x Mic inputs (XLR/TRS combo)
2x SoundGrid RJ45 Ethernet ports
1x Word clock I/O
1x AC input
2x headphone outputs with analog level knobs
1U rack-mounted
Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz (176.4 and 192 kHz will be supported in the future)
Clock Synchronization via Word Clock input, AES/EBU, SoundGrid (SoE), Internal
Reset switch
Multiple broadcast level format settings (jumpers on all analog I/Os)

Inputs

Mic input impedance: 2K5 Ohms
Phantom power: 48V
Line input impedance: 8K0 Ohms
Mic gain range:0 dB to +52.5 dB in 7.5-dB steps. Fine control provides an additional 0dB to 7dB in 0.5-dB steps
Mic maximum input level: +26dB
Line maximum input level: +36dB
Mic equivalent input noise: >-126dB (150 Ohm source, Gain +59.5dB)
Frequency response: +/-0.5dB 20Hz to 20kHz
Channel separation: Better than 90dB (40Hz to 15kHz)

Outputs

Maximum line output level: +22dBu
Residual line output noise:<90dB (20Hz to 20kHz)
Frequency Response: +/-0.5dB (20Hz to 20kHz)
Line output impedance: 50 Ohms
Channel separation: Better than 90dB (40Hz to 15kHz)
Harmonic Distortion: Typically <0.01% @ unity gain, -10dB input @ 1kHz.

Dimensions

Width: 48.26 cm / 19 inches
Height: 4.36 cm / 1U
Depth: 35.6 cm / 14.01 inches
Device Weight: 4.5 kg / 9.92 lbs

Native DAW with a DiGiGrid IOC

This is a typical studio setup that includes a host computer with a Native DAW and a single I/O interface connecting mics, instruments, headphones and monitors.

DiGiGrid IOC
Host computer with a Native DAW

One Host Computer, a DiGiGrid IOC and a SoundGrid DSP Server

You probably want to run more plugins. Perhaps you want to record small ensembles and then mix with a large number of plugins, or record and monitor with very low latency.

By adding a SoundGrid DSP server to your SoundGrid network. you can offload your audio processing. This greatly increases the number of plugins you can use simultaneously. Plus, it enables you to use the eMotion ST mixer, which lets you create personalized monitor mixes from your DAW mix and from outside sources, and also allows you to open 64 StudioRacks and use them for low-latency monitoring.

Host computer (PC or Mac) with a Native DAW (Pro Tools, Nuendo, Cubase, Logic, etc.) and SoundGrid Studio software installed.
DiGiGrid IOC
SoundGrid DSP server

One Host Computer, a DiGiGrid IOC and a DiGiGrid IOX

Need more I/O channels? Need more headphone outputs?

Add a DiGiGrid IOX, and you get 12 more mic/line inputs with broadcast/studio-quality preamps and 4 more individual headphone outputs. Connect the IOX to the built-in Ethernet switch on the rear of the IOC. You can add up to 8 SoundGrid I/O devices to a single host. Each of these can be accessed by any computer on the network.

Audio and clock pass through the same Ethernet cable. This way of distributing clock is called “Sync over Ethernet” (SoE) and is used between all SoundGrid devices. To clock the entire network to an external clock source such as house sync, use Word Clock or Digital In as clock master for the IOC. If the IOC is the SoE master, the entire network will be locked to this external source.

DiGiGrid IOC
DiGiGrid IOX
Host computer with a Native DAW (Pro Tools, Nuendo, Cubase, Logic, etc.)

Running Various DAWs Simultaneously Using a Single DiGiGrid IOC

This configuration is for running audio from multiple DAWs simultaneously and mixing them in real time.

DiGiGrid IOC
Host computer with Native DAW
Computers 2-4 – Native DAWs
1 GB network switch

Each of the four computers is connected to the DiGiGrid IOC via a 1 GB network switch, using a single Cat 5e or Cat 6 Ethernet cable.

Every computer in a SoundGrid network uses the SoundGrid driver to stream audio into the SoundGrid network. In this setup, the main host computer running the SoundGrid Studio Application patches between all host computers within the network and configures their ASIO/Core Audio driver’s ins and outs.