Monday, April 19, 2010

Novation Launchpad


so, have you seen this thing? it's freaking nuts. you can do literally anything with it, as long as you have a spare usb port.
unfortunately, when i bought my macbook pro 13", i didn't realise (okay, i did realise, but i bought it anyway) that it only has 2 usb ports.
which are for the most part, both taken up by a left and right pioneer cdj when im out.
leaving a grand total of 0 usb ports at my disposal. so, bye bye novation launch pad possibility :( would have been a good effects pad.
so my options are...
A) trade up to either a 15" or 17" macbook pro. gay. too big.
B) buy a usb to firewire convertor. i have a spare firewire port, but i know these convertors don't exists, so i'm not sure why i've listed it as an option
C) find a similar effects pad that uses firewire instead of usb. which i have already been looking for.... for months... and months
D) learn to juggle sharp knives; crowd will be distracted and won't notice the lack of mind blowing effects

2 comments:

  1. Dude - you just need to buy, like a 6 port USB hub to extend the number of ports for your musical wowness.

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  2. i did try to hub the two pioneer cdj900's from one port, and the end result was similar to pooing in my laptop. it totally screwed both soundcards up. although now i do have a slightly better understanding of how soundcards are installed, i should probably try it again :)

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