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TASCAM  IF-FW/DM Owner's Manual

 

 

Setup

1. Select Audio under the Options menu
2. Click  the  Drivers  tab  and  enable  the 

desired Inputs and Outputs

3. Click the General tab and select IF-FW/

DM devices for the Playback and Record 

Timing Masters

4. Click on Wave Profiler (run this any time 

you change anything in this window)

5. Click on Yes to profile the interface. The 

sample rate corresponding to the sample 

rate set on the mixer will show “OK”.  

Other sample rates will show “not avail-

able”. Close this window

6. Click OK

SONAR

IF-FW/DM Interface Setup

Below are brief instructions for setting up 

common DAW software applications to use 

the IF-FW/DM interface. If your application 

is not covered here, but does support ASIO 

(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 / Nuendo

1. Select Device Setup under the Devices 

menu

2. Select VST Multitrack

3. Select ASIO IFFWDM under the ASIO 

Driver pulldown

4. Click Apply then click OK

Logic

1. Under the Logic menu, select Preferences 

> Audio Hardware & Drivers

2. Ensure that Core Audio is checked and 

click the triangle on the left to expand the 

window

3. Select the IF-FW/DM in the Driver pull-

down

4. Click OK

1. Under the Setup menu, select Configure 

Audio  System  >  Configure  Hardware 

Driver

2. Highlight the IF-FW/DM to make it the 

selected Core Audio device for DP

3. Configure  the  Buffer  Size  and  Host 

Buffer Multiplier according to your 

Mac’s 

capabilities. Generally, less powerful Macs 

will require higher settings

4. Click OK

Digital Performer

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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