Weird keyboard extension issue.

i need to do this FAST. shipping anything would be bad, i'm in the middle of building my recording studio and i'm hung up.
what i'm trying to do:
besides the keyboard/mouse hooked up to my Sawtooth G4 with 9.x i want to run a SECOND keyboard/mouse through the wall using a wall plate, into my vocal booth. the wall plate i have, has a FEMALE usb input on the back. This means i need about an 11-14ft regular male A to male A usb cable. I CAN"T FIND ONE ANYWHERE!
i can't do wireless (from what i've read) cuz i'm in os9. otherwise i would.
HERE is my latest idea, that i think i will try. . . will this work?
buy a proper length male A to male B cable(at my local Staples). then use one of these female B to female A adaptors in place of whats on the wall plate.
http://www.vpi.us/usb-gender.html
maybe if i can find the proper length extender i can take out the adaptor in my wall plate, and somehow glue the new cable in there, and make it look nice.
any suggestions QUICK!

Hi, Michael -
In theory, what you propose should work.
However, you may be pushing the limit for cable length -
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31116
There are ways around that. One is to use an active extender cable, such as one like this -
http://www.usbgear.com/usa/item_49.html
It is best to eliminate connections wherever possible - each connection is a possible source of corrosion or dirt, which can cause noise; or fault, which can cause loss of connection.

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