Syncing PC to Mac via ethernet?

8O · Post by 8O » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:18 am

Thanks, but kiss-box is another hardware/expensive solution and, as mentioned above, for much less money, I could buy a usb-midi cable for the PC and just give up on trying to sync over lan/ethernet...

It just surprises me that no-one has a free and quick solution that they've actually been using in real-life already, like:

Phase 1: Connect mac to pc via cross-over cable
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit

I appreciate all the suggestions so far, but does anyone on here actually have a simple solution that they've already used successfully?

Crash · Post by **Crash** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:39 am

I guess if there was such a free cross-platform solution then ipMidi wouldn't cost 69 Euro.

And that RTP-Midi I was quoting is only free on Mac, but you could try downloading the Kiss-Box driver and see wether it can be used without the box!? It should work when connecting a Mac to it, because it is in fact the very same protocol, just that you are using a Mac instead of the Kiss Box to send the data.

There is some guy called "Tobias" who claims to have written a Windows RTP-Midi driver "just for fun" that is working when connecting a Mac. He is discussing that here (german forum):

http://www.razyboard.com/system/morethr ... 131-0.html

Maybe you can email him via that forum.

8O · Post by 8O » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:42 pm

It's funny, as there so many "how to sync two computers" threads on here, but when it gets to specifics, it appears no-one can say, "ah yes, mac to pc over ethernet, just do a, b & c, it worked for me".

I'm just a little surprised that there aren't already a whole bunch of Live users for whom this is a tried and tested, no-brainer.

Maybe those who got it working are just too busy making music with their working set-ups, rather than checking forums...

twisted-space · Post by **twisted-space** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:01 pm

It's also possible that no one has got it working.

8O · Post by 8O » Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:08 am

Just to close this thread in case anyone else is looking to do the same thing: as it turned out that no-one had really got it working, I gave up and bought a usb-midi cable - works rock solid.