USB KVM?
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In my server room, I have a KVM matrix that allows me up to 8 KVM workstations and 8 CPUs. It's not only handy for the various stations in recording studio, but also gives me something to plug other boxes into so that they don't whine about keyboard / video on boot and I can simply Remote Desktop into them. I just moved a fairly new box to the server room as I replaced my primary office desktop with a Vista box. As I went to plug it into the matrix, I realized that it has a USB keyboard and mouse, and the matrix is set up to accept traditional PS2 style devices. While I can of course slap a USB / PS2 converter on it, I was wondering if anyone made a KVM device that accepted USB keyboards / mice instead of (or in addition to) PS2. Since USB input devices are becoming common, it seems like someone would be all over this, but I can't seem to find anything of the sort. You guys know of any such critter?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
What software do you use for your studio recording stuff? I currently use Adobe Audition, but am interested in other programs too...
- Anders My new photo website[^]
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In my server room, I have a KVM matrix that allows me up to 8 KVM workstations and 8 CPUs. It's not only handy for the various stations in recording studio, but also gives me something to plug other boxes into so that they don't whine about keyboard / video on boot and I can simply Remote Desktop into them. I just moved a fairly new box to the server room as I replaced my primary office desktop with a Vista box. As I went to plug it into the matrix, I realized that it has a USB keyboard and mouse, and the matrix is set up to accept traditional PS2 style devices. While I can of course slap a USB / PS2 converter on it, I was wondering if anyone made a KVM device that accepted USB keyboards / mice instead of (or in addition to) PS2. Since USB input devices are becoming common, it seems like someone would be all over this, but I can't seem to find anything of the sort. You guys know of any such critter?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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In my server room, I have a KVM matrix that allows me up to 8 KVM workstations and 8 CPUs. It's not only handy for the various stations in recording studio, but also gives me something to plug other boxes into so that they don't whine about keyboard / video on boot and I can simply Remote Desktop into them. I just moved a fairly new box to the server room as I replaced my primary office desktop with a Vista box. As I went to plug it into the matrix, I realized that it has a USB keyboard and mouse, and the matrix is set up to accept traditional PS2 style devices. While I can of course slap a USB / PS2 converter on it, I was wondering if anyone made a KVM device that accepted USB keyboards / mice instead of (or in addition to) PS2. Since USB input devices are becoming common, it seems like someone would be all over this, but I can't seem to find anything of the sort. You guys know of any such critter?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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What software do you use for your studio recording stuff? I currently use Adobe Audition, but am interested in other programs too...
- Anders My new photo website[^]
I tend to follow a "best tool for the job" approach rather than trying to do it all with one. One of my favorites is the predecessor to Audition, Cool Edit Pro. When I need to do any significant wave form editing, it's the first tool I reach for. I've gone so far as to drag samples around with the mouse to fix glitches. Absolutely awesome. For MIDI, I use Cakewalk Sonar. I'm only at 3.1 because MIDI is all I care about from this tool. They have the most fully featured and powerful MIDI tools of anyone out there, and after the addition of VST plugins there's not been much more I needed from it, hence the lack of upgrades. Been a Cakewalk user since long before Sonar, for MIDI it's best of breed. Along MIDI lines I also use GigaStudio 3 for my sample engine. It's a bit of a touchy beast, but there's a lot of support for it in the market and it probably has more horsepower than I'll ever need. For tracking, I use a Mackie HDR 24/96, which is a dedicated 24 track digital recorder. It gets clock from the Apogee card in the Mackie D8B mixer, and the two of them talk to each other and all the other software to get MTC for syncronization. Once I've tracked, I copy the files to the computer and do my mixing in Nuendo. It's my workhorse multitrack DAW and I've been quite happy with it. They recently raised thier price from around $600 to somewhere around $2500 (for no other reason than to be taken seriously in the pro studio world). Frankly, Cubase has the majority of features you get in Nuendo at a much lower price. I haven't worked with it personally, but if money is a factor you might want to consider it. I had Pro Tools LE and was patently unimpressed by it. Limit of 24 tracks, clunky UI in Windows (since it's a Mac creature). However, back when I bought the HDR I was considering dropping $20k on a full Pro Tools rig and none of the dealers wanted my money if I was running under Windows because they told me it wasn't as stable and I wouldn't be happy. Kudos to the Digidesign dealer network for their integrity. So I bought the HDR, and the studio eventually evolved into mixing with Nuendo. That's pretty much the major players. Hope it helps!
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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In my server room, I have a KVM matrix that allows me up to 8 KVM workstations and 8 CPUs. It's not only handy for the various stations in recording studio, but also gives me something to plug other boxes into so that they don't whine about keyboard / video on boot and I can simply Remote Desktop into them. I just moved a fairly new box to the server room as I replaced my primary office desktop with a Vista box. As I went to plug it into the matrix, I realized that it has a USB keyboard and mouse, and the matrix is set up to accept traditional PS2 style devices. While I can of course slap a USB / PS2 converter on it, I was wondering if anyone made a KVM device that accepted USB keyboards / mice instead of (or in addition to) PS2. Since USB input devices are becoming common, it seems like someone would be all over this, but I can't seem to find anything of the sort. You guys know of any such critter?
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
Where are you shopping? A search for USB KVM at http://www.newegg.com turns up 140 results, some of which are adapters but many of which are anywere from low end to high end rack-mount KVM switches that support USB.
