[LAU] USB-MIDI

[Brendan Jones]

On 02/07/2013 10:56 AM, R. Mattes wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:57:31 +0000, Q wrote
>> On 06/02/13 22:22, Al Thompson wrote:
>>> On 02/06/2013 03:43 PM, Folderol wrote:
>>>> Does anyone have any experience of using a MIDI-over-USB dumb keyboard?
>>>> Does it need special drivers or can I just plug it in and have it
> automatically
>>>> found by my machine?
>>>>
>>>
>>> If it's a simple class-compliant controller, it will just show up.  If
>>> it has a bunch of features built-in, or isn't class-compliant, it could
>>> be a different story.  I've used an M-Audio Oxygen, and it worked fine.
>>> But I also tried an Alesis, and it didn't work so well.
>>
>> I've used both an Edirol PC-50 and an M-Audio Keystation 88ES and
>> both worked flawlessly.
>
> In general, I'd agree - jut onbe word of caucion:
>
> 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).
>
>   HTH Ralf Mattes

Really? My M-Audio Axiom 25 works flawlessly through a hub (2006 model)