Re: Recomended fast USB hubs for Imac

[Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com>]

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
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