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linking and syncing 2 computers
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FaceHead
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Posted : Jan 11, 2006 16:54
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ok heres the idea i have a pc and mac laptop each equipped with cubase sx3 and reason3 can i sync these so that all programs are synced at the same bpm? want to use reason on one computer through an analog mixer to play live loops but they must be perfectly synced. |
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FaceHead
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Posted : Jan 11, 2006 18:08
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thanks ill check it out alot of technical stuff is very foreign to me so f anyone could elaborate or point me towards tutorials thatd be great |
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texmex
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Posted : Jan 11, 2006 18:24
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shouldn't this be possible just with midi?...
I haven't done that (syncing two machines) but I don't see why you couldn't do that. Just make other cubase master and other slave (assuming you hade both cubase and reason running in both machines... - or did you mean pc has cubase and mac has reason?)
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texmex
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Posted : Jan 11, 2006 18:40
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umm... the question was how FaceHead can sync the programs/machines so that they have same bpm. Since when audio signals can transfer BPM and timing information? 
FaceHead said nothing about transferring audio for one machine to another. He's probably using mixer to mix the outputs of two machines.
I thought the setup was like this:
machine1 (slave) -- audio --> mixer
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bpm
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machine2 (master) -- audio --> mixer |
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FaceHead
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Posted : Jan 11, 2006 18:53
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yes thats what i was looking for texmex see i have a sound card and the other half im trying to bring into facehead has one as well both have cubase and reason one pc one mac mac machine
so where can I do that in cubase?? |
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Jan 11, 2006 21:29
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Two or more machines can be integrated into one system using VST System Link. You need to connect the digital inputs and outputs of the two machines together before you set it up. System Link is specific to Cubase SX and VST 5.2b1 so if you want to use the two machines with Reason you'll have to use Rewire to get it running inside SX.
I'm sorry but I can't help more specifically than this as my main PC has one of the few soundcards that is incompatible with System Link so I've never managed to get it working.
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texmex
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Posted : Jan 12, 2006 17:19
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Colin, yeah System Link would do the trick, however, if the guy just wants to get midi sync and do mixing with the mixer - shouldn't this be possible without System Link? I'm not in a place I can fiddle with cubase so I can't check this out...
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Jan 12, 2006 21:58
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FaceHead
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Posted : Jan 12, 2006 22:27
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I have sx 3.0.1 on both machines. so should I just search vst system link is this a program a plugin or something within sx? same with midi sync. |
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Jan 12, 2006 22:52
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Pavel
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Posted : Jan 12, 2006 22:54
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On 2006-01-11 18:30, nolightatend wrote:
Since when MIDI can transfer audio signal?
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Since ages. MIDI was (and still is used) for transferring samples between Samplers/PC's.
Doh.
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FaceHead
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Posted : Jan 12, 2006 23:42
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so how do I literally hook up the two computers? do I connect via firewire or do I connect the soundcards via midi like midi out from the host to midi in on slave? or am i completely off here im technically capable but I have trouble figuring things out on my ownwithout visuals or a step by step could you guys just give me some of the basics here or steps such as hook this wire to this and go to this menu and look for this. I can troubleshoot the rest.
thanks for all the help
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