Hello everyone, hope you're doing great!

Has anyone tried remote Desktop for music production?? Could it be any good?

For running big projects (with VSTi synths) when you're not at home and have a potato laptop

Thanks

 

Use something like Parsec or AnyDesk. I personally prefer Parsec, but will use AnyDesk when I need to collaborate with multiple people.

 

SyncDNA is great for colabbing with multiple people with audio, midi and video in real time. for simply remote control the previously mentioned options suffice.

 

Excellent recommendation! I'll probably switch to their paid subscription once they introduce support for windows users.

 

i use a bunch of older mini computers, headless, as standalone processor or standalone synth - and use KDX or apple remote desktop to ontrol them from the mommy computer.

 

main problem with Windows remote desktop is it breaks audio every time (every session creates virtual WDM audio device limited to 44.1kHz),

what you can do is, use Reaper's ReaStream plugin to send and receive audio over networks,
Tailscale is then the kind of VPN you can use to access your home PC remotely,
also if you want separate audio server(s) for hosting virtual instruments, check Vienna Ensemble Pro and AudioGridder