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What Is The Best Way To Link 2 Macs Together?, Link 2 macs for music studio.

azusa View Member Profile	Tue 30 Mar 2004, 01:51 Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 300 Joined: 21-Aug 02 Member No.: 7,031	I have 2 Macs: one is 8600 and the other is G4. I'm still on 9.2.2. I use DP 3.1.1, Reason and Live for most of the time. My hardware includes MidiTimePiece 1 , 2408 mk3. on G4 , DSP factory on 8600. I'd like to use my G4 and DP to control Reason and Live on 8600. Timbuck2 won't work because most of music software don't get along with appleTalk. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dave_W View Member Profile	Fri 2 Apr 2004, 14:36 Post #2
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 02-Apr 04 From: London - UK Member No.: 40,031	I would guess some kind of remote desktop system such as http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/ It's expensive tho, I'm not sure if there are any open source versions out there. -------------------- ============================ G4 400 : Pro Tools Mix+ : Logic : G4 Pwrbook : Metric Halo ULN2

azusa View Member Profile	Fri 2 Apr 2004, 23:30 Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 300 Joined: 21-Aug 02 Member No.: 7,031	Thanks, but it won't work on my situation.

Dave Bourke View Member Profile	Sat 3 Apr 2004, 16:49 Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 23-Jan 04 From: Dublin - IE Member No.: 33,924	azusa Some links for you to try: Best VNC Server on Mac: <http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/index.html> Best VNC Viewer on Mac: <http://www.webthing.net/vncthing/> Note, requires CarbonLib1.1 or higher Best VNC Server/Viewer on Win and Unix/Linux: <http://www.tridiavnc.com/> Don't know if VNC will work in your situtation - but it's free! Dave Bourke -------------------- Dave Bourke - ideation -

td3k View Member Profile	Sat 3 Apr 2004, 17:18 Post #5
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 185 Joined: 18-Apr 03 From: Tampa - US Member No.: 16,354	Why not try using MIDI interfaces on both computers and sync to MIDI clock? Run the 8600, running Reason or Live in Slave mode. Set the G4 with DP in Master sync mode. When you hit "Play" on the master, the slave will trigger in sync with the master sequencer. You could then record the audio from the other computer into DP in sync with your song if you wanted. You could also use the sequencer on the master to trigger sounds on the other computer by setting MIDI input channel in Reason on slave computer to same channel as the master. This lets you utilize the power of the other computer by simply using it like any other instrument in the studio. Hope that helps, Cheers TD -------------------- TD CarbonBased Recordings • www.myspace.com/td001 TD's music available on iTunes

dixiechicken View Member Profile	Mon 5 Apr 2004, 11:37 Post #6
Moderator Group: Team Posts: 370 Joined: 19-Mar 03 From: Umeå - SE Member No.: 14,645	I think tdk3:s solution is your best bet, from a purely technical standpoint. Because you wouldnt steal any horsepower from either computer - trying to run some kind of virtual client/server/ or other extra processes within any of the two boxes. That could certainly cause you some problems on the 8600, the less powerful machine. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ================== Oh my god it's full of stars… --------------------------------------------------- Mac-G5-2x.2.0, OS-X 10.5.1, 250/200Gb HD - 7.0Gb ram DP-5.13, Motu 828 MK-II, MTP AV Usb, ltst drvs, Kurzweil-2000, EPS-16, Proteus-2000, Yamaha 01V Emes Kobalt monitors ================================

azusa View Member Profile	Mon 5 Apr 2004, 12:35 Post #7
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 300 Joined: 21-Aug 02 Member No.: 7,031	Thank you very much for all of you. I appreciate all of your answers.

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