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VST processor offload over network
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| David Adams |
Apologies in advance, but for the life of me I cannot think of the name of that VST program that allows you to leverage CPU resources on another networked PC.
If you know it, can you reply?
I'm at the end of the road on my current rig, and I rather not spend the money on upgrading right now since I have my wife's rig with a P4 2.8. It ought to be able to handle the extra things that I cannot completely aggregate onto my one PC.
Thanks in advance,
Adam |
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| DJFreaq |
Uh. Program that does it?
I am familiar with using VST System link in Cubase/Nuendo.
Or Sony Vegas has network rendering options.
I think it is dependant on the software you're using. |
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| Aesthetic |
FX teleport springs to mind.
http://www.fx-max.com/fxt/
Why do you need FX Teleport?
# If your CPU resource on the main machine is insufficient, you may want to use another machine for the heaviest FX.
# Even if your CPU horsepower is sufficient for your needs, adding an extra machine will eliminate the peaks of CPU, HD and RAM usage, increasing the reliability of the system.
# Convenience reasons: a dedicated machine means dedicated keyboard, mouse and monitor just for control over your FX.
# Overall stability: in case your FX plug-in crashes the machine, the host machine with your song will remain stable and you won't lose your work.
Wonder if it works on wifi.. since i have wifi at home.. only 54mb/s though :\ |
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| David Adams |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aesthetic
FX teleport springs to mind.
http://www.fx-max.com/fxt/
Why do you need FX Teleport?
# If your CPU resource on the main machine is insufficient, you may want to use another machine for the heaviest FX.
# Even if your CPU horsepower is sufficient for your needs, adding an extra machine will eliminate the peaks of CPU, HD and RAM usage, increasing the reliability of the system.
# Convenience reasons: a dedicated machine means dedicated keyboard, mouse and monitor just for control over your FX.
# Overall stability: in case your FX plug-in crashes the machine, the host machine with your song will remain stable and you won't lose your work.
Wonder if it works on wifi.. since i have wifi at home.. only 54mb/s though :\ |
That's it!!!! Thanks!!!! I used a trial version many months ago and it worked great. I just couldn't remember the name.
With regards to Wi-Fi, it's not listed in the system requirements. It doesn't mean you can't try it - go download the 14 day demo.
| quote: | System requirements:
# 2 or more computers networked via 100 MBit or 1GBit TCP/IP LAN
# Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
# VST 2.0 compatible host (Nuendo, Cubase, Logic or SONAR, Project 5 (via VST adapter) etc.)
# VST instruments and/or FX
Hardware requirements depend on versions of Windows and host applications, but not lower than 300 MHz CPU, 64 MB RAM, 2 MB HD. |
Thanks again!
Adam |
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| DJFreaq |
| That's hot. I'll have to look into that. Thanks. :) |
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| sterilis |
| that looks good. i didnt know that was possible when hooking 2 or more comps up together. ill be trying that. |
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| Aesthetic |
No probs dude.. i think i will look into it at the end of the year when i build my dual core monster.. ive got a 3ghz single core machine that my mrs will end up using for browsing and .. can definately use it for this. :cool:
also you guys might wanna check out their parent page:
http://fx-max.com/
i used to use their freeze thing in fruity and it worked.. they've got some other products for cpu saving |
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| David Adams |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aesthetic
No probs dude.. i think i will look into it at the end of the year when i build my dual core monster.. ive got a 3ghz single core machine that my mrs will end up using for browsing and .. can definately use it for this. :cool:
also you guys might wanna check out their parent page:
http://fx-max.com/
i used to use their freeze thing in fruity and it worked.. they've got some other products for cpu saving |
I use Sonar and it has an option to freeze the tracks/instruments, but when you are trying to expand on something that requires you to unfreeze things, it doesn't present a very dynamic environment in which is easy to work. It's better to have the raw horsepower to do everything you need to do instead of freezing things. FX Teleport gives me that option to offload it to my wife's PC. As a matter of fact, I just bought it.
Adam |
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| Aesthetic |
i knew wives came in handy for some thing
;) |
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| echosystm |
| How much latency are you guys getting? I tried it once, and I found it to be un-useable (half a second delay), but I get the feeling it was some setting I had messed with. |
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| David Adams |
| No more latency than any other VST - either local or remote. I can't tell any difference. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by echosystm
How much latency are you guys getting? I tried it once, and I found it to be un-useable (half a second delay), but I get the feeling it was some setting I had messed with. |
Doesn't seem right - latency on a private LAN should be < 1 ms. Were you getting ping times of half a second?
I've used FX teleport with minimal latency - at worst maybe 10 ms. |
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