I ran into a similar problem with this. :S
I decided to just go with a 32 bit OS. Hopefully by the time I accumulate enough sample banks to fill my RAM Access will have developed a VC for 64 bit OS's..
It's an interesting idea, daisy-chaining two computers together like that.
My guess is that you'd have to have an audio interface and a sequencer on both PCs. The 32 bit PC can receive midi clock and messages from the 64 bit PC to tell it what notes to play.
If you run into timing issues, I think you can fix that somewhat by using a word clock. Big Ben is a good one, as I remember.
As a working practice you would need to take a disciplined approach to saving your work on both sequencers. I'd suggest networking the PCs, making a folder on the 64 bit PC to save your work in, and sharing it. Map that folder as a drive on the 32 bit PC. Then, if your working title is "song1" you would create a "song1a" for the first PC, and "song1b" for the second PC.
Similarly, you would load up both song files on both PCs when loading a song.
Finally, you probably don't want to lose too much desk space, so consider getting a KVM switch. This allows you to seamlessly switch your monitor, mouse and keyboard between computer A and computer B at the touch of a button.
Remember to check whether it supports DVI and USB - a lot of them only work with dsub and ps/2.
-Annikk
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