All midi controllers should have USB hubs!!

[padi_04]

Maschine has its own power no?

USB powered

[muffintop]

A powered hub + a power strip is the way to go IMO
I carry a couple power strips with me, and have been the hero of many gigs... lol
I've even started packing a power strip with me when I go to parties that I'm not
playing at. It's kind of crazy how often people don't plan for that.

Back on topic. A DJ controller w/a non powered usb hub is going to be just
as useless as a separate non-powered hub in almost every situation. I have cut back my setup
and only use 2 ports at most now, but if I were to need more than 2 ports there is no way I'd use
something not powered.

[Aleeeeeks]

Here's the problem. You never know how much power your controller is going to draw. That APC40 might be fine mapped to other software, but when you attach it to Live and load a session you can double your power consumption. The other side of this is you also don't know how much power your computer is going to allocate to your device. Your computer doesn't allocate full power to your USB device just because you plug it in. And once allocated, there are situations where that value can change.

There are also other influencing issues. For example, when I was at another company we received a batch of USB cables that were of poor enough quality that they took one of our products that was marginal and pushed them over the edge to intermittent failure.

A powered, multi-T hub makes life easier and WAY more reliable. Is it needed 100% of the time? Of course not. But I for one would rather have it and never worry about these issues. All it costs is one mains plug. And if you're a DJ and you don't have a traveller's power strip in your gig bag, that's on you.

Stoked that ur part of this thread to give sound advice brotha.

I'm gonna try this one out from Amazon. I like how it has on/off switches so I can power all my controllers down without having to A) shutdown my computer or B) have to unplug and replug 4 usbs everytime. Think it would be great for home set up. And yes it's powered. Any advice?

http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Port-I...abrent+USB+hub

[Aleeeeeks]

And yeah power strip and a short extension cord is crucial. I work film productions so I have em on me at all times

[makar1]

If you plan on using any USB 1.1 devices you'll want to make sure it's a Multi TT hub.

[Aleeeeeks]

The link I just posted doesn't say it's Multi-TT but it does say its backwards compatible with 2.0 or 1.1.

Multi TT means that you can plug in USB 1.1 and 2.0 and it won't slow down the ones connected with 2.0 right?

[nem0nic]

Right.

FWIW this is the only hub I look for now. I bought 11 of them for NAMM, a couple for myself, and made several recommendations. No one has ever had a problem that I know of.

http://www.amazon.com/USB-2-0-7-PORT...s=multi+tt+hub

[Aleeeeeks]

Awesome, thanks for the help bro ill be buying one as well. Gonna hook up the 4A (when it arrives Thursday!!), DV1, F1, and a MF3D and give err a whirl. Thanks again