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TASCAM

TEAC Professional Division

Version 3.0 Edition

Universal Serial Bus
Digital Audio Workstation Controller

OWNER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for US-428

Page 1: ...TASCAM TEAC Professional Division Version 3 0 Edition Universal Serial Bus Digital Audio Workstation Controller OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...d YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN and YELLOW The wire which is coloured BLUE must be conne...

Page 3: ...arking label If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home consult your product dealer or local power company For products intended to operate from battery power or other sources refer...

Page 4: ...tic Tuner 25 6 Interfacing with your Audio Software 26 6 1 Selecting the US 428 as your Audio Device 26 6 1 1 Audio Control Panel 26 6 1 2 ASIO Control Panel 26 6 1 3 VST Remote 27 6 2 Setting the Sam...

Page 5: ...Emulation 65 9 Technical Support 67 9 1 Troubleshooting 67 9 1 Troubleshooting FAQs 68 9 2 Tech Support Contacts 69 9 3 Software Downloads 69 9 4 Programming the US 428 69 Appendix A MIDI Implementati...

Page 6: ...an S PDIF digital input Outputs include a pair of unbalanced line outputs on RCA connectors S PDIF output and separate headphone output The US 428 also features two independent MIDI I O ports allowing...

Page 7: ...other currently supported applications are also described in section eight of this manual As support is added for additional applications we will be posting up to date news and details on our website...

Page 8: ...nd LEDs 6 REC and SELECT LEDs 7 REC and SELECT switches 8 CHANNEL faders 9 MASTER fader 10 MIDI and USB Status LEDs 11 LINE OUT and HEADPHONES Level Controls 12 AUX 1 through 4 Select Switches 13 User...

Page 9: ...2 PHONES jack 23 OUTPUT L R jacks 24 INPUT C and D 25 LINE MIC GUITAR switch 26 INPUT A and B 27 POWER switch 28 POWER jack 29 USB jack 30 MIDI Out 1 and 2 31 MIDI In 1 and 2 32 Digital In and Out 33...

Page 10: ...itch toggles mute or solo status for selected channel MUTE LED when illuminated indicates mute status of selected channel When SOLO LED is on the associated channel s MUTE LED s indicate solo status w...

Page 11: ...nd of EQ in the host program s internal EQ up to a maximum of four bands EQ HI MID selects the upper midrange band of EQ in the host program s internal EQ up to a maximum of four bands EQ LO MID selec...

Page 12: ...headphone output 23 OUTPUT L R jacks unbalanced RCA analog audio output of stereo bus 24 INPUT C and D unbalanced analog inputs C and D 25 LINE MIC GUITAR switch switches between line level and Hi Z...

Page 13: ...nd implementation between computers Chipsets are also a concern with USB audio We ve found that the most dependable motherboards are ones which utilize Intel based chipsets You can determine your chip...

Page 14: ...drives are suggested 3 2 Installation Because the US 428 is a USB device connection is pretty straightforward Simply plug the USB cable into the US 428 and the other end into your computer Make certai...

Page 15: ...n Click the Setup button The Welcome dialog box will appear Click the Next button The driver files will be installed to your hard drive In some cases Add Hardware Wizard may ask for the file US428WDM...

Page 16: ...e a new USB device and start the Add New Hardware wizard Choose Search for a suitable driver for my device and press Next Enter the path where the drivers are stored and press OK After Windows finds t...

Page 17: ...ort Ports 1 and 2 correspond to the US 428 s physical MIDI ports US 428 Control is the virtual MIDI port with which the US 428 and its control surface communicate with your host application Once OMS s...

Page 18: ...indle rate over 7200 RPM is recommended for most audio applications Using different drives for program and audio data speeds up the seek time for the audio track data Note that simply partitioning a l...

Page 19: ...basis usually once every millisecond This can lead to dropouts clicks pops and other artifacts in your audio We strongly suggest unplugging any non essential USB devices while recording with the US 4...

