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  • VE Pro - How do I view patches on a slave machine?

    S
    S

    I've had great success using VE Pro on a single Mac.  Now I'm adding a second Mac in another room and the connection works great (MIDI & Audio work fine).  However, I can't view VE Pro and the instruments on the slave machine the way I can on the local one. Hitting the VE button (next to decouple) on the connection to the host server opens VE Pro and lets me view the mixer and instruments.  However, when I hit the VE button for the slave machine, nothing happens.  I have to run into the other room and check the project to see the patches and key switches.  This can't be the best way.

    So, how are others viewing or keeping track of patches and key switches on a slave?

    It seems that (from the host) you should be able to actually open the VE Pro mixer and instrument connected to a slave.  Otherwise its very difficult to make changes and to use many instruments and programs that require visual feedback.

    Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

    Isn't there a way to edit the slave VE Pro and instruments from the host?  Or do you have to set the slave template up first, and then just use as a blind plug and play?

    Greg

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    MacPro 8-core 16G, MacPro Quad 8G, OSX 10.5.8, DP 7.21, VE Pro V4.1.6853
  • K
    K

    Most people either have a monitor for the slave in the same room (and optionally share mouse and keyboard between master and slave systems using http://synergy-foss.org for example), or use screen sharing, which comes with the OS. Both work cross platform between Mac OS X and Windows.
  • S
    S

    My slave machine actually belongs to my wife and I don't think she'd be too happy if it take it away.  

    Although, I can use about 95% of it without her knowing via networking. :)

    It sounds like VNC is the solution.  Maybe in the future VE Pro will have such a VNC builit-in?
  • K
    K

    Developing an efficient VNC is not trivial unfortunately and it would be hard to reach the functionality of existing free tools.
  • J
    J
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    @synergy543 said:

     Maybe in the future VE Pro will have such a VNC builit-in?

    I hope not.

    There are plenty of fine VNC solutions that are developed and supported by engineers that specialize in that.

    In my opinion, VE Pro should be a specialist in its world. Let the VNC tool specialists be masters in theirs.