Midi over thunderbolt bridge between two macbook pros?
I have two macbook pros and I am trying to connected them together for the most reliable and fastest connection
specifically to send MIDI sync and MIDI program.
I have tried using network session to connect wirelessly thru my portable router and although it does make connection "Sometimes" it will lose connection way too frequently.
I also have used an app called IPMidi which works better but still will lose connection randomly.
My question is this.
Is there not a way to just connect thunderbolt to thunderbolt between the two computers via a thunderbolt bridge and send reliable and fast MIDI sync and MIDI program change messages?
It seems odd to me that I have to buy a couple of ethernet to thunderbolt adaptors to create a wired network connection which I assume is the only way to do this since thunderbolt bridge connections dont show up in audio midi devices after making a connection.
Im running Yosemite 10.10.5 on both computers.
My main application is that I run Ableton on one MBP to handle my live sequencing and VST instruments changes and I use my second MBP with Mainstage to accept program changes which in turn displays lyric and chord changes as the sequence progresses for the band. I then have iDisplay on this second computer and bandmates can connect and view this screen from their ipads and phones. This all works via my wireless network router but like I said is very unreliable on the midi connection side of things. Why cant I do this all thru thunderbolt? With exception to the Idisplay app of course.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), Ableton and Mainstage
