How to control DAW from cheap vocal booth?

[BigEZ]

Hi All,

I really needed a space to record vocals without all the sounds of my household disturbing me. I don't have a lot of money to put towards it so I've decided to create a make shift vocal booth under the stairwell in the basement with doubled up sound absorption blankets from Audimute. My problem now is that my Comp will be a good 7-8 feet away and I have no window in the booth to see the monitor. Any suggestions on how to control getting back to the start point of each take to re-record when I've put down a bad take?

Thanks,

 

[arcadeko]

I think a lot of people have that problem.

Off the top of my head I would say, get a USB extension cable and a little hub, run another keyboard and mouse into the booth. Also run a monitor extension cable (most video cards have dual output or S-video out, or get a Y splitter) and keep a small monitor in there. Then you can control your PC from either place.

 

[FunkDaddy]

Perhaps something along these lines?

DAW Controller: pok wireless footswitch for studio, stage

 

[Steenamaroo]

Got a laptop?

Just set up screen sharing(osx) or a vnc server(windows)

That way you can see and control the desktop on the laptop.

 

[arcadeko]

Perhaps something along these lines?

DAW Controller: pok wireless footswitch for studio, stage

that's pretty cool but $300+ yikes - seems a little overpriced for a wireless foot switch

 

[Guitargodgt]

I use my iphone.

 

[bruiser1964]

+10 on th iPhone via RDP or a laptop RDP easy and no cables

 

[BigEZ]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

guitargodgt...can I use my IPad? If so, any idea how to set that up? My DAW is on a PC BTW.

Thanks,

 

[arcadeko]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

guitargodgt...can I use my IPad? If so, any idea how to set that up? My DAW is on a PC BTW.

Thanks,

just search ipad app DAW controller there are a bunch of them. I saw at least one that worked for PC or Mac

 

[BigEZ]

Technology and the Internet are truly amazing! Found this step by step video on youtube to set-up the IPad as a controller for SonarX1 (my DAW of choice). Too easy and again amazing!!!

Wireless Midi Ipad Sonar X1 rtpMidi DAW - YouTube

 

[Guitargodgt]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

guitargodgt...can I use my IPad? If so, any idea how to set that up? My DAW is on a PC BTW.

Thanks,

I use an app called AC-7 core mini, it's available for ipad but probably doesn't have the mini next to it. I think I shelled $8 for it. There are youtube videos on how to set it up. It was cheap for what it does.

If you use cubase there is a free one for that program (and I can't remember the name of it) it only controls basic stuff though, but it might be ok. The above app controlls a lot. I know it works on either windows or osx and can control any daw (seriously it can control any daw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR3_GRzKTm4

Use this for more setup tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/user/cojomo

Screenshots (it does a lot for an app):

 

[BentRabbit]

I have one of these sitting next to my drums... Works perfectly with X1 (64)

Beats hitting record and sprinting to the kit before the song starts
Frontier Design Group - Tranzport Wireless DAW Controller

 

[BigEZ]

Thanks for everyones help. I now have ac-7 core on my IPad and ac-7 mini on my iPod. Both work perfectly.