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martynjking
03-29-2004, 01:14 PM
Does anyone one know of a midi controller, that uses usb 2 yet?

my usb ports are dieing slowly due to having to much power drawn out of them, i've upgraded the psu, but i think they are just falling apart now lol
Graeme
03-29-2004, 03:58 PM
If you are overloading the USB ports, through drawing too much power, what makes you think things are going to be any better by going to USB2?

Seems to me, you should be looking at using an external power supply for the devices you already have.
nubble
04-01-2004, 05:58 AM
Doesnt USB 2 just have a bigger bandwidth compared to USB1?
Zandro
04-01-2004, 09:31 AM
USB 2.0 has a transfer rate at 480 Mbps, which is 40 times faster than USB 1.1.
bobbybanjo
04-01-2004, 11:31 AM
i don't see any gain in going to usb for midi controllers - its like people who buy 3.0ghz PC's just to use MS Word - it's not goin to make you type any faster!

i have a tascam us428 which is usb 1, it uses its own external PSU and works as an audio i/o card and midi control surface and it keeps me fine.
Graeme
04-01-2004, 03:41 PM
Originally posted by bobbybanjo
i don't see any gain in going to usb for midi controllers - its like people who buy 3.0ghz PC's just to use MS Word - it's not goin to make you type any faster!

I take the point, but it's getting harder to buy a lower clocked PC these days - the cost of technological advance :) . To be fair, many here are pushing their PC's to the limit though - I know I am - and need all the provessing power they can get.

That said, I don't really understand why anyone would particularly favour USB over a bog-standard midi port.

Originally posted by bobbybanjo
i have a tascam us428 which is usb 1, it uses its own external PSU and works as an audio i/o card and midi control surface and it keeps me fine.

I have a Yamaha 01X, currently sitting in its cardboard box. This uses, what Yamaha like to term, mLAN - which is essentially a Firewire connection. It's going to be an interesting few days when I finally take the plunge and install it. I suspect there will be a fair amount of hair-pulling and blue air around here.