Real-time offload plugins processing

[mrwormo]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on Studio One, with some external plugins. My DAW is a bit old, and sometimes i'm limited with the number of plugins/tracks i can use at the same time due to a lack of ressources.

But i got an Ubuntu server (which is more powerful than my DAW), and i'm wondering if i can implement something which would support all the plugins process by the server instead my DAW. Something like Soundgrid System from Waves : http://www.waves.com/soundgrid-studio-system, but free Wink

[lfm]

You can check out Vienna Ensemble Pro which do exactly that. But if any Linus is supported I don't know.

http://www.viennaensemblepro.com/

But being in the situation you are, you must be aware that all plugins need not run in realtime. So use the bounce/freeze options in your host - it will release resources.

[thetechnobear]

afaik, vienna ensemble pro is the only (remaining) dedicated product that does this... (?) - its very good, but not for linux (mac/pc only), and $ (I wonder if as we get more linux plugins VEP might support linux, that would be very cool!)

apart from that you can always kind of hook up your own, using
- network midi (easy)
- audio , either :
network audio (something like netjack?) + gigabit ethernet (low latency might be tricky)
a physical audio interface (easy!)
- lightweight host on linux, can be anything really.

problem areas, that will probably involve you needing something like vnc to access the linux host will be:
- mixing
- automation
- plugin selection
- plugin ui.

this will be a pain when setting up projects, but for actually 'live' playing/recording will be less of an issue.

I thought about doing this (or creating a max based solution, using soundflower/jack) but decided the inevitable faffing,
made it worthwhile to go for VEP (as I use a mac anyway).

I think copperlan were going to do something in this area, (again not linux), but seems to have gone very quiet, to perhaps its been aborted.

saying all that... I don't really keep track of the latest linux software, so perhaps there is an open source solution out there

[mrwormo]

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I know some research laboratory for exemple use servers which supported all the calculation. My idea is to do the same thing for all those real-time process. A sort of "share calculation" over the lan, like BOINC : https://boinc.berkeley.edu/index.php (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/index.php)

[CopperPhil]

... I think copperlan were going to do something in this area, (again not linux), but seems to have gone very quiet, to perhaps its been aborted...

Just to reassure you, CopperLan is not aborted, far from it! But the pro-audio world is more responsive. We are currently working closely with Archwave, bringing powerful configuration and control tools to their audio-over-LAN technology. See http://www.copperlan.org/index.php/pres ... -copperlan for more information.

And about this topic, CopperLan+Archwave are bringing the technology needed for real-time offload plugin processing through network. It just takes a little more time for end-user solutions to emerge.

/Phil