Groovepusher Sly Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 If I'm supposed to be able to connect 127 Firewire/USB devices to my computer, how come (especially for the music industry) no one makes rackmountable Firewire and USB hubs? It could have 6 Firewire, and 6 USB, with a real power supply and power cord. A couple of extra ports on the front. Kinda like a Z-systems lightpipe patchbay. I'd rather have all my stuff in a rack, instead of a bunch of little boxes with AC adapters. Comments? Sly Whasineva ehaiz, ehissgot ta be Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovepusher Sly Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 Ye olde BUMP Whasineva ehaiz, ehissgot ta be Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 they do. they are expensive, like $200 a rack for 16 holes f/b let me look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 google search "firewire panel" http://www.bryant-broadcast.co.uk/c2/uploads/LC%20FW116.jpg like the third one down or so tht ones european, but i have seen tons af US sites with similar and different stuff. pricey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovepusher Sly Posted February 11, 2004 Author Share Posted February 11, 2004 Thanks, I never would have thought to search for "panels". Must be European terminology. I'l check it out, thanks again. Sly Whasineva ehaiz, ehissgot ta be Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovepusher Sly Posted February 11, 2004 Author Share Posted February 11, 2004 That's what I was looking for. I'll be rebuilding my recording setup soon, and I'm counting the number of Firewire stuff I might have plugged up at one time. I also recently had to get behind my Mac to plug something in and, I thought "patchbay". The Bryant patchbay appears to be a 1 to 1 configuration so that means you would need short patch cables on the front. So it doesn't really work like a "hub", maybe they'll come up with some different combinations. Sly Whasineva ehaiz, ehissgot ta be Funky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 the reason i knew about them is that i was seriously looking into them too. i have a "sneaker drive" that is a firewire drive going between 4 computers in my studio for offline stuff. like, if i need to render 4 hours of band footage which will take 24 hours i can get my edits done on the A mac, put the whole session on that drive, and transfer that drive to another computer to render. this way i can still have my A mac running all the time. also i use the drive to move sessins around the macs and PCs here, and across town. this is all a PITA right now for me because i have my computers in quiet boxes with firewire ports in the back of the computer. opening up the box and manuevering back there sucks so i am looking for a better way. the rack panel would work, but would be overkill for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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