[LAU] USB-MIDI

[R. Mattes]

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?

 cheers, RalfD
 

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R. Mattes -
Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg
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