Everything is coming along beautifully and the GP community is second to none. I’m headed down my next rabbit hole, so here goes…My current set up is a SL 88 Grand into a SL Mixface. They integrate very well with each other. The keyboard has USB B, Midi in and 2 Midi outs. The Mixface has USB A and a mini USB. Easy set up. Keyboard USB B to Mixface USB A. Mini USB to Laptop.
The mixface is great with the exception that if you change rackspace and need to make a change on the slider, I think it’s called a latch. You have to move it until it gets to the point to where it was set and then has change. So thinking down the road and expansion, I picked up a Novation Launch Control XL. And then dang, the Presonus Faderport 8 went on sale. Picked that up, also. Both only have USB B ports. How do you set them up so the computer and GP sees them. Thanks in advance. Lanny
I don’t know if I followed all the details.
But, I would explore a (powered) USB hub with the types of ports you require or USB adapters to the type you need. (My apologies if I missed the mark on the question).
Jeff
Hey Jeff, Thanks for getting back. So with the current set up I only have to use one USB cable to the computerbecause the keyboard and Mixface have the capability of daisy chaining. So I’m going to need 2 USB cables to the computer?One for the Keyboard and one for the surface controller? I have 3 USB Thunderbolt 4’s on the laptop. I have a non-powered 4 usb C hub. So it would be powering the SL88; whichever control surface; an Arturia Keylab mkiii 61; a 2TB SSD and a Tec 2 Breath controller. So a total of 5. Is that too taxing on the laptop and should I go to a powered as you suggest?
I’m intrigued by the Faderport 8 for the motorized faders moving to the correct spot for each rackspace. The adventure continues
My impression is it is always preferable to use a (truly) powered USB. I don’t think they are very expensive.
Thanks for the reply. I’m doing good to get the volume sliders working. Can you explain a little further on ‘follow hardware’ setting. What does that do? Thanks
Cool Thank you
With the follow hardware setting, you will want to move your control once after start up, so Gig Performer can sync to your button, knob, or whatever. Now, when you switch to a Rackspace with such a Widget, it will reflect your hardware state, even if you press buttons and turn knobs while a different Rackspace was active.
If you don’t enable this feature, the Widget will follow the hardware when its Rackspace is active, but if you leave the Rackspace and return to it, the Widget will be at some other starting value, depending on how the Widget was configured.
I find the feature to be especially helpful for organ controllers with drawbars, etc., where setting the organ controls is part of the performance. Here, you might adjust the drawbars live, just before enabling the organ, and and avoid any jumps that can happen when turning an out-of-sync knob.
Gotcha. Thanks. Something new
One more thing to consider. USB ports do fail. The contacts can wear or pins on the jack can short and crack from stress on the motherboard. Your laptop only has so many USB ports and repairing them is not and easy task for the uninitiated.
Using a powered USB hub relieves the wear on most ports (except the one the hub plugs into).
Just another reason for using Hubs.