Rock Band USB hub (for us 40gb people)

[Metalheadisme]

Just though I would share this bit of info I stumbled on...

Yeah, it really sucks for us 40gb people to only have 2 usb ports for a game that requires at least 3. The only real solution is an unsightly self-powered usb hub, or so they would have you believe.

You see, transfer rate is the main advantage of usb 2.0, but those rock band instruments don't require very much bandwidth at all. More of a concern is being able to source enough current to power the things.

Well, it seems that using a bus-powered usb 1.1 hub works beautifully. Instrument operation is unaffected and the hub can power all 3 bundled instruments from one port.

So, if you have rock band and a 40gb ps3, and you are sick of having to plug your usb port in to an outlet when you use all 3 instruments, try giving a usb 1.1 hub a shot.

It's also pretty convenient to only have to plug in one item when you want to play (I keep the instruments plugged into the hub and just plug it in when I play).

Not sure if this will be the case for all 1.1 hubs (and some 2.0 bus-powered hubs might work, but they didn't for me) but I hope this helps.