Google "KVM switch". Most of them are designed to control two computers from a single position, but I bet there are some that will let you control one computer from two places.

You may also need to switch the monitor configuration so you can work on a single screen at the remote positions.

bouldersound, post: 374194 wrote: Google "KVM switch". Most of them are designed to control two computers from a single position, but I bet there are some that will let you control one computer from two places.

You may also need to switch the monitor configuration so you can work on a single screen at the remote positions.

I been looking at lots of KVM switches but can't find any that will accept a dual monitor input from my graphics card and then send that signal out to the relevant monitors, dual monitor signal to Control room, single monitor signal to Drum Room and single signal to Main tracking room...

The keyboard and mouse dilemma can be solved easily with kvm switch or by plugging a mouse and keyboard into the USB wall plates in each of the live rooms and connecting back to main PC. One thought i had regarding the monitor setup was, is it possible to have two independent graphics cards installed in a PC, i could run the dual monitors in the CR off the ATI card currently in the PC and I have an old dual matrox card which i could install in a free PCI slot, could this work...?

thanks for ur help so far
hally

Mick Jagger answered your question years ago. You can't always get what you want. You're on a tight budget. You're not running a million-dollar studio. This is where the new concept of cloud computing comes in. All you need is a separate laptop in each location and then somebody smoking a bunch of Doobie's in the control room to create the cloud. It's all right because they're all brothers.

Skunk Baxter rocks even if he is a conservative Republican
Mx. Remy Ann David

Thanks Remy,
Mick Jagger rounded off that wonderful chorus with "u might just get what u need" and I think what i need to solve my monitor network problem is to install an maxtor dual head PCI card in the main audio PC along with the dual head PCI express card already present. The latter drives the two monitors in the CR and from the pci card, 1 drives the drum room monitor and the other drives the main tracking room monitor. Each card runs off its own software and resolutions etc can be set independently. In theory this should work but i need to keep the vga cable runs to a min or else i'll have to introduce boosters into the signal path...

Where theres a will, theres a way and I wouldn't tolerate anybody smoking doobies anywhere near my tape machine

regards
hally

You are still going to need to deal with numerous simultaneous, USB mouses & keyboards. Having your monitors is only part of the equation. Of course dealing with wireless keyboards and mouses might actually be doable? You might even consider some kind of 2.4 GHz wireless video transmitter & multiple receivers? Although most of those only deal with 525 lines of standard resolution video for 625 lines if you are in a region based upon 50 Hz power. So you might be able to take S. video out of your video card to a 2.4 GHz wireless link. The biggest factor would be how low you could run your resolution i.e. 640x480. And while that might not be attractive, that is standard definition video resolution. You might even be able to get away with 800x600? And at 1024x768, you may be able to see what you're doing but not be able to read much? All you really need is a VGA distribution amplifier of which I'm sure there are some available out there? And the possibility exists, that you could custom build a passive split VGA cable arrangement? I mean there are also VGA switch boxes as I have one. You click the switch for the monitor you want to view from. No need to screw around with extra display cards necessarily. Either way, good luck.

Double vision
Mx. Remy Ann David

Another solution would be to controlling your computer with a remote device like an iPad. There's an inexpensive app called Logmein Ignition which allows you to remotely and wirelessly control your computer. Whatever is on your computer monitor is also on the iPad screen. If you have dual monitors on your main computer you can use a swipe gesture to switch between them. You can zoom, click, drag etc.
The only drawback is a slight latency time for your computer to respond. But if you bring up your DAW's mixer view and transport I would think you could accomplish exactly what you're trying to do.
Jeff