Can I use a PC as slave to a Mac?

[Tui]

That's all a PC might be good for - a slave to a Mac.

[Tony Tesla]

You could send MIDI data out of your mac and into you PC. For this you need two MIDI interfaces. Your PC will be a virtual instrument/synthesizer. These sounds could be sent out of your PC as an audio signal an back into the mac. For this you need two sound cards (stereo or better multichannel). Watch out for latency.

Or you try to install Mac OS on the PC. Then you could use the PC as a node, if you use Logic Pro. But this I recommend only for a PC geek.


Tony

[warmer]

Originally Posted by ashm

Hey everyone, I've done some searching and can't seem to find an answer on here to this, although I've seen similar things discussed at some point, so please forgive me if I've missed it

I recently bought a Mac Pro, and still have this half decent spec PC lying round un-used, so I wondered if there's any way I could put it to use as a slave of sorts, to share load, using the Mac Pro as master. The PC is 3.8ghz, 4gb ram, 160gb hd.

I'm sure it's more complicated than what I'm thinking but any help/advice would be great.

Thanks in advance!

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[EddieTheRed]

Originally Posted by warmer

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[djanthonyw]

Originally Posted by Tui

That's all a PC might be good for - a slave to a Mac.

[gsilbers]

midi over lan

google midioverlan

audio back from pc via audio interface ADAT .


programs to host your vsts: plogue bidule.

[ashm]

Sounds like good stuff guys! Definitely going to get into this, will look into the suggested options, thanks for the help