User Manual

Synchronization
Activating VST System Link
3. Use the ASIO Input and ASIO Output pop-up menus to define which channel is the
networking channel.
4. Activate the Active checkbox at the top left of the panel.
5. Repeat the steps above for every computer in the network.
RESULT
As the computers are made active, you should see the Sending and Receiving indicators flashing
on each active computer, and the name of each computer should appear in the list at the bottom
of the pane. Each computer is assigned a random number – do not worry about this, it is just so
the network knows internally which one is which.
● You can double-click on the name in bold (which is the name of the computer you are
working on) and set it to whatever other name.
This name will appear in the VST System Link window of every computer on the network.
NOTE
If you do not see the name of each computer appearing once you have made it active, you need
to check your settings. Go through the procedure above again and make sure that all ASIO cards
are listening to the digital clock signals correctly, and that each computer has the correct inputs
and outputs assigned to the VST System Link network.
RELATED LINKS
Timecode Preferences on page 942
Putting the network online
After each computer’s name you will see whether it is online or not. When a computer is online,
it will receive transport and timecode signals, and its sequencer application can be started and
stopped by remote control. If it is off-line, it can only be started from its own keyboard – it is
effectively an independent machine, although it is still on the network.
NOTE
Note that any computer can control any and all of the others – VST System Link is a peer-to-peer
network and there is no absolute “master” computer.
To put all computers online, proceed as follows:
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