VS100 - Can it be bus-powered?

My thought is if it doesn't say anything about it, it probably requires a separate power source. It would be truly awesome if it can be either bus powered or even battery powered. Perhaps battery power is asking too much?

ORIGINAL: doncolga

I'm sure it's got to use it's own power for what it's doing. Even if it could, I'd still power it on it's own anyway.

Well, right, but I don't know if you're getting the point. I can fit my laptop, an Oxygen 8, and a Fast Track Pro on a table at a coffee shop, or under a bridge, or in the back of a van riding to the show, and it'll all run for at least a few hours without any external power.

They're touting it as a portable music production workstation, and that's probably the biggest reason I want it.

I've done some of my best composition when I've been nowhere near my studio, and I'm hoping the VS100 fits into that role perfectly. Not only as a replacement for the aforementioned Fast Track Pro, but a very sharp improvement.

ORIGINAL: headwerkn

Certainly a motorised fader won't work on USB bus power... stuff like the Faderport can be bus powered but it disables the fader motor... those things just draw too much current.

Well, yeah. Most certainly. I wouldn't mind that one bit either. :)

The Steinberg CC121 for Cubase that was mentioned in another thread does that same thing. The motorized fader stops operating when it's running on the bus-power. Granted, the CC121 can't do nearly as much as the VS100 can, and I'm not a fan of Cubase. So, yeah.

Regardless, I do still think the VS100 looks absolutely fantastic, I just want to know this answer, for sure.

Yeah, after all this time, I'm doubting it.

Ah well, the device is still pretty cool and useful, I'd say.

i have a fireface 400 and while i can use the bus power , it's alwayz better to use a power suply than the mother board power !! , it's way more stable and don't forget that the clock generated is a function of the input voltage stability in time ...
So for me it's not important as i will certainly use it (if i take one ) plugged ....

Hi,

Sorry, it cannot be bus powered. However I am told there are some 3rd party battery options which are available. I don't have any detailed info on them though so I'll have to post back with some links once I'm provided the information. (These battery options are of the type generally used with video equipment).

Also food and drink are not a loud on the bus. Well maybe drink if it is in a closed container. Use your own power source and don't disturb others. There are now federal laws that control bus drivers sometimes. SJO.

The joys of field-recording...

"Well, an additional attached battery kind of defeats the purpose a little, I think."

I guess that's true if your purpose is to defy physics.

Power has to be borrowed from somewhere.

FWIW all the cafes in my town have ample wall outlets.

The batteries in the photo above is part of my portable kit when I take my laptop out for field work.

best,
mike

I'm with you... FWIW... that photo that Rolf posted... I was that guy once.

For three years I carried a Sony BVW35 on a frame pack:



I wouldn't have thought to mention it but the photo Rolf posted jolted my mind.

At one point I found myself britches deep in mud hiking in the middle of the everglades with the deck on my back, a 416 in my hand, and a 26 pin umbilical to the photographer.

I realized that when I was kid I dreamed of doing this but had abandoned it as an impossible dream... and yet somehow I was there... britches deep in mud.

On another note I took my nephews hiking yesterday... we happened upon a birdwatcher with a parabolic mic and a mini disc rig... very portable.

I'd love to have a cool little travel jam system as well. Have you looked at the Korg nano stuff? It might make a good compliment to the VS-100.

best,
mike