Disconnect and re-connect the Thunderbolt cable and/or restart the computer. Use the Thunderbolt 3 cable that was included. If you own a second cable, test both to rule out any problems with the cable. Confirm that your computer supports Thunderbolt.The future I/O of the Digital Music Studio has arrived. But I finally understand the reasons for that now. I'd been confused as to the lack of USB 3.0 ports in the latest Mac's.Being Well-Connected'High-spec recording studio in Hanger Lane'. Instead of merely replacing Firewire and being a run-of-the-mill competitor for USB 3.0, Thunderbolt looks set to completely redefine the I/O landscape for Audio and Video professionals and their peripherals for many years to come. Widely tipped to replace Firewire, it's official name, Thunderbolt, was finally revealed. Along with the powerful Quad-Core Sandy Bridge i7 processor, a new Input/Output technology was unveiled with much fan fare.
First, I'm always looking for audio interfaces with optimum performance, leading to lower latency when recording and a large throughput for recording more simultaneous audio inputs (multi-track recording).Second, it's all about compatibility. In my opinion, the thing about I/O connectivity for digital musicians has always been three-fold. Apple Mac Pro 2013 3.0GHz 8-core with 32GB RAM. No fun!Thirdly, and finally, no digital musician wants a plethora of wires and cables dangling everywhere. Then there's the familiar story of trying to plug in your Firewire audio interface to your friend's PC or an older/newer Mac which doesn't share the same ports. Since 2008 if you wanted to buy a portable Mac setup with high-speed connectivity, the 17" was the only option. Thunderbolt = 10 Gbps (in both In and Out directions!)The figures speak for themselves.But to give this a real-world example, High Definition video (I'm talking GB's of data here) can be transferred over Thunderbolt in a seconds. Here is a breakdown of performance across different I/O technologies taken from Apple's website: In fact you can plug in your Mini DisplayPort directly into a Thunderbolt port!Thunderbolt provides a staggering 10 Gbps in both directions. And I haven't mentioned the PCI-Express slot yet!Wouldn't it be great if there was one port that could connect all my hardware devices to my Mac with enough bandwidth for multiple high-performance devices and support for existing I/O standards? Read on! One Connection to Rule Them AllDesigned by Intel in collaboration with Apple, Thunderbolt (code named Light Peak during production), is based on Intel's high performance PCI Express technology and Apple's DisplayPort. It's common on my MacBook Pro that the DisplayPort is connected to an external monitor, two USB ports are feeding my MIDI Controller, Mac Keyboard and Magic Mouse, a Firewire 800 is used for an external hard drive to record to and my trusty Apogee Duet is connected to my remaining Firewire 400 port. No hub required - one port/cable connected to your Mac, all other devices connected through each other and 10Gbps is not shared but through the same connector you can achieve 10Gbps in both directions!It doesn't stop there as Thunderbolt will apparently provide 10 watts of power to connected peripherals for Bus power, which makes a MacBook Pro in the field a worthy substitute when capturing multiple streams of audio or video editing to a Desktop machine. For example, you could potentially connect a couple of audio interfaces, several high performance hard disks and an Apple Cinema Display. With this much throughput Thunderbolt has the bandwidth to daisy-chain multiple high-speed devices. Due Summer 2011.High performance? Without a doubt. If our computers were able to process audio at twice the speed they can now, our latency numbers would be halved.I'm also not so crazy about the idea of having everything connected with "one cable". That's a processor speed thing. So while better thruput from storage devices is undoubted a welcome thing, I doubt that it's going to change the landscape in terms of latency reduction anytime in the near future. Vega serial numbers:)Ha! I should've known you'd be fond of multiple cables. Let's wait and see what magic companies like Apogee can weave. But remember this extra bandwidth of Thunderbolt can be utilised by storage devices as well as audio interfaces. Which Thunderbolt Hard Drive Setup Recording Studio Serial As BeforeOK well Thunderbolt's benefits applies also particularly to film and video creatives - but I still think this tech is a game changer for studio engineers and computer musicians (portable and studio based). Oh, ok I must've edited that out. But your point stands on finding out which device it is that has "gone down".Sure, I mentioned film and video people too. The beauty of daisy chaining is you can simply remove the offending device from the chain and connect the rest in serial as before. Let's see how this pans out, now Quad-Cores have made their way into the MacBook Pro line and Thunderbolt looks very promising.
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