Page 20: ...into one of the four LINE INPUTS A through D If you wish to plug in a guitar bass or other high impedance source simply use input C or D and move the sliding switch next to the input connector to the...

Page 21: ...l clip not a desirable sound If the input level is too low then the dynamic range that the US 428 s A D s are capable of is not being used and the signal will be closer to the noise floor than it need...

Page 22: ...nel which displays the current status of the INPUT MONITOR section NOTE E 4 4 Monitor vs Master Level It s important to make a distinction between MONITOR LEVEL control and level of the stereo bus out...

Page 23: ...ions it s recommended that you leave the default US 428 Native selection The Master Fader always sends changes in position via MIDI It can also be used to make the US 428 itself change the output leve...

Page 24: ...be adjusted Smaller buffer sizes will result in lower latency but requires a faster system About Buffer Sizing The US 428 driver temporarily stores input and output audio samples in buffers Larger bu...

Page 25: ...t to a number between 430 and 450 cycles per second As you play the detected note will be displayed below the Tuning lights A or E for example If the note is sharp the Sharp arrow and a Tuning light t...

Page 26: ...ons specific to Cubasis or your digital audio software of choice please refer to the User Manual for the program for further detail 6 1 Selecting the US 428 as your Audio Device 6 1 1 Audio Control Pa...

Page 27: ...the US 428 Control Panel see illustration 6 03 6 2 Setting the Sample Rate and Bit Depth The US 428 supports sample rates of 44 1kHz and 48kHz In the Audio Control Panel select the pull down menu for...

Page 28: ...s in Cubasis on the transport bar are not enabled or if so that they are enabled at the desired locate points Press the RECORD button on the US 428 Cubasis will issue a one or two bar countoff dependi...

Page 29: ...orks by toggling the status of the MUTE switches to SOLO mode When the SOLO button is pressed and the SOLO LED is lit the MUTE buttons act as SOLO buttons soloing the selected channel s See illustrati...

Page 30: ...s a continuous controller and is capable of a variety of functions In Cubasis when an AUX LED is illuminated the level of the selected AUX Send is controlled via the DATAWHEEL When no AUX LED s are se...

Page 31: ...the transport stopped 6 10 ASIO2 Direct Monitoring Some audio programs that can use ASIO 2 for audio input and output such as Steinberg s Cubase VST support a feature called Direct Monitoring This le...

Page 32: ...tware s controls perform MIDI I O or record or play back audio Likewise many software applications don t expect that devices will be removed while the program is running So make sure to exit your audi...

Page 33: ...reate a unique folder for each song or project as audio WAV files can accumulate very quickly on your hard disk and keeping them organized can get pretty complicated Once you ve enabled your tracks yo...

Page 34: ...the source in sync with the previously recorded tracks 7 4 Mixdown You can control the mix of the channels you ve recorded via the US 428 Make certain you ve got the correct bank selected the small on...

Page 35: ...ves EQ and FX settings and changes panning etc can all be recorded into Cubasis automated mixer settings To play back the automated mix select Read on the mixer panel You can play back existing mix mo...

Page 36: ...virtually all Windows and MacOS compatible applications Even those applications which do not support the US 428 as a controller can still use the US 428 as an audio MIDI interface Since the US 428 s...

Page 37: ...he most current version Installing under Cubase 5 0 and later Open the Cubase application From the OPTIONS pulldown menu choose REMOTE SETUP SETUP o Under REMOTE select US 428 o Select US 428 CONTROL...

Page 38: ...ROL Under the Options Remote Setup menu select SETUP and in the resulting VST REMOTE dialog select the US 428 and US 428 CONTROL PORT for the INPUT and OUTPUT communication Under the OPTIONS AUDIO SET...

Page 39: ...se one of the US 428 s ASIO drivers 16 or 24 bit as the device Note these parameters save with the song and are not globally remembered You will need to save the song as DEF ALL if you want the OMS MI...

