Here's my situation: I am using an MBox with a laptop computer. The laptop has only two usb ports, and one firewire port. I have an external USB hard drive that I use to record to, and everything works fine, no latency, hiccups etc..
My laptop does not have a PS/2 port for a mouse, so when I do music, I have to unplug the mouse to make way for the Mbox and hard drive, and its a pain using the mouse pad for delicate musical surgery in Protools.
I also want to buy a USB Midi Keyboard to play my softsynth software. See where this is going? I'm way out of USB ports.
My question is, if I get a powered USB hub, will this be able to handle an Mbox, external hard drive, mouse, and midi keyboard at the same time? Should I get a firewire hard drive to get that out of the chain?
Just wondering about other people's experiences using a USB hub for attaching all the recording equipment.
My laptop does not have a PS/2 port for a mouse, so when I do music, I have to unplug the mouse to make way for the Mbox and hard drive, and its a pain using the mouse pad for delicate musical surgery in Protools.
I also want to buy a USB Midi Keyboard to play my softsynth software. See where this is going? I'm way out of USB ports.
My question is, if I get a powered USB hub, will this be able to handle an Mbox, external hard drive, mouse, and midi keyboard at the same time? Should I get a firewire hard drive to get that out of the chain?
Just wondering about other people's experiences using a USB hub for attaching all the recording equipment.