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Reloop Jockey 3 Remix and Mac USB 3.0 issue

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  • July 21, 2014 at 8:47 am #2044523
    Terry_42
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    The Jockey 3 Remix was build with a special protocol in place as this was necessary to circumvent some loopholes that are actually there because of Traktor (or Native Instruments if you will).
    Hence it is one of the rare controllers that actually needs a driver on the Mac. Now the driver protocol relies heavily on the USB 2 protocol and thus it seems there is no fix for USB 3 Macs (or PCs for that matter) other than a powered USB 2 hub.

    So this is due to design and as far as we can tell working as intended.
    All newer reloop controllers (Terminal Mix 8, Beatmix 2 and 4,…) run nicely on USB 3, but they are mainly build for Serato of course.

    So what you would like to do is a little bit up to you.
    I would actually not worry much about a USB 2 hub, a 10 bucks tool that can fix my problems is an easy fix and when you decide to upgrade to another controller the problem will go away by itself. Also USB 2 is more than fast enough for midi and the hub will give you added possibilities (like charging your phone while DJing hehe).

    July 21, 2014 at 9:23 pm #2044686
    Jesus Perez
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    Thanks so much for replying.

    As far as I have understood, there is no solution on the way. What I cannot understand is how Reloop could release this product in 2013 with such a problem, taking into account the Macs have the USB 3.0 since 2012 and the problem was already known from Jockey ME.

    At least Native Instruments announced they are working close with Apple to fix the S4 as soon as possible, but Reloop says nothing.

    I need to think about it because I would really like to get the Mac but I really dont like the hub because that means an extra device plus cables plus an extra plug . There ase still many Pcs which come with one USB 2.0.

    If somebody else has any other idea/oppinion please let me know.

    Thanks!

    Jesus

    July 22, 2014 at 8:48 am #2044829
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Well the Jockey 3 Remix is basically the same hardware as the Jockey 3 ME just with pimped knobs and firmware and any Traktor controller is running into this problem (see the more expensive 4Trak).

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