DIY compatible Waves Soundgrid Server

[definter]

https://appuals.com/how-to-use-windows-vsts-in-latest-reaper-5-93-linux-native-builds/

 

[capacitor]

This might be worth investigating:
https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge
Edit: I'm new to the SoundGrid world. The audio interfaces I've come across all seem pretty expensive, probably because they use a FPGA for low latency.

I, for one, would love to see something like it in open source/DIY land, that supports any old VST on a build-your-own Linux box, with home grown analog I/O.

I don't think you get low (like SoundGrid's ~1ms) latency without something relatively expensive on the I/O front, though...

 

[krabbencutter]

Waves have updated LV1 to show DIY Servers as "Unsupported" and you have to accept a warning message when adding one to the inventory. It will still technically work though. As of now this seems to be solely based on the CPU specs, which means as long as you have the correct CPU installed, your DIY server will show up just fine. I've had success with an i7-6700 system, which showed up as a Waves Extreme Server. Motherboard, Memory or Network Interface don't seem to play a role in this for now. From what I could gather through Archive.org this is the list of "officially" supported Desktop CPUs:

Haswell: i3-4150K*, i5-4590K*, i7-4790K
Skylake: i3 unknown**, i5 unknown**, i7-6700
Coffee Lake: i3-9100, i7-9700
Comet Lake: i3-10300, i7-10700, i9-10900k

*as far as I know there were no K skews of those CPUs, so it could be an error on Waves Website
**my guesses would be i3-6100 & i5-6500 but this needs to be tested

 

[Whoops]

Thanks for letting us know

 

[MLC]

Is there a way to add driver functionality for USB or fan control when loading onto a device that the kernel doesn't already have drivers for?

I successfully converted a Asus CN62 Chromebox to boot as a Soundgrid server, but the fan speed stays at a fairly low rate and the USB ports don't function so I am unable to access the terminal to attempt to solve the fan speed issues. Any ideas?

 

[Whoops]

I remember some people having problems in controlling the fan speed, some people just run the fan at full speed all the time.
Maybe there's already a solution for this

there's also a thread in gearslutz:
https://gearspace.com/board/music-computers/1311451-diy-waves-soundgrid-server-2020-edition.html

 

[MLC]

I remember some people having problems in controlling the fan speed, some people just run the fan at full speed all the time.
Maybe there's already a solution for this

there's also a thread in gearslutz:
https://gearspace.com/board/music-computers/1311451-diy-waves-soundgrid-server-2020-edition.html

Unfortunately, I have no way to control the fan speed since I can't access the terminal after boot due to the USB not working after boot

 

[Tubetec]

Should be easy enough to power the fan from an external supply ,
but if you dont have USB functionality you might have other problems making it work right .

 

[krabbencutter]

Is there a way to add driver functionality for USB or fan control when loading onto a device that the kernel doesn't already have drivers for?

I successfully converted a Asus CN62 Chromebox to boot as a Soundgrid server, but the fan speed stays at a fairly low rate and the USB ports don't function so I am unable to access the terminal to attempt to solve the fan speed issues. Any ideas?

Do you have any problems with high CPU temps and throttling?

 

[MLC]

Do you have any problems with high CPU temps and throttling?

I'm not sure if it's throttling, but the Temps get out of control. I have seen it get over 100c, which is when I just shut it down.

 

[bassmanjp]

I'm not sure if it's throttling, but the Temps get out of control. I have seen it get over 100c, which is when I just shut it down.

Can you set the fans at full in the bios?

 

[Dylan W]

Slightly off-topic, but for those who don’t need live integration and aren’t tied to the SoundGrid ecosystem, I can recommend AudioGridder. There’s a long thread about it on the purple forum. You load your plugins on a second computer, which basically becomes like a UAD Satellite but for whatever VST/AU plugins you want. I’ve started using it on projects and it’s a lifesaver when I run out of processing power. Even better, it’s free. AudioGridder – DSP servers using general purpose computers and networks

 

[Whoops]

Slightly off-topic, but for those who don’t need live integration and aren’t tied to the SoundGrid ecosystem, I can recommend AudioGridder. There’s a long thread about it on the purple forum. You load your plugins on a second computer, which basically becomes like a UAD Satellite but for whatever VST/AU plugins you want. I’ve started using it on projects and it’s a lifesaver when I run out of processing power. Even better, it’s free. AudioGridder – DSP servers using general purpose computers and networks

That's really interesting for sure, but that's a plugin that you insert into a track in your DAW. That's more for studio.
Soundgrid is diferent, it's geared towards Live Sound, and it's more useful in Live than in the Studio.

Live sound digital mixers are still very limited in terms of internal Tools/plugins/processors when compared to all the plugins we can have in the studio. The Soundgrid protocol and MultiRack allow you to extend the capabilities of Live Sound digital mixers.