Synchronising music across multiple devices

I have a Powerbook G4 (my main music storage device), a MacBook Air, and an iPhone 4, all of which are connected over an Airport Extreme/Express wireless network.
How can I "sync" my music files across these devices? I have about 50GB of music on the G4, and none on the MacBook Air nor the iPhone.
I have a 10GB MobileMe account. I'd rather find a way to do this outside MobileMe, but am open to using MobileMe if that's the best alternative.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Andy,
Yes, DAQmx will work it out. The important part is to add all of the channels to the same task, and chaining the task wire through multiple DAQmx Create Channel VIs will do that.
Brad
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