Maybe with a cluster MacTron would finally get enought polyphony for his works.
Interesting ...
But it didn't worked for me ...
Probably your Spartan Control Panel/Extension set has something to do with.
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By the way, I miss the Time for True M.A.R.L. posts, and a benchmark between the 2 machines used in your cluster can kill
some ALL the myths about single vs double and 1 Gig vs 1.5 Gig in OS9 environment. They both are MDDs and >1.5 GHz, and you could swap memories. At least you owe us a Kontakt benchmark.
Jokes aside, we miss those post that show real DAW benchmarks, and the Single vs Double CPU and 1 Gig vs 1.5 Gig
using the machine as a pure Sampler post from you is missed.
Dear Mactron, If I were you, I would use a white 680x0 mac for PURE midi with that quick Logic you have told us and 2 midi cables, one to the single and the other to the dual. You shouldn't run out of polyphony, at least with your last demos style. If you try to make something orchestral more advanced, maybe a 3rd machine is needed, but I believe 3 G4s
should be enough even for Danny Elfman...
Musicians use Clusters in a different way than Cluster Scientific Computation. OS9 DAW users need more midi interfaces than ethernet connection IMHO.
Can OS9 be a "worker" (with pooch 1.8.1) for a cluster quicktime exporter?
what you can always do is using one or more computers to calculate or render stuff, when it has to be faster than possible on MacOS9.
the only requirements for that are
1. the app exists for this other OS (most likely OSX or an other unix)
2. a way how to transfer files
3. either using a monitor for thze render server(s) or using desktop remote.
teamviewer or KDX are you friend here (or even something from apple, haha)
VNC is serving me well. At this time, all my DAWs have a monitor hooked anyway.
My setup: 1 Hack Quad with Focusrite LS56 with PT 10HD hooked to a 32" Samsung 1366x768, 1 G4 MDD 867Dual with Audiomedia III and Edirol UM 1Ex(USB midi)Logic 6/PT 5LE to a 17" AOC CRT, 1 G4 DA GHz Dual with Digi 001 Logic 4/PT 5LE to the same 32" and another 17" AOC CRT. Any DAW can be Master sync. All DAW ADAT or SPDIF synced with LS56 clock as DieHard suggested.