Re: [LAU] USB-MIDI

From: Brendan Jones <brendan.jones.it@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Feb 09 2013 - 01:31:11 EET

On 02/08/2013 09:55 AM, R. Mattes wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:24:06 +0100, Brendan Jones wrote
>> On 02/07/2013 10:56 AM, R. Mattes wrote:
>
>>> I use an M-Audio Axiom whose USB implementation has one serious
>>> bug: it _only_ works with a direct (i.e. no-hub) connection between
>>> keyboard and host controller (a documented _feature_ of the device. Yes,
>>> it's mentioned in the manual ...). Sometimes that can be a nasty
>>> showstopper when used with laptops/netbooks with limited USB ports.
>>> Even worse, the USB ports on my IBM's docking station look like an
>>> USB hub to the device - no way to have the keyboard hooked up to the
>>> docking station (and that was one reason to buy the dock in the first place)
>
>> Really? My M-Audio Axiom 25 works flawlessly through a hub (2006
>> model)
>
> Luky you. Never worked here - and see the following from their user guide,
> Section 1.2 Setup, page 5:
>
> "USB hubs are not supported. M-Audio suggests that you connect directly
> to one of your computer’s built in USB ports."
>
> Do you have any other gear connected to you hub while you use your
> Axiom?
>
Nothing with has huge throughput (wireless keyboard/mouse). Occasionally
a second MIDI controller (Akai MPK)
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