Page 40: ...VST MULTITRACK In the ASIO DRIVER pull down menu select ASIO US 428 16 or 24 bit driver Highlight DEFAULT MIDI PORTS Select US 428 MIDI 1 or 2 from the INPUT and OUTPUT drop down menus From the DEVICE...

Page 41: ...rst install Pro Tools Free and OMS if you re on a Mac as described in the ProTools document PT FREE Quick Start Guide pdf that comes with the Pro Tools Free download Make sure that Pro Tools Free is w...

Page 42: ...nd 10 general purpose keys The Pro Tools interface for this device maps all these controls onto Pro Tools features Since the US 428 has a different but similar set of controls the Pro Tools CS 10 prot...

Page 43: ...GH NULL CONTROLS In using the US 428 with Pro Tools the physical faders and rotary control positions at times will not match their on screen counterparts When you move a control like a level fader pan...

Page 44: ...sends A through E See the summary at the end for details Hold the SET button while moving a knob for finer control On screen you can select any plug in and display its settings The track for the plug...

Page 45: ...when in scrub or shuttle mode Again the Pro Tools documentation has much more details about using a MIDI controller for such functions Check it out ZOOM SCROLL EDIT Several key commands listed in the...

Page 46: ...hen you click Input on the left the available input devices appear on the right Click on US 428 to select it as the Sound Manager input device Below it are two choices for Input Source either A B or C...

Page 47: ...nstead of the Mac s Built in sources but it doesn t let you select between the US 428 s A B and C D input pairs To do this go to the US 428 control panel s System tab There you will find a field label...

Page 48: ...f not you can copy them from the US 428 folder on the Desktop which was created during installation Open the US 428 Control Panel Apple menu Select US 428 NATIVE from the pulldown menu Open Digital Pe...

Page 49: ...d pressing a SELECT button toggles the record enable state for that track SET REC clears all record enabled tracks The MUTE buttons control both mute and solo status of a track When the SOLO LED is un...

Page 50: ...e Mixer window to front back F2 Toggle Track Overview window to front back F3 Cycle through the open windows SET F1 Enter Insert Parameter mode SET F2 Save open file SET F3 Close the front window GAIN...

Page 51: ...ve it This gives you simultaneous access to four consecutive parameters These knobs also respond to holding the SET button for faster changes Pressing SET NULL will toggle the bypass for the selected...

Page 52: ...ion Configuration should be set to All It is not possible to enable disable automation on a track by track basis Note that using the SELECT button when in a touch mode touches all the tracks automatio...

Page 53: ...y TASCAM they have been an overwhelmingly popular download on the US 428 Users Page and we have included them on the CD with the author s permission You can also find them on our website and we sugges...

Page 54: ...ntrols that Reason can understand namely 33 faders 96 knobs and 71 buttons Please see separate documentation on this control protocol for details on its use If you intend to control Reason s master mi...

Page 55: ...ions menu make sure that Enable MIDI Remote Mapping is checked or select it once if it isn t This lets control surface input affect the Reason controls To set up the mapping between US 428 buttons fad...

Page 56: ...identify it and map it to the Reason control the you previously selected You can select OK and now Reason s screen will show the channel number and controller note number over the newly mapped screen...

Page 57: ...ote that if you change the setting in the US 428 you will have to update the setting in the B4 the next time you start the program Failure to do this will result in noise Under Audio Routing click the...

Page 58: ...ous controls operate as before and the EQ switches and controls also allow these settings With EQ High activated GAIN TREBLE SLOW FREQ TREBLE FAST Q TREBLE ACCEL PAN TREBLE TONE With EQ Hi Mid activat...

Page 59: ...upport for the US 428 If you are a Cool Edit user you can still run the US 428 as a high quality audio and MIDI interface even now And since Syntrillium expects to release the next update very soon ch...

Page 60: ...private individuals sharing their knowledge and creativity voluntarily if you need to contact any of the individuals listed here or on the Users Page be considerate of their time and their generosity...

