usb ports & midi controller

[jonev]

I want to add some usb ports to my laptop as it only has 3 and i could do with quite a few more for my equipment.Does anybody know what the best products on the market are i bought a tacky cheap one off amazon and its comapletely useless and i was just wondering if there is anything that specializes adding usb ports for music equipment.Also im looking to buy my first midi controller and want one for production purposes not djing.cheers

[Guff Tong]

Best to get as powered USB hub.

Ive been using this one for ages:

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... 8wIwADgA#p

In fact now have 2