

Midi ports are accessible through remote desktop, buy only if sound is output from the remote machine (my tower). I had to plug it into the laptop and use midi over LAN to get it to the tower. The biggest problem is that USB devices on the tower are not accessible/visible through remote desktop, so I couldn't, for instance, plug my midi keyboard into the tower. It was not as straightforward as I had imagined, not by a long shot.

I've just gone through the process of setting up remote desktop so I can use my laptop above my midi keyboard to control things while everything is actually running on my much more powerful tower PC, a few feet away. I've corrected things further down in this thread. On a reasonable powerful desktop DAW, I am hoping this will operate smoothly enough so that I can run the remote continuously during tracking.ĮDIT : I was in error when I wrote this post. My DAW desktop PC is connected to my router via GigE cat5 cable.Īnyone have experience using Windows Remote Desktop in the manner described above? In particular, I am interested in how this affects performance, latency, and display smoothness (eg meters, sliders, knobs, text updating, etc) on the remote device. I would have the Surface Pro networked on my home intranet via WiFi (802.11ac). I would use this to control Cbb, control the transport, tweak VST's, etc, as well as controlling the monitor mix using RME TotalMix for my UFX+ audio interface. I would use this when I am in various parts of the room where I can't easily get to the desktop DAW PC/Monitor/Kybd/mouse, eg sitting at the piano or the edrum kit. Jim suggested that I run Windows Remote Desktop on the Surface Pro 6. I would use this for multiple purposes in the studio, but most significantly as a remote control for my desktop DAW PC (i7 8700k 4.7 GHz, built by Jim Roseberry at Studiocat). I am looking to purchase a Surface Pro 6 tablet, running Windows 10 Pro.
