External USB keyboard

Hi,
Is it possible to use an external USB qwerty keyboard at the same time as I use my build in azerty keyboard?
For text etc, I like to use my azerty, but the keyboard commands on Final Cut, Photoshop etc, are more user friendly on a qwerty.
So can I use them both at the same time
(for example, use Final Cut with qwerty, and switch from "space" to send emails (with azerty))
Thanks for helping
Greetz

Someone on geekhack suggested that I try a powered hub. Having no hub available, I plugged it into the "powered" hub in the back. For now it seems to have remedied the problem. I will post again if it continues to happen.
Is your hub powered?

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