Can I use Waves on the CDC five, CDC six, CDC seven or CDC seven-s?
The CDC five, CDC six, CDC seven and CDC seven-s come pre-configured with a Waves interface card which provides connectivity to the Waves MultiRack SoundGrid via Cat5e cable.
When connected to a suitable laptop or desktop computer with the Waves “Tracks” software installed, will record up to 64 tracks of 24-bit, 96 kHz audio.
Can I use Waves on the CDC five, CDC six, CDC seven or CDC seven-s?
In the Input / Output tables below all the “slots” in blue are shared.
Only one item out of each pair can be selected at a time. Once an item is selected the alternative option will be greyed out in the assignment window.
Note: There are no Waves outputs on slots 63 and 64, these slots are dedicated to the headphone output.
Input Waves Local IO 1 Waves 1 - 2 Waves 2 - 3 Waves 3 - 4 Waves 4 - 5 Waves 5 - 6 Waves 6 - 7 Waves 7 - 8 Waves 8 - 9 Waves 9 - 10 Waves 10 - 11 Waves 11 - 12 Waves 12 - 13 Waves 13 - 14 Waves 14 - 15 Waves 15 - 16 Waves 16 - 17 Waves 17 - 18 Waves 18 - 19 Waves 19 - 20 Waves 20 - 21 Waves 21 - 22 Waves 22 - 23 Waves 23 - 24 Waves 24 - 25 Waves 25 - 26 Waves 26 - 27 Waves 27 - 28 Waves 28 - 29 Waves 29 - 30 Waves 30 - 31 Waves 31 - 32 Waves 32 - 33 Waves 33 - 34 Waves 34 - 35 Waves 35 - 36 Waves 36 - 37 Waves 37 - 38 Waves 38 - 39 Waves 39 - 40 Waves 40 - 41 Waves 41 AES in 1L 42 Waves 42 AES In 1R 43 Waves 43 AES In 2L 44 Waves 44 AES In 2R 45 Waves 45 AES In 3L 46 Waves 46 AES In 3R 47 Waves 47 AES In 4L 48 Waves 48 AES In 4R 49 Waves 49 Mic In 1 50 Waves 50 Mic In 2 51 Waves 51 Mic In 3 52 Waves 52 Mic In 4 53 Waves 53 Mic In 5 54 Waves 54 Mic In 6 55 Waves 55 Mic In 7 56 Waves 56 Mic In 8 57 Waves 57 - 58 Waves 58 - 59 Waves 59 - 60 Waves 60 - 61 Waves 61 - 62 Waves 62 - 63 Waves 63 - 64 Waves 64 - Output Waves Local IO 1 Waves 1 - 2 Waves 2 - 3 Waves 3 - 4 Waves 4 - 5 Waves 5 - 6 Waves 6 - 7 Waves 7 - 8 Waves 8 - 9 Waves 9 - 10 Waves 10 - 11 Waves 11 - 12 Waves 12 - 13 Waves 13 - 14 Waves 14 - 15 Waves 15 - 16 Waves 16 - 17 Waves 17 - 18 Waves 18 - 19 Waves 19 - 20 Waves 20 - 21 Waves 21 - 22 Waves 22 - 23 Waves 23 - 24 Waves 24 - 25 Waves 25 - 26 Waves 26 - 27 Waves 27 - 28 Waves 28 - 29 Waves 29 - 30 Waves 30 - 31 Waves 31 - 32 Waves 32 - 33 Waves 33 - 34 Waves 34 - 35 Waves 35 - 36 Waves 36 - 37 Waves 37 - 38 Waves 38 - 39 Waves 39 - 40 Waves 40 - 41 Waves 41 AES Out 1L 42 Waves 42 AES Out 1R 43 Waves 43 AES Out 2L 44 Waves 44 AES Out 2R 45 Waves 45 AES Out 3L 46 Waves 46 AES Out 3R 47 Waves 47 AES Out 4L 48 Waves 48 AES Out 4R 49 Waves 49 Line Output 1 50 Waves 50 Line Output 2 51 Waves 51 Line Output 3 52 Waves 52 Line Output 4 53 Waves 53 Line Output 5 54 Waves 54 Line Output 6 55 Waves 55 Line Output 7 56 Waves 56 Line Output 8 57 Waves 57 - 58 Waves 58 - 59 Waves 59 - 60 Waves 60 - 61 Waves 61 - 62 Waves 62 - 63 - Headphones L 64 - Headphones R
CDC five, CDC six, CDC seven and CDC seven-s local I/O mapping and sharing with Waves
If you are having issues with using a USB key containing a Waves license for a CDC console that has been generated on an Apple Mac, or on a new USB key, you will need to follow the instructions below on how to reformat the key.
On the Mac open: Applications | Utilities | Disk Utilities.
Then erase the USB key as per the screen shot:
Then open Waves Central and add the license to the USB key as normal.
If you don’t first do the erase / reformat step on a new, or Mac formatted, USB key a PC, or CDC console, cannot see the USB key – however a Mac and Waves Central will.
Formatting a USB key for use with a Waves license
The linked PDF document provides Instructions on how to reformat the Waves drive on the CDC six or CDC seven.
Click to open: DOC02-Formatting Waves Drive – Issue B – Jan 2017
How to format the Waves drive
The linked PDF document provides instructions for the installation of Waves software necessary to run Tracks Live on a PC / Mac for use with CDC eight, seven-s, six or five console.
Click to open: DOC02-Installation of Waves Track Live on a PC or Mac
Installing Waves on PC or Mac
The linked PDF contains the instructions for the installation and configuration of Waves ‘Tracks Live’ on a PC / Mac for use with a Cadac CDC six, seven and eight console.
Click to open: DOC02-Waves Tracks Live Installation PC Mac – Issue B – July 2016 (1)
Installing Waves Track Live on PC or Mac
The linked PDF document covers the procedure for re-programming the PIC on the Waves card when the card has become corrupt
Click to open: DOC02 – Corrupt Waves Card Reprogram – Issue C – July 2019
Re-programming a Corrupt Waves card
The linked PDF document provides instructions for use of Waves ‘Effects’ plug-ins with a Cadac digital mixing console.
Click to open: DOC02-Waves Effects – External Only – Issue A – Oct 2018
Using Waves Effects
The linked PDF document provides instructions for using Waves Tracks Live on a PC or Mac for audio playback / recording with a Cadac CDC six, CDC seven and CDC eight mixing console.
Click to open: DOC02-Using Waves Tracks Live – Issue E – October 2018