Ok the new switch did not help....
So, I guess I'll provide a little more information so hopefully someone can help me get to the bottom of this issue.
I notice that when I load a project, it seems that Logic is getting hung up on "Vienna Ensemble Pro" a couple of times...like it is trying to connect to the instance but then it can't find it so it skips over it and goes on to the next one.
Is it possible that that is what is happening here?
Occasionally, when I try to manually connect in the plugin window, I'll get a message saying something about Vienna Ensemble Pro cannot connect to such and such instance and it usually also gives me the IP address I believe.
On another note, I'm going to go ahead and try MADI. Is this a good interface?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&O=&Q=&ap=y&c3api=1876%2C%7Bcreative%7D%2C%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=CjwKCAiA9rjRBRAeEiwA2SV4ZRyTEkRbKEoZ6FPfYXKzaqLeM2mQ4hZwY2rHfLB5-P8wu0LyyuL3mhoCS6QQAvD_BwE&is=REG&m=Y&sku=1005522
I have zero experience with MADI, so any help would be much appreciated.
Also, I bought Midi Over Lan a while ago, so I think I should be able to use that for what I'm trying. Will I need something for syncing? Like a clocking device? What would you recommend? Is that what the Apogee Big Ben is used for?