Trying to use Connector on a Mac, in App mode, where I have a SEND instance as the first insert of one track in Studio One and a RECEIVE instance on another track in the same session. What I'm trying to do is create a send before the inserts. Afaik, Studio One allows send before fader, but not send before insert Fx, so Connector came to mind as a possible solution. I'm starting to think Connector is ill-suited to the task.
If I use the default port 8080, it will connect, for some temporary period of time, and then fail to connect. Nothing I did was able to resolve the problem using the first set of ports, but I did not go deep. I'm sure a reboot would fix it. Maybe a DAW restart. I just changed the port (e.g. to 8081) on both instances, and it linked up, until it didn't. Incremented again to 8082, and rinse and repeat. I didn't look into what was going on with these network ports. I assume they are TCP and not UDP. Either the SEND or RCV instance is failing, or maybe both, but is there a way for me to diagnose this further on my own? I assume netstat will show me an open TCP port on the OS side. Are there any further diagnostics available inside Connector or can I network connect to the port and handshake using something like netcat to further diagnose?
The second issue I ran into was delay compensation. I thought Connector compensated for any delay it introduces, no? I tried various packet sizes and buffering to no good effect. I tried both Waves InPhase and Melda MUtility to compensate manually. That became an exercise in frustration. Perhaps I'm missing some clear way to measure the delay so I can just type in a number into MUtility and then be done. Any suggestions?
I guess I could try the same setup in Reaper, but there I can just send pre-FX and be done with it.
If I use the default port 8080, it will connect, for some temporary period of time, and then fail to connect. Nothing I did was able to resolve the problem using the first set of ports, but I did not go deep. I'm sure a reboot would fix it. Maybe a DAW restart. I just changed the port (e.g. to 8081) on both instances, and it linked up, until it didn't. Incremented again to 8082, and rinse and repeat. I didn't look into what was going on with these network ports. I assume they are TCP and not UDP. Either the SEND or RCV instance is failing, or maybe both, but is there a way for me to diagnose this further on my own? I assume netstat will show me an open TCP port on the OS side. Are there any further diagnostics available inside Connector or can I network connect to the port and handshake using something like netcat to further diagnose?
The second issue I ran into was delay compensation. I thought Connector compensated for any delay it introduces, no? I tried various packet sizes and buffering to no good effect. I tried both Waves InPhase and Melda MUtility to compensate manually. That became an exercise in frustration. Perhaps I'm missing some clear way to measure the delay so I can just type in a number into MUtility and then be done. Any suggestions?
I guess I could try the same setup in Reaper, but there I can just send pre-FX and be done with it.
Statistics: Posted by kidslow — Tue Jun 25, 2024 6:21 pm — Replies 0 — Views 14