| I just can't seem to help doing stuff like this [message #92722] |
Wed, 14 November 2007 21:30  |
DJ
Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005
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OK, so I've got Cubase 4.1 running on two computers (master slave in
systemlink) and I'm (as usual) not willing to acknowledge the limitations of
the software until I test them.
Well.....of course, the first thing that anyone would want to do is create a
project on the slave DAW and point it to a directory on the Master DAW over
the network, right? Why hell yes they would so being as curious as the next
guy, I do this, record enable the track and record some audio on the project
on the slave DAW across the network to the hard drive on the master DAW.
Then, while the project is still open on the master DAW, I open it in cubase
on the master DAW and now I've got the same project open on both computers
so I add a track to the project on the Master DAW and record some audio to
this and lo and behold, the audio shows up in the media bay of Cubase on the
master DAW and the project plays back sync'ed to Sytemlink on both DAWs.
"Cool!!" says I...........so then I close the project on the slave DAW and
then on the master DAW but I get an error in closing it and when I reopen
the project on the master DAW, the track I recorded wasn't saved.
"Hmmmmm"....methinks ......."let's explore this further" so I open the
project on both DAWs and now the track that I tracked on the slave DAW is
showing up on the master DAW. the first time I tried to play back the same
audio file simultaneously on both DAws, one of them crashed, but then I was
actually able to accomplish this. Why would I want to you ask???......well,
first of all it's a very cool way to create a slapback delay by tweaking the
buffers on the two machines.......since delay plugins have yet to be
invented...... ..;oD. I also thought I heard some muffled screams from one
or the other DAWs, but I'm not sure.
Further testing reveals going down this path to be complex and frustrating
for a number of other reasons, but I actually was able to accomplish a
somewhat successful workaround which would allow a similar level of
fuctionality to working with the networking features of Nuendo, but .....if
you want to do this, just buy Nuendo. It's not worth the grief
(well...unless you have a twisted intellectual curiousity).
One thing that seems to be gratifying however is that it is possible to
create two folders on the audio drive of the master DAW (master and slave)
and then create a project on the slave DAW and point it to the folder in the
Master DAW over the network, record to it, save it on this same networked
drive and when you open Cubase on the slave DAW it will find the project
again over the network. There seems to be adequate throughput over gigabit
network to stream the audio from a single networked master drive.
I still have some other nefarious ideas as far as bending this audio app to
my will that may actually enhance it's functionality rather than just
laterally pervert it as I seem to have managed to do tonight.
Stay tuned........
;o)
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