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To "USB" or not to "USB…that is the question

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  • September 5, 2015 at 12:34 am #2249471
    Todd Oddity
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    Get a powered hub — much less likely to crap out on you. I have a D-Link one. It was affordable, it works, and it was recommended by DJTT in an article they posted a few months back.

    As for connecting it all together – try when possible to run your audio interface directly to the computer, not through a hub. One less thing to go wrong in the chain. Everything else can be hub’ed.

    September 5, 2015 at 7:33 am #2249591
    DJ Vintage
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    USB 3.0 isn’t necessary for controllers, there is no real need for the extra bandwidth. I’d personally hook up my controller directly to USB 2.0 port, the external HD to the USB 3.0 port for optimal performance. Leaving you with one USB port free. If you plug in your wireless mouse, you’d have no more USB ports free, but no need for a hub right?

    If you do want/need more ports, like Todd said get a powered USB-hub, hook it up to the 3rd USB port (the 2.0) and put wireless mouse and whatever else you need that is less mission-critical than your controller and HD on the hub.

    September 8, 2015 at 2:39 am #2250441
    Karlton Bethea
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    Thanks for the advise, I appreciate it. I do use a Pioneer RMX 500 as well (sorry forgot to mention that). So, I use the ports on the computer for the controller and the RMX, everything else is going to be plugged into the hub.

    Thanks again,

    Karlton…

    September 9, 2015 at 2:37 pm #2251211
    DJ Vintage
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    If all your music is on your HD, I’d use the 3.0 port on the laptop for that HD, the main controller on the USB 2.0 and then the rest on the powered usb 2.0 hub. Things like wiereless mouse, RMX500 are not big bandwidth huggers. The HD on the other hand will benefit greatly from being straight on the 3.0 port. Assuming you have a 3.0 external HD, which I would recommend in that case.

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