Anybody running two DAW's together...

Earwitness · 27th April 2006

So I will have a G5 and G4 in my studio, and I'm wondering how I could incorporate the two together.
I have a 002r and a MBox2 thus I was thinking about just making the G4 + MBox kind of like an effects unit to run some stereo reverb or something to take some of the load off my G5. Would I be fighting latency or would this even work? I guess I may have clocking issues huh? I clock to a Rosendahl Nanosync but I could set the MBox/G4 to just get its clock from spdif and it would be daisy chaining from the G5? I'm working with some bigger sessions these days 32 tracks and want to be able to put eq's comp's on more channels and still be able to use some other heavy duty reverbs like Altiverb and TLSpace.
Anybody do this, run two computers side by side? Shoot 002r's are so cheap maybe I should buy another and run them together!?!
sweet
sam

**DrDeltaM** · 27th April 2006

A G5 has no problems running several heavy duty reverb plugins. So I guess it's not worth the effort to link the 2 computers.

Inner Light · 27th April 2006

I'd see an advantage in having one as a soft sampler for an orchestral library with fx and stuff, and the other just your audio tracks, etc

shangoe · 27th April 2006

yes, old G4 as main station, and a windows machine for softsynths. conected via ethernet. works fine

27th April 2006	#1
Earwitness Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Whittier, CA Posts: 218 Thread Starter	Anybody running two DAW's together... So I will have a G5 and G4 in my studio, and I'm wondering how I could incorporate the two together. I have a 002r and a MBox2 thus I was thinking about just making the G4 + MBox kind of like an effects unit to run some stereo reverb or something to take some of the load off my G5. Would I be fighting latency or would this even work? I guess I may have clocking issues huh? I clock to a Rosendahl Nanosync but I could set the MBox/G4 to just get its clock from spdif and it would be daisy chaining from the G5? I'm working with some bigger sessions these days 32 tracks and want to be able to put eq's comp's on more channels and still be able to use some other heavy duty reverbs like Altiverb and TLSpace. Anybody do this, run two computers side by side? Shoot 002r's are so cheap maybe I should buy another and run them together!?! sweet sam

27th April 2006	#2
DrDeltaM Moderator Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 4,347	A G5 has no problems running several heavy duty reverb plugins. So I guess it's not worth the effort to link the 2 computers. __________________ Mathijs Indesteege aka Mathew Lane mixing - mastering - audio restoration - plugins http://www.mathewlane.com DrMS. Focus on your stereo field. - NEW v3.2 OUT NOW! DrMS spatial processor - native RTAS/AU/VST plugin » Digital Audio Product Support Joystick Audio - Benelux High End Distributor http://www.joystick.be

27th April 2006	#3
Inner Light Gear addict Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 326	I'd see an advantage in having one as a soft sampler for an orchestral library with fx and stuff, and the other just your audio tracks, etc __________________ Of all the things I've lost It's my mind I miss the most... www.myspace.com/innerlightmusic

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27th April 2006	#4
shangoe Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2003 Location: berlin Posts: 542	yes, old G4 as main station, and a windows machine for softsynths. conected via ethernet. works fine