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Old 09-11-2017, 07:54 AM
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Default Re: Possible to sync/link PC-based rigs?

I synced a G5 and a PC, that was a while ago.

I ran Logic 8 on the G5 and Tascam Gigastudio on the PC (Logic 8+ was Mac only and Gigastudio was PC only). Gigastudio never really resolved its bugs and when Tascam announced there was no more support, poof! Garratin bought the ashes from Tascam, but I think Gigastudio is in a coma.

My Logic MIDI files were triggering the Gigastudio samples. I am certain I could use a similar method to have Logic or PT trigger Kontakt samples (on a separate machine), but have not done so yet.

I used a Aardvark Aardsync II into a wordclock distribution box so all devices had a direct run. At the time, the G5 had a PCIx MOTU card connected to a 2408, a 308 and maybe some other hardware. The PC had an RME HDSP 9652.

There was ADAT connected between the RME HDSP 9652 and the MOTU rig. I also had a MOTU digital timepiece.

The positional reference was an Emagic Unitor 8 MkII connected by USB to the G5. The Unitor sent a SMPTE/LTC positional reference to both the MOTU DTP and the MIDI I/O hardware on the RME HDSP 9652.

I would boot up the hardware, set the Aardvark wordclock to 44.1, 48, or 96, set the timing to 30 frames per second, and then start striping from the Unitor. Kind of a funky setup, but the MIDI files on the G5 played back the Gigastudio samples on the PC through ADAT. Seems to me I had the Miroslav samples loaded in Gigastudio as well.

The shortcoming was the Gigastudio element, which was too buggy.

I never tried the Ethernet soft MIDI stuff, but I have an EMU e5000 Ultra with wordclock, ADAT and MIDI that can do the same thing as Gigastudio. FYI, the EMU box has 32 bit digital resolution.

As a heads up, Apple still provides the USB MIDI driver for the Unitor 8 MKII that works with the current Mac OS.

Did not respond earlier because Aardvark, Emagic and Gigastudio are kaput.
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