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Re: Recomended fast USB hubs for Imac



I'm still looking for a 19" USB hub, but it seems they are hard to find... 
Not even for those big servers..

R.

On Apr 18, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Todd Matthews wrote:

> I personally wouldn't want to put the hard drive streaming samples on a 
>hub but maybe somebody else on the list has tried it successfully? I have 
>my Fireface UC on it's own usb port, the hard drive with all my audio 
>files is using the FW800 port(it's where I record to as well), then I 
>have the hub plugged into one of the usb ports. On the hub I plugged it 
>the iLok(for things like Soundtoys), external keyboard, mouse, and 
>another hard drive for periodic backup purposes.  So my non critical 
>accessories are plugged into the powered hub. 
> 
> -Todd Matthews
> On Apr 18, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Louie Angulo wrote:
> 
>> ok gang,so ive runned out of usbs in the back of my Imac,after pers
>> recomendation i also bought the soundtoys plugin bundel which is
>> absolutely awesome but requires a usb authorization stick to be
>> plugged in
>> im also moving all my native intstruments sound libraries and samples
>> to an external WD 500GB usb portable external drive.
>> ive never owned one so i dont know if there would be drawbacks and
>> disadvantages as far as speed is concerned pluging the external drive
>> into a usb extension .
>> If quality is crucial could you then recomend me a good and fast usb
>> hub for that?
>> many thanx!
>> Luis
>> 
>> -- 
>> www.luis-angulo.com
>> 
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