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muziksculp · 28th March 2009

Hello m127, and Thanks for the detailed feedback, greatly appreciated !

Questions... Are you using Reason Rewired to Cubase on the secondary computer, or is Reason running as a stand-alone application on the secondary computer ? I was not aware that you can use SL with other applications besides Cubase, so that's mainly the reason I'm asking this question.

Well... At the end of the day, I have to decide whether I will use VST-System Link, or just a midi networking application such as midiOver Lan CP, and run the PC as a VST instrument host using Cubase 5.

Currently, I don't use Reason, Live, or other Apps. on a secondary system, I don't really need the sample accurate sync. the PC is just acting as a sample library module, mainly delivering instrument sounds from VST Instruments, which are then output via the RME RAYDAT audio card, and midi is received on the PC via a midi-network application such as midiOverLAN CP from the Mac.

But since SL can do the job in either situation. Do you recommend that I give SL a try before trying out something like midiOverLAN CP ? or would you recommend just using midiOVer LAN CP ? and possibly looking into using SL when I need more of a sample-accurate synching functionality ?

FInally .... If I decide to use SL, I guess I can save my setup as a template project in Cubase 5 on both Mac and PC. I can then recall this template project when needed. without having to setup SL every time I need to open up a new project that requires SL functionality. (Correct ?)

Cheers.

28th March 2009	#9
muziksculp Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,214	Hello m127, and Thanks for the detailed feedback, greatly appreciated ! Questions... Are you using Reason Rewired to Cubase on the secondary computer, or is Reason running as a stand-alone application on the secondary computer ? I was not aware that you can use SL with other applications besides Cubase, so that's mainly the reason I'm asking this question. Well... At the end of the day, I have to decide whether I will use VST-System Link, or just a midi networking application such as midiOver Lan CP, and run the PC as a VST instrument host using Cubase 5. Currently, I don't use Reason, Live, or other Apps. on a secondary system, I don't really need the sample accurate sync. the PC is just acting as a sample library module, mainly delivering instrument sounds from VST Instruments, which are then output via the RME RAYDAT audio card, and midi is received on the PC via a midi-network application such as midiOverLAN CP from the Mac. But since SL can do the job in either situation. Do you recommend that I give SL a try before trying out something like midiOverLAN CP ? or would you recommend just using midiOVer LAN CP ? and possibly looking into using SL when I need more of a sample-accurate synching functionality ? FInally .... If I decide to use SL, I guess I can save my setup as a template project in Cubase 5 on both Mac and PC. I can then recall this template project when needed. without having to setup SL every time I need to open up a new project that requires SL functionality. (Correct ?) Cheers.