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  • VEP5 problem in my new Macbook Retina

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    Hi, I got the new Macbook Pro Retina. My idea was to use it as a VEP slave linked to my old iMac 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo with 4 GB RAM. I downloaded the demo of Vienna Ensemble Pro 5. VEP Server connects well but I can not work: 1) If I try a simple pizzicato line (even with only 1 instance, and just with LASS 2 Violas PIZZ in VEP5) some notes don't sound (Logic: In cycle mode, every time is a random note). Memory problem?? Transmission problem? (Thunderbolt+Apple Ethernet adapter) 2) After a few Cycles I get an error message in Logic. Something like "Sample rate doesn't fit, Some samples are 41,031Hz) Please, I would appreciate any help Best
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    What Sound card latency & VEP buffer setting are you using?

    We haven't got any Thunderbird MBP's with Ethernet adapters here, thus we haven't been able to test the performance of this adapter.
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    I found some more info about the efficiency of the adapter at http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/hands-on-apples-thunderbolt-gigabit-ethernet-adapter/. Have you checked VEP server/clients nets just with Thunderbolt connections?
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    How would we check it with just thunderbolt connections?
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    I mean, for example, an i-Mini (thunderbolt) and i-Mac (thunderbolt) linked together with a thunderbolt cable. Mi iMac has no thunderbolt connection (old version), so I had to use the Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter. So, I don't know if the problem is the Apple adapter or the problem is VEP when used with thunderbolt (though I don't see why)
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    There is no way to use VEP over thunderbolt alone - you will have to use Ethernet. Apple does not have Ethernet-Over-Thunderbird implemented (yet).

    I would suspect that the adapter introduces some jitter in the network transfer, but this would need to be investigated further.
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    Thanks for your answers. Several other forums agree with you. Somehow the adapter or the current drivers (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1544) are not working properly. That is a serious drawback. I always spend 1 month away from my studio, so one of my computers is a macbook and the 16GB RAM of the new Retina was very appealing to use it the rest of the year as a VEP Slave. Thanks so much for your support Very Best