Extreme Programming in Reason 4.0

Might be able to do that using the remote access function built into windows. Don't ask me how, but that's what the remote access program is meant to do... exactly that.

I've been thinking of something similar to what you want to do. Produce and record an album using artists and musicians from all over with out any single one being in the same studio... done all via high speed network connections. Cisco Systems can do video over the net in high quality, so audio should be easier, right? Less info to stream. Cisco has done amazing things with VoIP technology where the V now stands for video as well as voice. AoIP? I think that this will be the next fore front in recording technology. If something like this could get off the ground with results that meet industry standards, we will see a revolution in music and recording.

Be good... or just good at it...
You keep it pimp... I'm a keep it gangata!

http://www.myspace.com/1andonlycapricornone

This is an awesome idea!!

With todays speeds in networking, yeah you'll probably get less than perfect quality. But everyday it gets faster. Verizon has 20mbps up and down residential service in NY right now. It's f'n incredible!!! If all party's were working on a system like that, real-time audio recording over the internet would be possible. It's all about the interface software and proper hardware. Probably hafta multiplex your ethernet connection to get a static stream up and static stream down out of your system. Then you'd hafta have some serious software... Windows might not be an optimal OS for this, but a mac or hell best option, if someone could port industry standard recording software to Linux (Let me know if they have that, cuz it would be great if they did!) then you'd have a very good chance of doing this... This is years away from beign implemented, but if people like us are have a discussion like this. then you now it's somewhere on the horizon.

It'll do what it do till it done
You keep it pimp... I'm a keep it gangata!

http://www.myspace.com/1andonlycapricornone

So all i need is a third box... hmmm... If i clone my first machine to another tower set it up the way you said... Yeah i think i got it. cool beans I might try this.

It'll do what it do till it done
You keep it pimp... I'm a keep it gangata!

http://www.myspace.com/1andonlycapricornone

Did some testing on this myself as well, since I'm looking for a good alternative to media oriented high-end stuff to work on a single project with geographically spread out people in Reason. A long-time personal and musical friend that I've been working on projects with for ages has recently moved from around the corner to a different city, so personal gain here as well ;-)
The biggest drawback in using XP remote desktop for this including audio isn't even the quality of the audio, it's decent enough to all hear what's going on. Its the way they encapsulate the audio using a inefficient form of codec as well as RDP in general which can be extremely hard to control over the public Internet...it makes it pretty crappy on most consumer-to-consumer connections with less than at least 2mbps upstream capacity (which is why they removed the two-way audio on Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop again in Vista BTW).
So...deciding I really wanted a more workable solution I tested another two options:

- PC Anwhere 12.1 with full audio support:

Pros: has better encapsulation, uses less bandwidth, runs on Linux, Win and Mac, is a doddle to set-up and comes with very handy additional functions for collab work, like scheduled syncing of designated folders, basic version control, etc....all very handy for local copies of samples, rough cuts, patches, etc. etc and a hell of a lot faster than remote MS file-sharing and syncing utils.

Con: costs rather serious money, though I'm sure you'll find a way to get around that one for hobby purposes (ahem :-) )

- VNC remoting client/server for screen updates with a separate shoutcast server for audio streaming local output so you can get at the audio using WinAMP or VLC instead of integrated. Most of the same perks as PC Anywhere with better audio streaming quality at equal or lower total bitrates, but there's one BIG....

...Con: a nightmare to have to set-up and figure out how to use if you're not already running a local Shoutcast server. I did, but if it's the first time you've ever dealt with stuff like this, I'd advise against it and go for high-bandwidth Remote Assistance/Desktop or PC Anywhere (preferred).

Soooo...that's a wrap I think, if there's any other free/cheap/easily available and configurable tools for something like this anyone knows about, pitch in..ideal tools to really work on something simultaneously instead of mailing/uploading/checking/etc. etc. and far less overkill than the high-end Avid/

Cheers,

H

"I blow minds for a living..." (Jello Biafra, 1991)
...or at least try to (me, just now)