Introducing WSG-Y16 I/O Card for Yamaha Consoles
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Yamaha console users, rejoice: The wait is finally over. The Waves WSG-Y16 has arrived.
Powered by Waves SoundGrid technology, the WSG-Y16 will pipe 16 channels of audio out of the digital board and back in, at near 0 latency, opening up whole new world of possibilities: Waves EQs, compressors, delays, reverbs, and more are now at your fingertips.
Installation is painless, although a little basic understanding is required: Turn your board off, slide the WSG-Y16 into available slot, turn your board back on, and you’re ready to get some Waves into your mix. And patching is a breeze, same as the patching on any Yamaha board: If the WSG-Y16 is in Slot 1, then all 16 ins and outs will be available at any patching point under the Slot 1 tab. In addition to the Ethernet jack for audio, the WSG-Y16 sports a MIDI input so you can control your plugins using an external controller, which gives you fast access to vital parameters like tap delay, threshold, ratios, you name it.
Just like any software-driven device, the WSG-Y16 might eventually need a firmware update. The updating process is similar to BIOS update on a PC: Move the jumper, flash the firmware, return the jumper to the original position, and you’re done.
To sum it up, the WSG-Y16 is the ultimate in simplicity and reliability, and a must-have addition to any compatible Yamaha console.
Waves offers three new SoundGrid-compatible bundles, perfect for the WSG-Y16:
Pooch’s Corner
Hey all,
Pooch here with the first installment of Pooch's corner. Just got back from Australia. I am mixing Slash, and we were doing a launch for the new MTV Classic in OZ land. MTV Classic is supposed to be like back to old school MTV where they play music videos all day long. Wow, what a great idea! Music? On a music channel? Who would have thought?
Anyway—the show went really well. I had been carrying around a beta version of MultiRack SoundGrid (prior to the big launch), and Kevin "Tater" McCarthy (monitor engineer to the stars: Linkin Park, Slash, Godsmack) has been using it in monitor land with Slash. He has fallen in love with it, and won't give it back. Finally, this week, he received his own SoundGrid system that he purchased after the first day of using mine. He is currently using it in rehearsals with Godsmack and loving it, of course. Read More
Production Notes
Here’s a useful four-plugin chain for female vocals that sounds great in any live sound situation:
- Open up the SSL E-Channel for your main EQ, to add just a touch of brightness.
- Next in line, use the C4 Multiband Compressor as both a wide de-esser with high cross points between 2.6 and 8kHz, as well as to shape the edges of the vocal range.
- Close out the vocal processing with some hard compression, courtesy of Renaissance Vox: Threshold at -13 dB and -10 dB output level.
- Finally, use Vocal Rider Live to ride the levels the vocal channel within a 4 dB up and down range.