mjmclane Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I run Sonar in my home studio. I have various areas of my home I'd like to use for tracking, including my grand piano that's in the living room a good 50' from the room housing the DAW. What means are available to remotely arm, start, stop, rewind, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Moore Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 You might try a good wireless keyboard and use the shortcut keys for the operations you need. Chuck Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcskid Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 a laptop or second computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmclane Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 I use a wireless keyboard and mouse at work, but it doesn't have that kind of range. Also, I understand wireless is a big "NO NO" for audio apps. Have you been using wireless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Gefen Technologies make a bunch of "extender" products, check out their site at http://www.gefen.com Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Midi remote? http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.sound Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Try this: http://www.shipitforyou.com/cgi-bin/sgin0105.exe?UID=200403280910132 3&TRAN85=Y&GENP=I&T1=I420+1035&FNM=36. It is a USB extender. 16 ft ea with a max reach of 75ft. I use 3 of them for 45 ft and they work great. For Video VGA extenders for your monitor contact Pacific Radio: http://www.pacrad.com/index.shtml Ask them for their 50ft VGA monitor extenders. They run about $50.00 and they look and work great. Now you can have your keyboard and monitor next to you for under $200.00 ! Marti D. Humphrey C.A.S. aka dr.sound www.thedubstage.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmclane Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 Dr. Sound, the USB extender looks very interesting. Is a PC keyboard a "USB animal". I notice that my mouse is USB with an adapter to plug into the round mouse port of the PC. I guess from that that the mouse port is simply a USB port with a specialized plug shape. Is the keyboard similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.sound Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 mjmclane, It should be the same. I know mine is. Just check it again and see. Take Care, Marti D. Humphrey C.A.S. aka dr.sound www.thedubstage.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garysmusic.com Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Take a look at this article by Rip Rowan at Prorec.com. He uses a laptop with a wireless LAN to control his main computer. It seems like this would be perfect for your needs...if you have a laptop. http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/F5C489059130C9B486256DAA000EC101 Rip uses Remote Desktop Connection, which is built in to WinXP. There are other programs that do the same thing available on the net. I use TightVNC. http://www.tightvnc.com It's free and works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave The Rave Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Mackie Control Universal Maybe a little more than you're looking for. I have one, and I would not give it up now for anything! :DTR Cambrian Guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by garysmusic.com: Take a look at this article by Rip Rowan at Prorec.com. He uses a laptop with a wireless LAN to control his main computer. It seems like this would be perfect for your needs...if you have a laptop. http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/F5C489059130C9B486256DAA000EC101 Rip uses Remote Desktop Connection, which is built in to WinXP. There are other programs that do the same thing available on the net. I use TightVNC. http://www.tightvnc.com It's free and works great.So, the article doesn't say anything about this question and it's been a long day. If you were going to control the studio computer that runs Sonar, does the laptop need to have Sonar installed also? GY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrmac Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 From the ProRec Article: "Since the recording application is actually running on your real DAW computer, this means that the notebook computer you use to connect doesn't need to be very powerful. I have great results with my old, tired 466 MHz Celeron notebook. Many similar computers are readily available for under $500 on eBay. I think mine would resell for about $250. You'll also need a wireless card for the notebook. That will probably cost as much as the router, say $70." Mac Bowne G-Clef Acoustics Ltd. Osaka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by garysmusic.com: Take a look at this article by Rip Rowan at Prorec.com. He uses a laptop with a wireless LAN to control his main computer. It seems like this would be perfect for your needs...if you have a laptop. http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/F5C489059130C9B486256DAA000EC101 Rip uses Remote Desktop Connection, which is built in to WinXP. There are other programs that do the same thing available on the net. I use TightVNC. http://www.tightvnc.com It's free and works great.Does "TightVNC" need to be installed on both host and remote computers? GY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by GY: So, the article doesn't say anything about this question and it's been a long day. If you were going to control the studio computer that runs Sonar, does the laptop need to have Sonar installed also?No, the remote computer wouldn't need Sonar installed. It should also be mentioned that in order to use XP's Remote desktop that you will have to use XP Pro and not Home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by Dylan PDX: Originally posted by GY: So, the article doesn't say anything about this question and it's been a long day. If you were going to control the studio computer that runs Sonar, does the laptop need to have Sonar installed also?No, the remote computer wouldn't need Sonar installed. It should also be mentioned that in order to use XP's Remote desktop that you will have to use XP Pro and not Home.Yes, it makes sense today. God was I tired last night! I've got XP home on both machines so that won't work for me. I'll try TightVNC. GY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Wowie! I just got TightVNC working. THIS IS COOL!! My son has been my assistant for a few years. He sets up mics, levels and punches record (actually much more than that). Pretty much my engineer. He's going away to finish college this fall and I didn't know who I could hire that would work with me and put up with my bullshit. I'd been looking into wireless keyboards/mice but they're all limited. This remote with the wireless laptop will enable me to see/check levels and do all the record/stop/play/rewind, blah blah without being in the studio. Thanks to all who contributed here. I'm truly grateful. GY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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