Wow, thanks for the 10-port hub tip. I was just eyeing the 7-port one when
this message came in.
Thanks for that!
Best.
Vic
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 3:48 PM Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just bought a 10 port powered hub from pluggable.com. It should arrive in
a few days and it definitely should fit the bill. Thanks to everyone for
all your help.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 20, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Jaffar Sidek Ahmad <jaffar.sidek10@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
interface, three usb driven har disks and my KK Keyboard, and it all works
Hi. I actually have a ten USB device powered hub to connect my audio
great. As for my Wireless Keyboard, I have it directly connected to my
pc. Yes, get a powered USB hub so that your external devices can be
individually powered by the hub itself rather than by the pc because
non-powered USB hubs are bound to fail at some point. Cheers!
for anything but a paperweight. It will fail at the most inopportune and
On 20/12/2021 9:12 pm, Steve Matzura wrote:
Do not under any circumstances ever use a passive (non-powered) USB hub
expensive moment. By no means connect a license key to one of these devices
ever, unless you can afford to lose that key, which you surely will when
you need it the most. Spend the thirty dollars or so and get a seven-port
Anker powered hub which handles USB devices the way they should be, by
giving each one its own address on the universal serial bus and providing
ample power for bus-powered devices like the KK keyboard, audio interface,
etc. Modern computers, *ESPECIALLY LAPTOPS*, don't have the power to give
through USB ports to do what you want without possible (read "probable")
failure. Don't trust them half as far as you can throw them. The takeaway
word here is "DON'T".
switching scenario to allow me to move between my Windows 10 machine using
On 12/20/2021 1:39 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote:
Guys,
I was originally thinking of working up a rather intricate KVM
Reaper and my new MBP using Logic and Reaper. The idea was to have the
MIDI keyboard be the kind of common element that most people assign to a
QWERTY keyboard. Since I have wireless QWERTY KBs for both machines, each
with small footprints, I figure I have enough space on the desk to swap
those without much trouble. But I think I’m going to put the KVM thing
aside in the short run and focus on learning Logic and simply importing all
my Reaper stuff in one go from. Windows to Mac.
the MacBook to cover the things I know I need.
But I still have a problem with not having nearly enough USB ports on
crucial and you should count two slots here.
Here’s the list:
Audio Interface
Komplete Kontrol S61 MK2 keyboard.
Time Machine backup drive.
iLock key and Vienna Key for Vienna Instruments I own. Those are
an iPhone 13, either of which might be charging at various times. I don’tI also have a small wireless MIDi keyboard called an Xkey Air 25 and
imagine needing to charge both units at the same time. So, count one slot
for those two devices.
MBP’s three slots, that leaves the third slot for what I’m guessing is a
If you figure that the S61 and the audio interface occupy two of the
four port USB Hub. I would not expect this to be powered. Further, I
don’t realistically expect to need passive charging capability since the
computer would be running when I’m charging my phone or Xkey air and I
imagine they would charge if they were connected to a standard USB box.
connect my two dongles, my Time machine drive and either my iPhone or Xkey
So, I’m just curious to know if I’ve got my facts right and if I could
to this sort of box with enough power to get the job done as described. If
I’m right, I should be out the door for less than $30 US.
wouldn’t hurt.
I guess I don’t really even need USB3 for this though I suppose it
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Kevin
