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M2 hookup to keyboard / SOLVED!

LinearLinemanLinearLineman
edited August 12 in General App Discussion

Edit: @McD solved it for me. The USB C input is for the power cable. The hp goes into the audio input and the keyboard into a USB A.

Original post:

I have not been able to get Cubasis to record from my Kawai Novus. Here are pictures and details…

The hub is an Anker 100w hub.
The charger is an Anker 20w
The keyboard is plugged into a USB A slot on the hub.
The iPad dings when I plug in the USB C cable from the charger to the iPad
Headphones are not plugged in as I need a 1/8” jack to USB A cable (only one USB C slot on hub.

Btw, the cable does not make the satisfying click like the Apple charger and Apple hp dongle do.


Very thankful, once again, for ABF and a bunch of frieilling to advise. Thx!

Comments

  • uncledaveuncledave
    edited August 11

    Hi. Just a couple of questions and suggestions. The "new" USB-C world is not really very different from the "old" USB world. The magic of power delivery to the iPad over the same connection is the biggest difference. With Lightning, we needed a dongle to both power and connect.

    Are you trying to record from your old iPad? Or what is the source you're trying to record from?

    Usually the short cable hardwired to the hub is the host port, so it needs to go directly to whichever computer or iPad is going to control the USB system. It looks like you've connected it to the charger, which won't work.

    Is your hub a USB-C hub with a Power Delivery port? Or is it a traditional USB hub? If it's USB-C, the attached host cable needs to go to the iPad, and the charger needs to connect to the special PD port on the hub. You then use the other USB data ports for other gear.

    (A long time ago, we had Ethernet hubs, which were just that. They had a bunch of identical ports that were connected in parallel. A "USB hub" is not really a "hub". It's more like a port expander, and there's only one way to hook it up.)

    Also, 20 watts sounds a little small to power/charge the iPad and power any connected peripherals.

  • LinearLinemanLinearLineman
    edited August 12

    @thx @uncledave i tried using the extended cable from the hub first and it didn’t work. It says it needs a charger but was not included. Where would you plug in a charger?

    It seems like it gets the power from the laptop.

    The hub is 100 watts. The charger 20 watts. What would you recommend instead. I need two usb c ports.

  • uncledaveuncledave

    Hi. I know you've solved this, but for anyone wondering. These USB-C hubs have a USB-C port explicitly marked for USB-C Power Delivery (PD). In your pic, it's the last one on the left. This port can only be used to connect an adapter which will power the hub, and supply power to the host computer. It is not a data port. If an adapter is not connected, the hub gets power from the host. The hub is rated at 100 W, meaning that it can accept an adapter rated at up to 100 W. The required adapter size depends on what the hub needs (should be documented), the connected devices, and what the iPad needs to maintain charge.

  • McDMcD
    edited August 12

    I have this setup but with a 100W adapter.

    I recently switched to a Hub that supports an add-on NVMe SSD card. I added a 1TB for fast external storage.

    My new hub is this one:

    I added a 1TB for fast external storage.

    Of course, I now must use an Apple USB-C audio adapter on the one available USB-C port on the new hub. For the same settings the Apple adapter is louder than the Anker’s audio port.

    I can also add extra USB-A devices like keyboards, LaucnControl XL, etc. I Velcro the hub to the backside of Apple’s SmartKeyboard

    I also daisy chained the Anker off of the OseTub hub and tha Anker’s Audio port works as a headphone adapter but I didn’t n’t need the extra ports or weight.

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