Waves Soundgrid

[mausmuso]

Is this heading where Scope 6 is going?
http://www.waves.com/live-sound/soundgrid
Is this a copperlan application?
Could we use SoundGrid along side SCOPE?
It runs on DSP servers, I wonder if XITE could be licensed to run this software??
maus

[Sounddesigner]

Is this heading where Scope 6 is going?
http://www.waves.com/live-sound/soundgrid
Is this a copperlan application?
Could we use SoundGrid along side SCOPE?
It runs on DSP servers, I wonder if XITE could be licensed to run this software??
maus

It's a powerful realtime solution but it has its flaws as well. The latency is not quite as low as dsp systems wich is what they claim. Waves claim .8ms but this is software-platform latency and doesn't include converter latency, etc. Also it still uses a general O/S wich is Linux so I'm fairly certain there is a cumulative-latency-buffer-sizes (too many of the wrong type demanding plugins and the platform latency increases) but I would need to check and verify, I did remember reading about a buffer but as usual the right details are hard to find and you really have to go digging deep for them.

It's not fully comparable to SCOPE since it's not fully-realtime cause it doesn't run synths and other devices wich are a problem for Native rigs also for some people cpu-wise and/or latency-wise. It is designed to run also with Protools wich might be a great thing if one loves the Waves plugins sound (it only runs Waves and nothing else). I doubt it can be used in conjunction with SCOPE in any seamless way since it has its own interface and Asio drivers.

Soundgrid is running Intel cpu's and is powerfull but not fully-comparable to SCOPE and does not have all the strenghths of Protools HDX but may compliment HDX well. It is limited to only Waves plugins so the 'endless power' wouldn't benefit me much with just Waves plugins wich are a mixed bag of great, good, bad, and ugly and no demanding instruments to harness the power. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out and if it is successful for Waves. Keep in mind Waves failed the last time they designed a external co-processor cpu to process their plugins. They may have better luck this time since its more designed for Live-production, post-production, broadcast, etc and not just added power for a Studio computer based rig like before. Co-processors whether dsp, intel cpu, etc is a tuff market to survive in in todays times, UA appears to be the only ones booming.

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