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Old 28th May 2007   #1
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Basic Sync Question

Hi there,

Sync has never been my cup of tea and I'd like to know if you could help me with a really basic setup since I'm not sure I'll do it right myself :-/

I have a Mac with PT HD and another PC that I use with Gigastudio.

Right now, the PC is setup with MidiOverLan and I use PT to record my tracks.

Both stations are clocked with a Big Ben.

I'm going to replace my PC with a Mac Pro and I'm thinking about using Logic on the new Mac Pro to record my Midi Stuff and only use PT for recording/editing/mixing audio.

So I'm going to have to sync both stations since I won't use PT anymore for Midi stuff.

I don't have a Midi interface anymore since I'm using MidiOverLan now.

How can easily I sync PT with Logic and the Big Ben?

Bonus question: will there be a way to use my master keyboard controller on both stations?

Thanks for your help!
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Lightbulb clock and chase

Will the Logic DAW have any kind of an audio interface with word clock? If so, take a word clock out of the Big Ben and route it to the word clock input on the Logic hardware. OS X has a MIDI over Ethernet configuration in Audio MIDI Setup. Have one DAW send MTC over this virtual connection, and have the other DAW chase that.
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Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the info.

Yes my new computer will have an audio card with WC.

I didn't know it was possible to chase MTC from Ethernet without a Midi interface.
That's actually good news.

It looks like it's not going to be that complicated... hopefully!

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This doesn't apply to your WC issues, but it does apply to your workflow. I 've made the effort to do exactly that several times, and always end up abandoning it fairly quickly. Having two computers working in tandem like that and trying to maintain a creative flow is a nightmare. I think your best bet is to either switch audio and midi to Logic, or your midi over to PT. Just my $.02.
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