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Can I run ABShowMaker & SoundMan simultaneously on the same computer?

April 26, 2017Computer run simultaneously SoundMan

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Can I run ABShowMaker & SoundMan simultaneously on the same computer?

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Yes, this has been done using Parallels 4 on an iMac. Here’s how it’s done: on the iMac install XP Home Edition, running in Parallels 4. Use ipconfig/all in a command window to get the IP address for the windows VM, then plug that number into the fixed address box for ABSM. Download SM-S, SM-A & SM-M and install ASIO4All if you don’t have any USB audio interfaces since Parallels still doesn’t address Firewire connections. Install SM-S, SM-A & SM-M, configure a root drive for audio, and open ABSM on the Mac side of the same machine. ABSM doesn’t find SM-A automagically so you have to run the “Connect to AB64 at Fixed IP” and it will connect happily to SM-A. So, with a sufficiently beefy Mac, we think you can run everything on one computer. Audio Interface being the biggest hold-back with an iMac since you are restricted to USB interfaces or ASIO4All using Firewire.