Re: [LAU] ESI Romio II and alsa-midi-latency-test failure

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Jan 27 2014 - 12:41:08 EET

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:03:03AM +0100, R. Mattes wrote:

> There are some devices that refuse to work with a hub (no matter
> how short the cable is). My -m-Audio Axiom 61 refuses to connect
> via a hub - a fact mentioned in the fine manual but _not_ in any
> promotional material :-(
>
> I think this is either a bug in their Usb chip firmware or some
> engineer tried to be oversmart (i.e. hubs might introduce latency/jitter
> hence we won't work with hubs).
>
> HTH Ralf Mattes

The novation Xiosynths don't appear to be happy through hubs - MIDI works, audio doesn't. Using the USB1.1 hub in my keyboard (big chunky IBM one, not cheap) the MIDI timing jitter goes from hellish to unusable.

-- 
Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
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