M-Waves is one of a range of audio networking cards which can be fitted to iLive or GLD to enable integration with other systems. Benefitting from SoundGrid networking technology, it’s ideal for Waves high precision plug-in processing, multitrack recording and playback. M-Waves gives access to 64 input and 64 output channels and can be fitted to the Port B expansion slot in iLive fixed format MixRacks (iDR-16, iDR-32, iDR-48 & iDR-64) or expander (xDR-16), and Port B in iLive modular MixRacks (iDR0, iDR10) if they are fitted with the new RAB-2 standard. It can also be fitted to the I/O Module expansion slot in a GLD-80 mixer. An integrated Ethernet switch with two EtherCon and one RJ45 SoundGrid ports is provided on the M-Waves module to allow connection of multiple devices. SoundGrid is an Audio-over-Ethernet networking protocol developed by Waves for real-time professional audio applications. It provides an extremely low latency environment using standard Gigabit Ethernet networks. Audio processing is performed on dedicated, Intel-based servers running a customized version of Linux. Audio is streamed from an iLive MixRack or GLD-80 mixer to the Server, and back to the iLive/GLD after being processed by a multitude of Waves reverbs, equalizers, compressors and more. Read more about SoundGrid and Allen & Heath here. Click here to download Waves SoundGrid software, drivers and Waves compatible plug-ins.