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WAVES FOR BEGINNERS : HOW TO GET STARTED | Mitch Bohannon
I started to call this article “ Waves for Dummies ” because that ’ s exactly how I felt for the last year until I finally got it up and running . What equipment did I need ? How do I get signal out and back into my console ? What software do I need ? Every question was a hurdle to me and seemed to only lead to more questions . I went round and round largely because we ’ re talking about a $ 3,000- $ 6,000 investment . It ’ s kind of hard for me to go to the church finance team and say , “ Can I have $ 6,000 to just play around and see if I can figure something out ?” Yeah , no .
Have you ever tried to learn something , and everyone offering advice and direction seemed to be starting at step-10 and you felt like you needed remedial class instruction ? That was me with Waves .
As I was running into one wall after another ; not understanding what steps to take , I was imagining writing this article and how I planned to list out all my mistakes . Now that I ’ ve made so many , I don ’ t see that as beneficial and , besides that , it ’ s quite embarrassing ! But to my defense , the Waves website does list many options that lead to my confusion … between SuperRack SoundGrid , Performer , eMotion , MultiRack , StudioRack … I could go on . Just writing that list gives me flashbacks to frustration .
Now to Waves defense , they have a very helpful page , but I will suggest to them it would be even more helpful if it were easier to land on for the curious-minded folk . Go to waves . com and hover over “ All Products ” and click “ Live Sound .” On the new page you ’ ll need to scroll down to the bottom where you ’ ll find “ See Solutions for Your Console ” and you can select your system . Whether you have an Allen & Heath , PreSonus , Midas , Behringer , Dante , or a MADI card , you ’ ll find a setup solution listed there . I have the Allen & Heath dLive and the hardware / software setup is listed clearly on that page . If you ’ re in my shoes from one year ago , this paragraph could be your best friend ! In fact , here ’ s the link ( scroll to the bottom of the page )!
So , in total , what I needed to complete my Waves setup is a Waves card , a dedicated
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