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Ahoy!

I was hoping to see if anyone has had success controlling Live over a LAN on a remote desktop, and whether or not there was any significant cpu performance loss. I'm looking to get myself a "desktop" pc to run alongside my Macbook Pro, but I'm trying to avoid having to have my laptop plus another monitor, mouse, and keyboard on stage (for both appearance and total "cableage" purposes).

The last post I found that referenced this was from 2002, and most discussions of "performance" on remote desktops are related to video, which I care nothing about. I don't really look at my screen once I've gotten things going--I just need the screen to be there to get set up, and so I can open Live again when it crashes 30 times during my set.

Many thanks, kind folks

OSC / MIDI over LAN
'remote desktop' usually has a huge lag.. as it connects through the web(as a VPN)

Splashtop will let you connect on the local network. Haven't tried it while working with live though.

there's also this :
http://www.copperlan.org/

Splashtop looks just like what I want. I think I mislead with my use of the word "control"--I'm not thinking about sending audio or midi between the machines yet (though the resources posted in this topic look very promising), just using my Macbook to view the screen of a PC in a window in OSX, as well as using the mouse and keyboard on the Macbook whenever I need a mouse or a keyboard on a PC (e.g., to reopen Ableton after it crashes a thousand times).

I still wonder, then, what kind of CPU resources Splashtop (or similar) uses for both machines. In particular, I'm wondering if the CPU usage is noticeable enough to limit what I can pull off on either my Macbook Pro or a PC. I haven't ordered the parts for the PC yet, so whether or not Splashtop-like applications are viable will have some effect on what type of Monitor I get; e.g. whether I aim for a portable monitor for using at a gig, or something nice to use at home (if Splashtop works well, I won't need a portable monitor for the PC).

Thanks for the help!