Article:		The Ultimate Portable Studio, part 2
Subject:		Distributed Processing
Date:		2005-07-29 10:54:49
From:		gfantsaez
Response to: Distributed Processing
I am a huge fan of Distributed Processing. You're right Logic has been doing this since releasing version 7, about a year now: http://www.apple.com/logicpro/distributedaudio.html 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

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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.