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TASCAM  IF-FW/DM Owner's Manual

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It is necessary to install driver software in 

order for Windows to recognize the IF-FW/

DM. An installer is provided for this pur-

pose, the drivers cannot be installed manu-

ally from Windows Device Manager. On the 

CD-ROM that came with your IF-FW/DM 

is a PC Driver installer. Launch the installer 

from the CD or copy it to your hard drive 

and launch it from there. The installer is 

launched by clicking “setup.exe”.

NOTE

The  IF-FW/DM  should  be  disconnected  from 
the PC to begin driver installation.

1.  Launch the driver installer and carefully 

follow the on-screen instructions in the 

Installation Wizard.

2.  When presented with any Windows Logo 

warnings, click 

Continue Anyway

.

3.  Follow the steps on all screens of the 

Installation Wizard through the Windows 

“New Hardware Wizard”.

  •  You will be prompted to connect the 

IF-FW/DM  to  the  computer  at  this 

point.

4.  The New Hardware dialog will appear in 

the lower right of the Windows desktop.

5.  When presented with any Windows Logo 

warnings, click 

Continue Anyway

.

6.  Installation activity will continue in the 

New Hardware dialog in the lower right 

of the Windows desktop. Do not click on 

anything during this activity - allow it to 

finish.

7.  “Your  new  hardware  is  installed  and 

ready to use” will appear in the lower 

right of the Windows desktop.

8.  Click “Next” in the Setup/Installation 

window.

9.  The Setup/Installation window will pres-

ent a “Finished” message.  Click Exit.

10. Your IF-FW/DM is installed and ready to 

use.

Windows 64-Bit

Windows  driver  version  1.10  &  higher 

includes untested 64-bit drivers (requires 

64-bit PC hardware and 64-bit Windows 

OS). This is not officially supported.

Installation

Windows

Summary of Contents for IF-FW/DM

Page 1: ...D00830000B OWNER S MANUAL IF FW DM FireWire Interface Card...

Page 2: ...CAM IF FW DM FireWire audio card for TASCAM mixers It is designed to provide audio and MIDI interfacing between your TASCAM mixer and your computer based DAW essentially turning your TASCAM mixer into...

Page 3: ...h an IEEE 1394 FireWire Port Minimum Pentium Celeron or Pentium compatible processor 1 5 GHz or higher Recommended Pentium IV 2 GHz or higher Memory RAM 256MB or more DM 3200 Requirements The DM 3200...

Page 4: ...M 3200 software version 1 20 availability IF FW DM cards began shipping configured for the DM 3200 Please confirm your card s configuration with the following pictures and instructions then make any n...

Page 5: ...cation between the mixer and the DAW for surface control or time code the IF FW DM s MIDI port may be used as an additional MIDI port by the DAW s sequencer It can be used to connect a MIDI controller...

Page 6: ...ens of the Installation Wizard through the Windows New Hardware Wizard You will be prompted to connect the IF FW DM to the computer at this point 4 The New Hardware dialog will appear in the lower rig...

Page 7: ...O PC WDM PC or Core Audio Mac or if you need more detailed instructions to con figure your application please refer to the documentation for your application to set up an audio MIDI interface Cubase N...

Page 8: ...ROUTING screen If it becomes necessary to switch between 44 1k and 48k sample rates on the mixer the following steps are required for correct operation 1 Disconnect the FireWire cable between the DM...

Page 9: ...8 in the CH1 16 IN and CH17 24 IN tabs of the mixer s I O screen For 24 channel operation Set RETURN CH1 8 to A SLOT1 Trk1 8 FW 1 8 Set RETURN CH9 16 to B SLOT1 Trk9 16 FW 9 16 Set RETURN CH17 24 to...

Page 10: ...three sliders are Stream buffer depth Use this slider to control the size of the incoming 1394 audio stream The larger the buffer size the more latency in the audio Too small of a buffer size can intr...

Page 11: ...rs of audio through its WDM driver If you are using a DAW that can not use ASIO and you want to access all 24 channels of audio click this option It may take 1 to 2 minutes for Windows to finish recon...

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