Are there any MIDI hubs that use USB instead of MIDI DIN? I know about the MioX series, but I was hoping for something in the MIDIHub or Retrokits size. It’d be great if I could find a small box to link all my USB MIDI devices together without needing my iPad for routing and such.
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The retrokits rk-005 has a USB host port that can take a usb hub. Anything plugged into that hub gets sent everywhere else.
It’s no longer available, but perhaps the rk-006 can do the same trick?
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Some of the devices listed here support USB hubs.
Looks like it can. Emailed them to find out of the 2 inputs only applies to MIDI DIN or if it’s also for USB.
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Maybe the MuMidi HubLink?
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I have a ZeroW somewhere. Maybe I’ll try it with that and a hub.
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It’s a neat idea, but I absolutely hate devices with the plugs on-top, and it’s way more than I need. I had a MioXL I just got rid of, so I’m def. not trying to replace it with something of that size.
RetroKits RK-006 certainly supports USB hubs and routes MIDI between several USB devices.
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Not really small, but this with a USB hub will do the trick, if you can get past the somewhat dense UI.
https://www.iconnectivity.com/products/audio/iconnectaudio4plus
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@slicetwo What about something like a BomeBox?
The usb host port supports hubs, and theres a plethera of other toys if you want/need them, including be your midi router.
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I had a MioXL. It was great.
How many usb in can it do?
Akai MPC One 
On a more serious note: If using Linux is not a dealbreaker for you, you could use a Rasberry Pi (or any other device capable of running linux…) for this task. You just need the Pi, a USB hub with as many ports as you wish and this script: Raspberry Pi as a "no hassle" Midi host - LinuxMusicians
The script will automatically connect all the midi devices with each other, so you only need to plug in the USB cables and set the channels accordingly.
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Mode Machines Cerebel. There’s one on Reverb now, I believe.
I can use about 3-4 devices no problem using a pretty nice power usd hub.
But past that it runs into drop out issues and hanging notes in my setup
up to 5 AFAIK.
i tried myself 4 (two grooveboxes + two controllers) and it worked.
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Cool. I took a look at the website editor. Looks like filtering is a bit basic. I’ve been using AUM for my midi filtering, and it’s pretty robust and flexible.
