Avid Technology : Unprecedented S6L Waves SoundGrid Integration Coming Soon

Waves SoundGrid requires a 'voice' for each path of audio that goes to or from a Waves server. In the real-world this lines up to be one voice for a mono plug-in, two for stereo, two for 1 in/2 out, and one additional voice used for any plug-in path that has a sidechain input. The WSG-HD card supports 128 voices, so that could be 128 mono SoundGrid Rack for VENUE instances, 64 stereo, or any combination of mono and stereo instances that equals 128 voices or less. In addition, to the measure of total voices, each server provides dedicated plug-in DSP, and total DSP usage is displayed at the top of each plug-in, as well as in the inventory app itself.

The DSP meter itself actually shows you two separate values at the same time-one being the average DSP load across all processors in the server, and the other being the peak load of any given processor in the server. In general, it's considered prudent to keep the average DSP usage meter in the Green, because the peak meter tends to measure much higher than the average meter. Since Waves plug-ins can vary in DSP usage during a session, the DSP may reshuffle to optimize usage, at which point the peak meter may jump. It is possible for the server's Peak DSP usage meter to max out, at which point the server may put out distorted audio, which is why it's important to be very aware of your DSP usage on a Waves server.