I recently acquired an Access Virus T1 Desktop. I’m running Propellerhead Reason and Ableton Live on my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (with good results once I got a Bluetooth mouse) and went immediately to work to connect my Virus to my Surface. I have a Korg MicroKey 37 which connects via USB and has a internal USB hub with a single USB in – I planned to connect the microKey 37 to the single USB port on the Surface, and connect the Virus to the pass-through USB port on the microKey 37. Little did I know that the Virus would not connect behind a hub – two or three USB hubs later, I finally figured it out.
To solve my problem, I acquired a Microsoft Surface 3 Pro dock. This was expensive, but it provides multiple USB connections as well as a graphics port and powers the Surface, and is mechanically very solid. Most importantly, it connects through the Surface’s power port, leaving the USB 3 port on the upper right of the Surface free for use. The microKey 37 goes into to a USB port on the dock station, and the Virus goes into the USB port on the side of the Surface 3.
Note that the Virus will not work if connected to USB on the dock – this is likely because the dock is acting as a USB hub, and not as a USB primary controller. And so , the only USB port that the Virus can connect to is the USB 3 connector on the upper right edge of the Surface. If you were hoping to connect more than one Virus to the Surface Pro 3, I don’t think that’s going to work.
Homarne 