USB 3.0 Hubs for general and DAW usage. What are the issues?

[Agharta]

I have a workaround as I decided to change PC and the new one uses the same Dell dock but has two ports on the tablet part of the 2-in-1 whereas the old one has none so I am two ports up. Yay.

Thanks for all the replies as it may become an issue when working without the dock.

[IvanSC]

It appears to be this one: https://www.amazon.com/Koutech-13-Port- ... B0015BR7KO

Some mixed reviews there, but it's worked for me for over five years now.

Thanks, but I need USB 3.0 as I am connecting an SSD.

Not necessary. I regularly connect a USB3 external drive via my USB2 powered hub.
Blew one of my 3 port completely and the second one is a bit iffy - mostly through my failing to allow for just how much power two external drives would pull, especially if one of them had an "optional" 5volt input socket! - so I am reduced to 1.5 working USB 2 sockets.
At the last count I had the 2 external drives, a Babyface, a wireless mouse and a couple of dongles running happily off a USB2 powered hub

[Agharta]

It appears to be this one: https://www.amazon.com/Koutech-13-Port- ... B0015BR7KO

Some mixed reviews there, but it's worked for me for over five years now.

Thanks, but I need USB 3.0 as I am connecting an SSD.

Not necessary.

It is if you want to utilise the speed of the drive which I do otherwise I'd use a HDD.

[Scoox]

I use a powered USB 3 hub in my live setup with two keyboards, a pedal to (USB) midi convertor and my USB interface all attached and have seen/heard no problems at 128 sample buffer size (the interface won't go any faster even directly connected)

I was expecting the interface to not like being driven via the hub but it seems just fine. Of course, I am only running two channels of audio.

We'd love to know what hub you are using!

[The Elf]

I use an Orico 12-input USB3 hub for all my studio synths. No problems here so far.

I wouldn't connect an AI via a hub - that always gets a dedicated input.

The Orico devices were recommended to me, and so far I'm happy with them For some reason the 12-input model seems to have disappeared from outlets.

I've just bought a 10-input Orico hub for live playing, since many laptops now feature only 1 or 2 USB ports. When I've run it in anger I'll report back.