31-May-2016, 14:00
(This post was last modified: 31-May-2016, 14:10 by Hifi_swlon.)
(31-May-2016, 12:57)tategoi Wrote: OK, once I have my iMac, I should install both Roon and RoonServer on the machine.
Yes!
(31-May-2016, 12:57)tategoi Wrote: With Roon, my iMac is the Control. With RoonServer, the iPad is the Control. I'll play around with both and see which I like better.
Not quite. Roon's terminology is quite confusing, but lots of us have posted different setup ideas too, so that hasn't helped you .
If you install Roon and RoonServer on your iMac:
-RoonServer always runs and is the Core.
When you run Roon you can run it in 'Remote' or 'Control' mode connecting to the Core on the same machine. The generic install of Roon basically contains Core, Control, and Output in one, but you dont have to use them all. When you run it, it will recognise that a Core (RoonServer) is already running and suggest to run in 'remote' mode. This gives you the best of both worlds - you can control Roon from that machine when you like, but you can quit it without it affecting anything else like iPad access.
There is a specific Roon Remote (for iOS and Android) which runs on the iPad.
It all becomes very clear when you get it setup - its the most user friendly system in the world other than trying to explain it before install!
FYI Roons goal is to make the experience the same on all platforms (except phones) so the iOS install gives you about 99.9% the same control as the desktop version. So its not like you need a specific version to setup - although for some things (cut and paste etc), the computer version can be easier. I can't remember the last time I used anything other than the iPad.
(apologies for the huge amount of typos first time round which probably added even more confusion)
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