4 servers - how to split midi or OSC signal

[Oaktown]

Is your intent to have 12 @ 1920x1080 projectors each with a different signal which would mean 4 @ 5760x1080 discrete comps in 4 media servers?

If so, why don't you use 3 servers with 7680x1080 comps and Datapath X4 units each outputting 3840x2160 broken down into 4 @ 1920x1080 which will be much more reliable than the Matrox TH2G in the long run. Then buy a MacBook Air to control the three media servers using Vezer?

[drazkers]

You should be using smpte for all of this, and i'm surprised your using resolume for an install like this. I certainly wouldn't.


yea, smpte or nothing, even triggering computers at the same time via midi may cause one or two frames of latency/delay. Sharp eyed client will notice clean cuts. Also smpte can be trigged by a cd player, which costs nothing and any client can figure out.

[joshuadmello]

@Oaktown - Makes sense. I considered using datapaths, but as you probably already know, the cost of one data path is 3 times the cost of a triple head. I can try maybe getting servers with a little lower specs if I need to buy datapaths. I'll try reworking the numbers.


@drazkers - I'm comfortable with Arena. What would you use? Any suggestions would be helpful. Can you please help me out with a step by step guide on how to set it up with SMPTE? Or a link to a tutorial or something. What external hardware would I need besides the CD player. I've never used SMPTE before.

Thanks.

[Oaktown]

4 TH2G + 4 servers should be comparable in price to 3 Datapath X4 + 3 servers.

[mrfipe]

Hello,

You could use IPMIDI from www.nerds.de it works grate!!!

[Hakol.Sound]

Late to this thread but wanted to share something that might help anyone still dealing with this. I ran into the same problem — one APC40 needing to hit multiple Resolume servers simultaneously. Tried the PD→OSC route and it worked but was fragile.

I ended up building a tool called MIDInet that does exactly this: you plug your controller into a Raspberry Pi (or any host machine), and it broadcasts the MIDI over the network to as many clients as you want. Each client creates a virtual MIDI device that clones the identity of your physical controller, so Resolume sees the same device name and your mappings just work.

It uses UDP multicast so adding another server is just "install the client and it appears." No routing config, no OSC translation, no PD patches. Been running it on shows with 4+ servers and it's been solid.
Check it out: https://midinet.io