Two Keyboards?

[Pulque]

Anybody out there using two keyboards simultaneously, one PS2, one USB? I want to have a "remote" in my live room. It seems to be accepted wisdom that USB=bad as far as Pro Tools goes, anybody care to elaborate on why? Thanks in advance.

[Mr_Seven]

USB is just as good as PS2 for PT. Wireless is the only possible issue with a keyboard. I've had two keyboards plugged in and operating with ps2/usb and they worked fine.

[marknolan]

The deal/problem with usb is that it consumes a fair amount more of pc-power-juice than ps/2. If you can spare the overhead generated by usb - have fun! I need all the power availible for my plugins etc.

Thats just my opinion on it all...

Hey, Merry christmas to all!

Mark

[LurkerAtTheThreshold]

You won't have any problems. If you use the USB as the remote keyboard you'll need a USB extender cable. I've never noticed a decrease in performance from using a USB keyboard.

[marknolan]

Hello All! sorry for my comment... I was talking about USB Mice of course!!! It's time that i get a break from working... USB Mice caused a great deal of Performance-Sucking! Never tried USB Keyboards though!

Sorry for the wrong information...

Mark

[Pulque]

Thanks to all for the replies. I haven't bought my USB keyboard yet, but just for fun I pulled the USB->PS2 adaptor off of my mouse, plugged it into the USB port and re-ran my DaveC and D-Verb tests. No difference whatsoever. I do have a pretty bumping system, though (AMD XP 3200+, 1 Gb RAM). Maybe older machines will take more of a hit from the USB mouse...