USB Hub recommendation

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USB Hub recommendation

Hey Dj Tech Tools,
Not long time ago, I watched your video on YouTube about USB hubs and I was wondering if you can suggest which USB hub to buy. At the moment, I am working on Native Instruments Audio 2 sound card, Vestax VCI100 mk2, Traktor F1 and Traktor X1 mk1. Of course I am not using the sound card from Vestax. So I ask you, which USB hub to use, with how many USB ports and where to connect each of piece of equipment I mentioned above.
PS. I use macbook pro that has only two USB ports

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

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7 Port USB 2.0 Metal Hub - USB from Lindy UK :wink:

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Just get a powered usb hub. I have a bought a simple pluggable brand hub. the important part is that it is MTT so multiple transaction translator (means if you connect a usb 1.1 on a usb 2.0 port it wont limit the whole usb hub to usb 1.1 speed. Hopefully most of the usb hubs nowdays are MTT … Pluggable make nice powered ones for not a lot of money. I’ve got one of these : Plugable USB 2.0 7-Port Hub with 15W Power Adapter ~ Plugable Technologies if i had to buy another one i would probably get this one : USB 3.0 7-Port Charging Hub with 60W Power Adapter ~ Plugable Technologies

btw I always connect my audio interface to the ‘‘better usb port’’ and the rest thru the usb hub to the other one. You can read that for more infos :MacBook USB Port Inequality - DJ TechTools

keep us posted

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D-Link DUB-H7, I’ve got 3 of them (gig bag, spare in the car and extra spare at home).

I’m told it’s what NI use for internal testing … Which these days probably isn’t a massive positive but if it works for them then I’ve got a decent chance of my NI gear working in the wild :slight_smile:

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Same here.

Put your Audio 2 direct into a USB socket on the macbook then everything else into the hub.

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That’s USB2, right?

I wonder if they use it because they know that it is a good one, or because they think it’s generic enough that it will cover most of the bases?

Either way, I think I’ll grab one. It can’t be worse than the generic Chinese one I bought off ebay!

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They do a USB3 one now but only 4 ports:
http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/home-solutions/connect/usb/dub-1340-4-port-superspeed-usb-3-hub

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HOW MUCH?!?

Looks like they’ve pinched some Novation Dicer styling there, too…

Also had my eye on one of these for a while:

But, again, HOW MUCH? £40 for a hub seems a little excessive to me. But I’m tight.

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the most important it need to deserve 0,5mA on itch port :wink: