new life for an old pc or laptop

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09-04-2008, 11:20 AM
rhythmtech

new life for an old pc or laptop

thought this would be of interest here.

ive just set up my laptop as a vst host taking a ton of processing power away from my pc

using a program called "fxteleport" which basically runs as a vst host over a LAN network - no latency at all as your daw software will compensate if it has PDC

http://www.fx-max.com/fxt/

also using a little program called "synrgy" which lets me use my pc mouse and keyboard on the laptop simply by pushing my mouse off the side of my main monitor(kinda like a remote desktop)!! this is outstanding whilst also running fx teleport and uses up little or no visible network bandwidth.

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/about.html

just thought some of you that havent quite updated to 5,000 quad core x64 22 million gigs of ram, would have an interest in these little gems
09-04-2008, 08:02 PM
MARK ANXIOUS

do you know if there's anything like this that would enable me to use my mac laptop with a pc?
09-04-2008, 08:53 PM
TechMouse

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARK EG

do you know if there's anything like this that would enable me to use my mac laptop with a pc?

I think you can get FX Teleport for both platforms, so I don't see why not.

Another option is Steinberg V-Stack.
09-04-2008, 09:09 PM
ORIS

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhythmtech

thought this would be of interest here.

ive just set up my laptop as a vst host taking a ton of processing power away from my pc

using a program called "fxteleport" which basically runs as a vst host over a LAN network - no latency at all as your daw software will compensate if it has PDC

http://www.fx-max.com/fxt/

also using a little program called "synrgy" which lets me use my pc mouse and keyboard on the laptop simply by pushing my mouse off the side of my main monitor(kinda like a remote desktop)!! this is outstanding whilst also running fx teleport and uses up little or no visible network bandwidth.

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/about.html

just thought some of you that havent quite updated to 5,000 quad core x64 22 million gigs of ram, would have an interest in these little gems

quality m8, I've got a couple of old computers that never even get used. They now have a purpose!! RESULT
09-04-2008, 09:17 PM
rhythmtech

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARK EG

do you know if there's anything like this that would enable me to use my mac laptop with a pc?

midi-over-lan, v-stack and fxteleport