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The Ultimate Portable Studio, part 2 | |
| Subject: | Distributed Processing | |
| Date: | 2005-07-29 09:51:45 | |
| From: | iain010100 | |
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Hi Gina. can you include information about distributed processing in your next article -- the ability for an application to use the processor of a separate computer? Someone told me that Logic has this ability (forgot what it's called) and I'd like to learn more. I keep running into the limits of my system resources when writing music for video. I have one PC acting as the sound source, sequencer, and video playback device. Adding plug in effects synths on top of that is far too taxing. I've been considering building a separate PC to run only GigaStudio, dedicating my current PC to the audio and MIDI tasks. But then I'd need to buy all kinds of gear to get the audio piped back into the sequencer PC. It would be ideal to network a bunch of computers, each dedicated to their own tasks (sequencing, video playback, virtual instruments, etc). If this is possible, then the portable studio can handle one part of the job when it's plugged into the network, and still serve as the complete studio when it's out on the road.
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Distributed Processing
2005-07-29 10:54:49 gfantsaez [Reply | View]
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Distributed Processing on Windows
2005-07-29 11:39:44 David Battino [Reply | View]
FX Teleport (http://www.fxteleport.com) is a host-slave system that sends MIDI and audio over an Ethernet LAN, synchronizing VST instruments and effects running on each computer. I don’t think processing is dynamically allocated, but latencies are reportedly in the 6 to 9ms range, and unlike Steinberg’s VST System Link (http://tinyurl.com/75sh9), it doesn’t require an audio card on each computer. —David Battino -
Distributed Processing on Windows
2005-08-19 08:01:01 iain010100 [Reply | View]
I looked into that and read about some problems with consuming the CPU to such a degree that it negates anything gained from off-loading processing, plus it has an inhibiting user interface. I'm not speaking from experience, but the last thing I need is something experimental that might introduce new glitches and instability. If I hear about a new version that addresses the reported bugs, as well as positive user experiences then I'll give it a try.
It simply uses the Ethernet port of the computer. Amazing.
And now Waves has created it's own box called APA32 and APA44-M. http://waves.com/content.asp?id=1622
These boxes also use the ethernet port and for me, this is the future of portable technology. Digidesign MUST be developing one, or so I hope. Maybe by the time I write the article, I will have more info on that...
I don't know about distributed processing for PC's. I know the Waves boxes will work BUT that limits you to Waves plug-ins only. When someone develops a cross platform processing box that will work for ALL instruments and plug-ins, I will be first in line!! I'll save you a spot too...
I'll do more research on this for the artcle. Thanks for the suggestion.
Gina