Remote mixing ProTools sessions between 2 computers?

What he said, Blackdawg pretty much nailed it, but I will add best bet with hardware inserts in this situation is to print them. You won’t have any control of hardware but you will have something to work with and if there isn’t a time crunch can always reprint them with adjustments.

Outstanding, thanks y'all!

These sound like great ideas and solutions as I'm mainly just trying to get in some much needed practice with my mixing, monitoring and referencing. I typically like how my drum tracks are sounding on my simple monitoring setup in my less-than-ideal room, but, when I'm listening in my car on the ride home, I hear other things and problems pop up. Same thing with headphones, etc. I'm really just trying to calibrate my ears as much as possible, and the thought of being able to test some midrange cuts at home, or maybe drop down that reverb send a bit, etc, is quite appealing.  One thing which I'm finding out is that good tracks tend to sound ok on almost everything, but unbalanced stuff is really hit or miss, which I'm guessing is why people check stuff on different speakers and rooms to some extent.   

Totally agree on the treatment, but my room is already treated as best as its gonna get.  It was actually the first thing I took care of.  There are plenty of panels, scattering plates, corner traps, etc (mainly all GIK stuff).  It is possibly the worst room ever, 12x12x11 feet, almost a cube.  I talked a lot with GIK about a plan for tracking and made strategic purchases.  Basically I got a lot of varying thickness of panels with their scattering plates to make the decay a little more reasonable without just killing everything.  Before I made the jump into attempting recording, I had this same room totally covered in 4" Wedge Foam and while it was great for practicing, it wasn't an ideal solution haha.  

This room is all I have complete and total access to, and I'm making the best of it,  primarily for tracking drums.  I fully realized that I would never be able to really mix anything in there, but I'm hoping to at least learn some things incase I ever move to a bigger or better room.    


My monitors are on a side wall, with one speaker somewhat in a corner, the other is in more out along the wall.  Terrible haha.  There is only so much space in that tiny room and I can assure you I've made it almost a cathartic experience trying to squeeze every usable inch of space out of it!


At this point, I'm trying to learn my room the best I can, as well as getting a feel for the really troubling stuff.  I've seen enough "home studio" drummers like Aaron Sterling, Blair Sinta, and Jake Reed make this stuff work that I'm confident I can at least get acceptable results but its gonna take some work and effort.  

So, after a few months, I'm dropping back in to sort of followup on my thread.

I currently have one perpetual license for ProTools Studio, and I've been able to open it on my two computer locations (my studio, and my apartment). So far, I've had to either use the Cloud option, or, I've had to physically carry the iLok stick around, and while I'm certainly able to do this, it becomes a bit of a pain when the Wifi is weak/out (Cloud option) or I forget the little iLok card (hardware iLok option)

Am I missing a way of streamlining this process, or do I need to bite the bullet and get a second license? I mean, the responsible option is to just be more responsible with the iLok dongle.  But sometimes I forget it!  My two locations are far enough apart that I really would miss a "day" of tracking or mixing if I needed to commute back and forth because of the iLok stick.  

Ideally, I'd be all on the iLok stick due to the aforementioned Wifi issues. I'd either just get another perpetual, or I'd possibly consider a subscription. Currently, I'm seeing PT perpetual for $500, while the year-long subscription in $300. I'm tempted to just go with another Perpetual and always be connected with the hardware iLok.

Is it possible to store the same license on two separate iLok sticks, and then just plug them in on each computer (or unplug them) as needed?  Then, I don't need to physically transport them.  I'm reading online that this isn't possible, but that was really my only other idea.  

Any tips or suggestions?   

Saw this one right after I edited my post!  Thanks!

So I finally got around to putting my extra licenses on a second ILOK and they work fine.  I guess that's the easiest way to do this if you have plugs that supply second licenses.  I plan on using that ILOK as my backup in case something happens to my 10 year old primary one.

Most of my plugs had 2 or 3 licenses available in ILOK manager.  Only a couple had one license, but those I barely use so it's no big loss for me.