Hi,
Got a few questions about slave systems and what you guys think is my best option - mostly for large orchestral templates in Cubase and/or Pro Tools.
I used to use a 2010 2.66GHz i7 8GB Macbook Pro as a single machine but a couple of years ago bought a 12 core 3.46GHz Mac Pro 5,1 which I have been using as a single machine. I have since upgraded the ram to 64GB 1333MHz DDR3 and have my largest and most used libraries on a 500GB SSD in a PCIe slot. Projects/Sessions and non lib audio samples are also on a separate HD from the OS X HD (plan on swapping that for an SSD too).
Firstly, I'm now wondering if using the MBP as a master to the Mac Pro via ethernet cable would be beneficial? In a Master - Slave setup which way around should the most powerful and weaker machine(s) be and would having the Mac Pro as slave be at all limiting, should the master not be the better computer? It obviously has a better graphics card for example with the option of 3 displays compared to the MBP's 1 output etc. I don't know if it's possible to get more displays from this MBP?
Secondly, is it necessary to have a display for the slave machine too or is everything viewed and done through VEP on the master? Would I need to do things on the slave like run VEP and insert plugs/instruments etc? I'm not sure exactly how VEP works.
Really appreciate any input on this and Happy New Year all! A little late
Cheers
Got a few questions about slave systems and what you guys think is my best option - mostly for large orchestral templates in Cubase and/or Pro Tools.
I used to use a 2010 2.66GHz i7 8GB Macbook Pro as a single machine but a couple of years ago bought a 12 core 3.46GHz Mac Pro 5,1 which I have been using as a single machine. I have since upgraded the ram to 64GB 1333MHz DDR3 and have my largest and most used libraries on a 500GB SSD in a PCIe slot. Projects/Sessions and non lib audio samples are also on a separate HD from the OS X HD (plan on swapping that for an SSD too).
Firstly, I'm now wondering if using the MBP as a master to the Mac Pro via ethernet cable would be beneficial? In a Master - Slave setup which way around should the most powerful and weaker machine(s) be and would having the Mac Pro as slave be at all limiting, should the master not be the better computer? It obviously has a better graphics card for example with the option of 3 displays compared to the MBP's 1 output etc. I don't know if it's possible to get more displays from this MBP?
Secondly, is it necessary to have a display for the slave machine too or is everything viewed and done through VEP on the master? Would I need to do things on the slave like run VEP and insert plugs/instruments etc? I'm not sure exactly how VEP works.
Really appreciate any input on this and Happy New Year all! A little late
Cheers
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