For windows users, Moonlight and Sunshine are client/host applications. I'd say its just as good as parsec and its free. Been using streaming applications for a few years now and have been watching it get better in function and stability. Latency isn't really an issue anymore either. For best connection, use ethernet!
Good to see you exploring iOS music production Jon. So happy that this community is growing and would love to have you a part of it all. Great video as usual .
if I can sit at my local cafe with my old mac & remotely mix on my new mac that's safely plugged into my apollo and other hardware at home, then that's way more than a gimmick! would save on insurance too because i wouldn't need to cover my new macbook for portable imsurance coverage anymore (extra $40 AUD a month)
Wasn’t the whole point of buying a MacBook Pro instead of a Mac Studio so you could take the MacBook Pro anywhere with you? Really don’t understand the logic behind this remote system when you have a portable machine
maybe i'm missing something but wouldn't that mean you could run any of the studio hardware your macbook's hooked up to remotely? that would be amazing
I do this as I am a software engineer aswell. Have a windows PC at home running as a server 24/7, and can connect to it with Parsec from my laptop or android phone from anywhere, works very well. Only had some issues with internet connection and screen rescaling since my PC/server runs a 1440p screen, my laptop has a 4k screen and had to use Parsec in 1080p to not overload the internet 😅. Also, for this I am an android phone user aswell. Maybe handy to know, I can connect a USB-C hub to my phon's USB-C port, and connect a screen, keyboard and mouse, after which I basically have a normal computer setup. The only issue then would be that your phone's battery may drain pretty fast, so preferrable use a USB-C hub that can charge you device aswell. Have however only tested this with a thunderbolt docking station, which is a little more capable (and expensive) than a normal USB-C hub, but would imagine it should work the same with USB-C hubs that have sufficient HDMI and usb ports as android does not typicaly support thunderbolt over their USB-C port as far as I know (a thunderbolt connection without all ports having thunderbolt support then becomes a normal USB-C connection).
Intersesting video. Thank you. Like many of us my dream would be to be real time connected to my real studio (as real time I mean less than 10ms back & forth for MIDI and full quality audio) and use it remotely with a light piece of gear. And free, obviously 😁 For now the 16'' mack book I use for vacation is kept as a miror of the desktop mac in my studio. With a tiny keyboard and 2 SSDs (same sound libraries, etc...) it works. When I'm back in the studio I synchronize the files.
Hi, glad to see more people exploring such kinds of workflows, there's actually much better, multiplatform, and more secure way to do all this, with decent internet connection, simply selfhost a VPN server at your home/studio (such as OpenVPN for ex.), even with internet provider limitations and dynamic IP addresses, you can use DDNS so the VPN will work even if your IP address changes every day, once you have functional VPN (which is really the key to have things reliably and securely working), you can do basic Apple's VNC, Microsoft's RDP, whatever you want, as if you were on home network, not on internet, for audio specifically, I prefer using Reaper's ReaStream plugin (as receiver and sender) which does basically lossless audio, midi, and how many channels/instances you need (and how many your network handles), latency is so low I can comfortably play virtual instruments basically realtime, with "dumb" devices like phones, there's for ex. Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil - nice thing is it syncs audio when you switch between multiple playback devices, for more beefy setup, you can also selfhost plugins separately, using either Vienna Ensemble Pro server, or free AudioGridder (it's still work in progress though, so not all plugins may work properly), overall, it all comes down to internet upload and download speeds, video/desktop streaming takes most, so whatever solution works without video (or at least lower resolution and framerate, means forget about 120Hz Retina) will let you use most bandwidth for audio and midi on the go, so preferably use templates to minimize need for additional control ;)
Been using that for video editing for Years. Have a proper pc with a 4090 at home, then use a thin and light Laptop on the go. What I would wish for is having good passthrough with USB devices. I love my Davinci Resolve Speed Editor and can't use it with Parsec...
thanx for the tip!! i like to sit outside & mix so i pay 25€ insurance a month to cover my macbook for loss, damage & theft outside the house - if i used parsec (8€ per month) i'll be saving good money!! 🙏
It would be nice if Apple would allow you to plug up your iPhone and turn it into a mini computer for Apple will never allow that because it would cut into the MacBook market. Now, Samsung allows you to plug your phone into an HDMI monitor and your phone turns into basically a desktop computer with DeX and you get a desktop experience with the apps. (Nevermind you mentioned it later in the video lol)
Von hinten links ins Auge... MacBooks mit Apple CPU sind kompakt für mobilen Betrieb und für Musikproduktion leistungsfähig genug. Für ein Tablet oder iPhone bietet sich FL Mobile an. Auf so einem Gerät wird man eher mal eine Idee festhalten aber wohl kaum ausproduzieren.
I am having a problem with my maschine plus and my MacBook pro. Can you show which software to use? I was told logic pro x or protools latest version. Please help me
I have a question, does the macbook air M2 have the power to make edm music with only vst an plugins using ableton? (I know you're using logic pro, excuse mi question 😅)
Probably it is worth more if you have a powerful desktop Mac and you buy a cheap M1 Macbook Air for example to be able to work from anywhere on the go, as a producer, mixer, artist. Otherwise, I’d just take my powerful Macbook Pro with me.
