Merging Projects From Different Computers/sequence, Mac & PC Options

[Atahualpa]

Hi,
I am collaborating with a friend on an electronic music project, now, he works on a PC and Cubase, I work on DP4.52 and Mac. If we decided to use only one computer on a live performance (to have a unique internal clock), could we keep separated audio track versions of his and my tunes so that we could mix them in real time (mixing within each tune and against eachother for continuity)? In this case what kind of platform would be use to montage his and my material (which I guess would be an array of audio tracks)? The other only possiblility I see is creating MP3s of his and my stuff, but in this case we would have a much smaller maneouver margin, since we could mix the tunes against eachother using a virtual mixer like Traktor DJ, but we could not manipulate induividual tracks within each tune during the gig.

I hope my above description is clear enough and hopefully some of you have already experience on this topic.

Thanx in advance and groove on!!!
Atahualpa

[td3k]

Like Banevt mentioned previously, Sync MIDI clock is probably the best bet. Set one of your computers as Master and the other as Slave. When the sync Master hits play, all sequencers start in sync. MIDI clock can sometimes be a bit squirelly wandering around at times. Experiment with using either computer as Master to find the best combination that stays in sync. You could run all of your audio into one mixer for full control over your master mix, you could even record the result to a CD deck or a third computer.

Good luck,