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 TASCAM FW-1884 Setup Guide 

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Summary of Contents for FW-1884

Page 1: ...FW 1884 Professional Control Surface FireWire Audio MIDI Interface SETUP GUIDE D00756700A...

Page 2: ...7 Installing the software 8 Installation using the Windows New Hardware Wizard 8 3 Installation Mac OS 9 2 System requirements 9 Installing the software 9 Setting Up OMS Mac OS pre X only 9 4 Install...

Page 3: ...here are three main surface modes accessed through the mode keys as shown here COMPUTER MIDI CTRL and MON MIX Pressing one of these keys will light it and put the FW 1884 into the appropriate mode Alt...

Page 4: ...gital input The FW 1884 provides level pan mute and solo capabili ties for these eighteen input channels mixing them into two outputs SURROUND MONITOR BAL 1 L and 2 R Surround mixing is not possible i...

Page 5: ...o devices NOTE The FW 1884 is supplied with a 2m 6 foot cable If you wish to use a longer cable the length should not be more than 4 5m 15 feet and the cable should be the best possible quality availa...

Page 6: ...the FW 1884 Make all computer audio and MIDI connections to the FW 1884 with the power turned off See the next section for details of how to make connec tions Do not connect the FW 1884 to the comput...

Page 7: ...on My Computer on the desk top and select Properties From there select the Device Manager on the Hardware tab You should see an item labeled IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers Click the plus sign next to...

Page 8: ...ue the installation anyway and proceed 6 If you are prompted to restart your computer do so 7 You can now connect the FW 1884 to the com puter and turn it on The Windows Plug and Play system detects t...

Page 9: ...d to install OMS in order to use the FW 1884 The exception is Digital Per former which utilizes FreeMIDI The drivers support OMS and FreeMIDI independently To set up OMS with the FW 1884 1 First run t...

Page 10: ...OS X and one for OS 9 2 1 The OS X image file may be mounted directly from the CD If the TASCAM Web site has a later version download that Within the image file there are two Installer packages one to...

Page 11: ...to OUTs by pressing and holding the appropriate IN key and pressing the appropriate OUT key s 3 When complete press the ROUTE key once more to exit the routing mode NOTE The FW 1884 can merge the MIDI...

Page 12: ...outputs Next the master fader can be set to control the level of the two analog outputs in monitor mix mode if this is turned off default the master fader affects the master stereo buss level inside...

Page 13: ...d for this purpose The coaxial digital audio output can be used as an independent stereo output or can duplicate the first two analog outputs After make these connections set the word clock appropriat...

Page 14: ...the clock source and sampling fre quency When the sync source is being correctly received from the selected source the CLOCK status indicator lights steadily A fast flashing status indicator shows a d...

Page 15: ...TASCAM FW 1884 Setup Guide 15 Notes...

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