trevordutton
01-29-2008, 10:13 PM
Hey Gentlemen,
First of all let me thank you guys on this forum for displaying your wealth of knowledge. Though I've only posted here once before (to great benefit) I've gleaned a lot of applicable solutions on this site.
That being said, I'm at another expansion point with my DAW and could use some *experienced* feedback. I'm looking hard at getting a second DAW (IntelCore 2 Quad Q6600 - 2.4GHz w/4 Gigs RAM) to network with my current system (P4 3GHz w/ 2Gigs RAM and two 10,000rpm Raptor drives in RAID configuration, Mackie 400f audio interface). My current DAW is just not allowing enough CPU headroom despite a multitude of optimization and performance tweaks (buffer size, hyperthreading, settings configurations, etc.). It handles audio playback and recording fine with the fast drives, but chokes with about 4 or so VSTi's or reverb plugins running - mostly the Native Instruments line of software. My host sequencer is Cubase 4 and I was originally thinking I'd try Steinberg's "VST System Link" route to network both computers - the old one designated to audio recording/mixing and the new one for plugins only. But after much research on this and other forums I found precious few success stories with this setup. Many more so with the FX Teleport option, which I've changed my mind toward.
So the question finally is this: any advice on ethernet hardware (cards, cables, KVM switchers) and networking software?
Thanks in advance.
First of all let me thank you guys on this forum for displaying your wealth of knowledge. Though I've only posted here once before (to great benefit) I've gleaned a lot of applicable solutions on this site.
That being said, I'm at another expansion point with my DAW and could use some *experienced* feedback. I'm looking hard at getting a second DAW (IntelCore 2 Quad Q6600 - 2.4GHz w/4 Gigs RAM) to network with my current system (P4 3GHz w/ 2Gigs RAM and two 10,000rpm Raptor drives in RAID configuration, Mackie 400f audio interface). My current DAW is just not allowing enough CPU headroom despite a multitude of optimization and performance tweaks (buffer size, hyperthreading, settings configurations, etc.). It handles audio playback and recording fine with the fast drives, but chokes with about 4 or so VSTi's or reverb plugins running - mostly the Native Instruments line of software. My host sequencer is Cubase 4 and I was originally thinking I'd try Steinberg's "VST System Link" route to network both computers - the old one designated to audio recording/mixing and the new one for plugins only. But after much research on this and other forums I found precious few success stories with this setup. Many more so with the FX Teleport option, which I've changed my mind toward.
So the question finally is this: any advice on ethernet hardware (cards, cables, KVM switchers) and networking software?
Thanks in advance.