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Originally Posted by Phlipper

wouldn't you think that some of the better interfaces might have an option for routing the data from 2 pc's.... it would certainly be do-able.

You would still need an audio interface to interface with both computers. Even the higher end interfaces don't have this capability yet.

Actually, looking at some of those on the page, you don't need an interface (just a decent soundcard to deal with the audio).

True, but that's the point, you need separate sound cards for this task.

The audio/midi data is transported via the LAN (Network) - so you should be fine as long as you can happily playback your DAW via your soundcard

In some cases yes, but for cubase vst system link, the audio/midi data is sent over a spdif connection, they don't yet support transmission of this data over a LAN, the LAN is just used for networking.


Also keep in mind that if you did use the system link, then you would need to buy another license for cubase to use on the second computer. To avoid this you can use your plugins and vst instruments in standalone mode on your second computer, and go digital out into your main computer via the interface.