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RESULT
In the top section of the MIDI track Inspector, the Input Routing and Output Routing pop-up
menu now show the specied VST System Link ports.
This allows you to route MIDI tracks to VST instruments running on another computer.
Application Examples
VST System Link allows you to split different tasks between 2 or more computers. The following
application examples should give you an idea of what is possible.
Conguring a Main Mix Computer
Conguring one computer as a main mix computer that receives the audio from your other
computers allows you to mix internally in the computer.
In the following example, we assume you are using 2 computers: computer 1 as your main mix
computer and computer 2 for 2 additional stereo audio tracks, an FX channel track with a reverb
plug-in and a VST instrument plug-in with stereo outputs.
PROCEDURE
1. On computer 1, use an unused set of outputs, such as an analog stereo output, connected to
your monitoring equipment to listen to the audio playback.
2. On computer 2, route each of the 2 audio tracks to a separate output bus connected to the
digital outputs, bus 1 and 2, for example.
3. Route the FX channel track to another VST System Link bus, bus 3, for example.
4. Route the VST instrument channel to yet another bus, bus 4, for example.
5. On computer 1, check the corresponding 4 VST System Link input busses.
If you start playback on computer 2, the audio should appear on the input busses on
computer 1. However, to mix these audio sources you need actual mixer channels.
6. Add 4 new stereo audio tracks on computer 1 and route these to the output bus you use for
listening, such as the analog stereo outputs.
7. For each of the audio tracks, select one of the 4 input busses.
Now, each computer 2 bus is routed to a separate audio channel on computer 1.
8. Activate monitoring for the 4 tracks.
VST System Link
Application Examples
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