Tascam FW-1884 Notes

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Digital Performer (Macintosh): Accessing Channels4 TASCAM FW-18846 Select Control Surface Setup from theBasics pull-down menu. Set Hardware to FW-1884 and MIDI Communications to FW-1884,Control-16.7 Select Audio System from the Basics pull-down menu. Set audio sytem type to MOTUAudio System.Accessing ChannelsThe FW-1884 provides access to eight channels andone master output track at a time. The gBANK andBANKt keys are used to shift which DP tracks/chan-nels the FW-1884 is controlling and how many are vis-ible. In order to keep DP and the FW-1884 in sync youshould use the FW-1884 controls to set the number ofvisible channels, including the first time you open orcreate a project.Changing the number of visible DP mixer channels1 Hold CTRL and press the BANKt key toincrease the number of channels shown, by eightchannels. Hold SHIFT and CTRL and press theBANKt key to increase the number of channelsshown, by one.2 Hold CTRL and press the gBANK key todecrease the number of channels shown, by eightchannels. Hold SHIFT and CTRL and press thegBANK key to decrease the number of chan-nels shown, by one.Shifting the FW-1884 Controls to the Next or Previous Bank of 8 Channels1 Press the BANKt key or the gBANK key, toshift the FW-1884's controls to the next 8 orprevious 8 channels, respectively.The BANK indicators indicate the currentlyactive bank, as shown here:Shifting the FW-1884 Controls to the Next or Previous Channel1 Hold SHIFT and press the BANKt or gBANKkey to shift to the next or previous channel,respectively.BANKindicatorsa DP channelsÇ––– 1 — 8–Ç–– 9 — 16––Ç– 17 — 24–––Ç 25 — 32–ÇÇÇ 33 — 40Ç–ÇÇ 41 — 48ÇÇ–Ç 49 — 56ÇÇÇ– 57 — 64–––– All other track rangesa.Ç=indicator on, –= indicator off