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Where are you shopping? A search for USB KVM at http://www.newegg.com turns up 140 results, some of which are adapters but many of which are anywere from low end to high end rack-mount KVM switches that support USB.
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Thanks, man. Sometimes Google isn't the most efficient way of finding stuff, and I've always had good experiences with NewEgg. :)
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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Thanks, man. Sometimes Google isn't the most efficient way of finding stuff, and I've always had good experiences with NewEgg. :)
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
Newegg.com is king in my book!
... Hudey123 ...
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I tend to follow a "best tool for the job" approach rather than trying to do it all with one. One of my favorites is the predecessor to Audition, Cool Edit Pro. When I need to do any significant wave form editing, it's the first tool I reach for. I've gone so far as to drag samples around with the mouse to fix glitches. Absolutely awesome. For MIDI, I use Cakewalk Sonar. I'm only at 3.1 because MIDI is all I care about from this tool. They have the most fully featured and powerful MIDI tools of anyone out there, and after the addition of VST plugins there's not been much more I needed from it, hence the lack of upgrades. Been a Cakewalk user since long before Sonar, for MIDI it's best of breed. Along MIDI lines I also use GigaStudio 3 for my sample engine. It's a bit of a touchy beast, but there's a lot of support for it in the market and it probably has more horsepower than I'll ever need. For tracking, I use a Mackie HDR 24/96, which is a dedicated 24 track digital recorder. It gets clock from the Apogee card in the Mackie D8B mixer, and the two of them talk to each other and all the other software to get MTC for syncronization. Once I've tracked, I copy the files to the computer and do my mixing in Nuendo. It's my workhorse multitrack DAW and I've been quite happy with it. They recently raised thier price from around $600 to somewhere around $2500 (for no other reason than to be taken seriously in the pro studio world). Frankly, Cubase has the majority of features you get in Nuendo at a much lower price. I haven't worked with it personally, but if money is a factor you might want to consider it. I had Pro Tools LE and was patently unimpressed by it. Limit of 24 tracks, clunky UI in Windows (since it's a Mac creature). However, back when I bought the HDR I was considering dropping $20k on a full Pro Tools rig and none of the dealers wanted my money if I was running under Windows because they told me it wasn't as stable and I wouldn't be happy. Kudos to the Digidesign dealer network for their integrity. So I bought the HDR, and the studio eventually evolved into mixing with Nuendo. That's pretty much the major players. Hope it helps!
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
Thanks a lot :) My girlfriend is a music genious, and we are starting to record some of the stuff she make, one track at a time. At the moment I use Audition, but think I'll take a look at Cubase also. It's strictly wave-files, nothing midi as I want to use the midi engine from the digital piano instead of my soundcard... I also record vocal, guitar and other analog stuff which of course is wave.
- Anders My new photo website[^]
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Thanks a lot :) My girlfriend is a music genious, and we are starting to record some of the stuff she make, one track at a time. At the moment I use Audition, but think I'll take a look at Cubase also. It's strictly wave-files, nothing midi as I want to use the midi engine from the digital piano instead of my soundcard... I also record vocal, guitar and other analog stuff which of course is wave.
- Anders My new photo website[^]
Happy to help. :) Trust me, MIDI will become increasingly important to you as time goes on, and the sound modules you use are not constrained by what sequencer(s) you use. Basically, you get a MIDI interface for your computer (like the USB based MidiSport 2x2). Your software talks to that device, and the output goes to, for instance, your digital piano. In reverse, you can also record MIDI (rather than audio) into the computer from your keyboard. Having done so, you can then play it back and point it to any sound on your piano (or any other MIDI sound module) that you like. Your computer sound card never comes into play in this scenario (unless you want it to). Thus, you have all the horspower of recording and editing that software gives you, and unlimited options on what device you record or play back on. With that in mind, if I was going to buy only one piece of software for the studio, I'd go with Sonar. It has as full featured multitrack audio recording / mixing as most anyone else, and also includes best of breed MIDI capabilities. Additionally, they're currently the only one out there who also supports 64 bit architectures, should you decide to upgrade in the future. I'm always happy to talk shop when it comes to music and recording. If you like, you can shoot me an email so that we can correspond any time you have questions or ideas you'd like to bounce off me. It's a small planet, and musicians are family. :)
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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Happy to help. :) Trust me, MIDI will become increasingly important to you as time goes on, and the sound modules you use are not constrained by what sequencer(s) you use. Basically, you get a MIDI interface for your computer (like the USB based MidiSport 2x2). Your software talks to that device, and the output goes to, for instance, your digital piano. In reverse, you can also record MIDI (rather than audio) into the computer from your keyboard. Having done so, you can then play it back and point it to any sound on your piano (or any other MIDI sound module) that you like. Your computer sound card never comes into play in this scenario (unless you want it to). Thus, you have all the horspower of recording and editing that software gives you, and unlimited options on what device you record or play back on. With that in mind, if I was going to buy only one piece of software for the studio, I'd go with Sonar. It has as full featured multitrack audio recording / mixing as most anyone else, and also includes best of breed MIDI capabilities. Additionally, they're currently the only one out there who also supports 64 bit architectures, should you decide to upgrade in the future. I'm always happy to talk shop when it comes to music and recording. If you like, you can shoot me an email so that we can correspond any time you have questions or ideas you'd like to bounce off me. It's a small planet, and musicians are family. :)
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
Thanks :)
- Anders My new photo website[^]