KVR Audio

DragonLips · Post by **DragonLips** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:03 am

I'm just now getting into the world of VST and effects management, so excuse my ignorance. I've seen a few rackmounted hardware devices said to process the VST plugs externally, thus taking some load off your PC. Do you know if a secondary computer networked up can perform these same duties? Is there a program that supports external VST processing?

If not, what hardware would one recommend to really take the load off the workstation CPU?

robenestobenz · Post by **robenestobenz** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:13 am

Never used either of them, but V-Stack and FX Teleport fit the bill, I believe.

WilliamK · Post by **WilliamK** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:16 am

Indeed, FX Teleport it is.

http://www.fxteleport.com/

Works better with Giga cards.

Wk

OrderInChaos · Post by **OrderInChaos** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:25 am

One thing I was wondering about FX Teleport and other similar proggies is do they require an ASIO soundcard on the remote computer?

RapRogue · Post by **RapRogue** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:36 am

OrderInChaos wrote:One thing I was wondering about FX Teleport and other similar proggies is do they require an ASIO soundcard on the remote computer?

AFAIK Fxteleport don't and wormhole do.

electro · Post by **electro** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:38 am

OrderInChaos wrote:One thing I was wondering about FX Teleport and other similar proggies is do they require an ASIO soundcard on the remote computer?

They require Ethernet.

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:36 am

I went with 3 computers the old school way.

lap - Midi Sequencer
pc1 - Chainer - Midi Module
pc3 - Audition - Audio Recorder

I've never been happier

Regards

lunarhalo · Post by **lunarhalo** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:38 am

Cubase has VST System Link.

You will need 2 or more computers with audio hardware and digital I/O's. In addition, the VST system link host application has to be installed on each computer.

One computer can run your VST instruments/effects and the other can be used to record the audio tracks.

greendoor · Post by **greendoor** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:18 am

Don't forget simple offline processing or freezing to free up CPU resources. Cubase SX can do Audio Processing - where you apply a plugin to a track and process it offline. That's easier than exporting the whole track as a wave file (with plugins applied) and then re-importing it.

wsaidah · Post by **wsaidah** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:19 am

what is the delay like for Fxteleport and can the host compensate for the delay if the host has pdc? i would like to know because i could use like 7 SIR plugs

Frippertronix · Post by **Frippertronix** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:26 am

Yea, I'm also interested in additional latency issues and also how efficent you think this method is. Do you think you get an extra boost in processing power that comes close to the full power of the second PC? Sounds too good to be true.

sonicfire · Post by **sonicfire** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:18 pm

@flippertronix: i´ve used fx teleport and it works like a charm! i was using a athlonxp2200 and an P4 3ghz - they both together give me unbelievable horsepower

i could set the overall latency to 8 ms without problems

wsaidah · Post by **wsaidah** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:04 pm

i was talking about play back latency 8 ms is not bad but i need it to be spot on or it is a no go for me

Frippertronix · Post by **Frippertronix** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:12 pm

wsaidah wrote:i was talking about play back latency 8 ms is not bad but i need it to be spot on or it is a no go for me

Do you really achieve zero latency now with effects?

Frippertronix · Post by **Frippertronix** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:13 pm

sonicfire wrote:@flippertronix: i´ve used fx teleport and it works like a charm! i was using a athlonxp2200 and an P4 3ghz - they both together give me unbelievable horsepower
i could set the overall latency to 8 ms without problems

Great! I'll get it shortly after I get my second machine!

CAN VST's be processed by secondary PC???