Strnge just found this thread, on my way to buying a second Hub, the first one is the above mentioned and it´s working just fine in my enviroment.
Mac Book Pro, VCI 100 recently updated too 1.3, Audio 2 Dj, Korg Nano Pad and i even had an old Oxygen all pluged to that hub no noticable latency or prblms whatsoever.
I just ordered the Cables Unlimited USB hub… the Multi TT one… I was going to get the Logitech one, but it doesn’t come with the power adapter, which is really stupid in my opinion. Anyway, got the Cables unlimited one for only $20 and that uncluded shipping…
This post is very helpful. Now I just have to decide which one to get.
The only one I could find was the Cables Unlimited. I don’t need 7 ports, but it works like a charm.
Phil.
I have the Cables Unlimited 7-port one too, and my VCI won’t power up either.
Can anyone confirm that your VCI-100 powers up fine off this hub? If so, could you describe precisely what your setup looks like? Do you use the exrenal power? What’s your Host Computer? Does the VCI power up if your Host is not connected, just the Hub? Did you replace the default USB cables?
If we have some verified successes we’ll have to investigate that a little further.
Fatlimey,
Look at my sig for configuration, VCI-100 and Oxy 25 through the Cable Unlimited (powered with the included PS). I haven’t tried it unpowered.
As for USB cables, I have tried a few as I was choosing the right lengths and none had issues. Both the VCI and Oxy 25 seem to get work well with just about any cable. The cable from the hub to the Mac is the one that came with the VCI (I don’t like those see thru cables that came with the hub).
I have not run my soundacrd through it, nor do I intend to try.
And finally , the VCI lights stay on if I unplug the Mac from the hub (hub powered by PS).
Hope this helps, Phil.
I know most of these say they are compatible with windows os but i noticed most of you have mac os… looking at your sigs… so there is not problem with them used on a mac right?
+1 to this thread. could’ve used all this knowledge before i blew 15 bucks at target. ahh well.. that’s what receipts are for!
quick question,
would anyone know how it would work if i used a mac keboard that has the two usb slots on it to power my vci 100 and just put my soundcard to the second usb slot in my 15 inch mbp.
I got myself a Targus 7 port USB2 hub (Powered if needed).
Seems to work fine for me.
I need better cables tho.
I have an Acer aspire 5515 and it only has two usb ports, so i bought the cables unlimited hub, and every time I plug in my vci-100 into the hub it errors, device unrecognized, when i plug in my sound card, fastrack pro, I get noise in my headphones when I use the cue function, loud static like noise.
If I by pass the hub and plug in these devices directly, everything works fine, but I would really like to get this hub to work as i would like to add more music by way of an external hard drive.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Maybe update the drivers?
Yes i do have the latest drivers for the FTP
as for the VCI only thing I saw on their website was drivers for the vci 100 mk II, I have the original vci.
In light of upgrading my whole system, just ordered the Cables Unlimited Hub. It’s gotta power an X1, RigKontrol, Dicers, a padKontrol, and possibly more, so let’s see how it does!
Tretuna, let me know how it works out for you, that’s the one I have..it’s not working for me, hope you have better luck with it.
So I got the hub in… Works pretty nicely with Rig Kontrol 3, X1, Dicers, PadKontrol, and even a hard drive plugged in.
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No external power sources; and so far it’s working well. I’d been having problems for ages with my Midi Fighter latency until I figured out my USB 3.0 port wasn’t agreeing with it. Once I got the hub everything has been cash. It’s enough to handle my Akai LPD8, Midi fighter, and my mouse with little to no latency (none that I can detect).
I’m not sure how it will fare with vci-100’s or s4’s, but it works well for my controllers.
BE WARNED: It doesn’t seem to like my Audio 2 DJ soundcard, so I’m running that through it’s own dedicated USB computer port- maybe a powered hub would work better?
The Cables Unlimited hub is a beast, and has worked well with everything I’ve thrown at it. If you’re still having issues when using it, you might want to check your USB cables as well.
If you’re more adventurous, you might even put a fluke across pins 1 and 4 and see if the hub might be defective and providing less than optimal power.