Page 61: ...leasing the button sends a Note On message with a velocity of 0 The SOLO button acts like a shift modifier key for the MUTE buttons Pressing the SOLO button SOLO LED is lit causes the MUTE buttons to...

Page 62: ...e currently lit SELECT LED If S represents the currently lit SELECT LED number then the PAN knob sends MIDI controller 7 S 32 B Again the B here means the Bank number minus 1 This means that moving th...

Page 63: ...er LOCATE buttons and transport buttons All of these global controls are transmitted on MIDI channel 2 of the US 428 control port as opposed to all the bank related controls which transmit on channel...

Page 64: ...is held down A turn one click to the left would send a MIDI value of 60 or 63 is SET is held down The result makes changing banks seamless to the user Initialization When one of these protocols is fir...

Page 65: ...s Once again an important reminder Support for the following applications is offered by the individuals who have created these controller maps Please bear in mind that these are private individuals sh...

Page 66: ...ve said your best and most current source of information on the US 428 is the TASCAM website Linked to the US 428 Downloads page you ll find driver updates compatibility information troubleshooting d...

Page 67: ...see US 428 Port 1 US 428 Port 2 US 428 Control In CONTROL PANEL MULTIMEDIA select the DEVICES tab Under AUDIO DEVICES you should see Audio for US 428 Under MIDI DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTS you should see...

Page 68: ...ind a much more detailed FAQ document on the US 428 CD ROM The FAQ is also updated on a regular basis so we suggest you check the TASCAM website for the current version Q I don t see the US 428 in Cub...

Page 69: ...l If you ve got a hardware or other problem and need to speak to us you ll find a full list of contacts for TASCAM worldwide on our website 9 3 Software Downloads Since US 428 support is continually e...

Page 70: ...hrough After Touch Keys Channels X X X X Through Pitch Bender X X Through Control Change X X Through Program Change True X X Through System Exclusive X X Through System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune X...

Page 71: ...DI controller and sysex messages will be used to communicate between the host and US 428 In many cases the commands transmitted by the US 428 are identical to those generated by the JL Cooper CS 10 co...

Page 72: ...down BF 14 7F o Button up BF 14 00 TRANSPORT_STOP o Button down BF 15 7F o Button up BF 15 00 TRANSPORT_PLAY o Button down BF 16 7F o Button up BF 16 00 TRANSPORT_REC o Button down BF 17 7F o Button...

Page 73: ...o move each of the faders to agree with the application s virtual fader levels When the user releases NULL the application sends REC and SELECT LED update messages which will cause them to revert to t...

Page 74: ...bank of eight channels There are two LED s adjacent to the Bank L and Bank R switches which indicate that pressing the button will cause the application software to switch to the next lower or higher...

Page 75: ...F0 4E UNIT 12 0A STATE F7 3 UPDATE_EQ_LOMID_LED F0 4E UNIT 12 0B STATE F7 4 UPDATE_EQ_LO_LED F0 4E UNIT 12 0C STATE F7 where STATE is either 0x00 LED OFF or 0x7F LED ON UNIT is device ID Should be tra...

Page 76: ...utton down BF 34 7F b Button up BF 34 00 3 FN_SWITCH a Button down BF 3x 7F b Button up BF 3x 7F where x 5 7 for FN1 FN2 FN3 4 DATA_WHEEL identical to JL Cooper CS 10 a BF 60 vv vv 2 s complement usin...

Page 77: ...XLR 3 31 1 GND 2 Hot 3 Cold Balanced Input Impedance 2200 ohm Nominal Input Level Trim max 63 dBu Nominal Input Level TRIM min 16 dBu Maximum Input Level 0 dBu TRIM min LINE INPUT A B Analog Connecto...

Page 78: ...E Input C D Analog Input to Digital Output Nominal Level TRIM max 46 6dBu 1 5dB 1 5dB TRIM max 1KHz 30dBu input Nominal Level TRIM min 7 09dBu 0 3dB 0 3dB TRIM min 1KHz 9dBu input Frequency Response 2...

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