Tascam US-428 Owner's Manual

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378.1 Cubase VST - WindowsThe US-428 is fully supported underCubase v5.xx for Windows, includingASIO 16 and 24 bit drivers and controlsurface mapping. Note that the US-428is fully functional as both an audio and32 channel MIDI interface in earlierversions of Cubase as well. In theprevious version (v3.7x), partialfunctionality of the controller surface issupported; however, to fully utilize thefeatures of the US-428 under CubaseVST, it is necessary to run v5.00 orlater.The full version of Cubase VST (as wellas VST Score and VST/32) support afour band fully parametric EQ on eachchannel. Of course, it’s supported on theUS-428 - each of the four bands of VSTare controlled by the four associated EQband selector buttons.Before setting up the US-428 to workwith Cubase, please install the US-428 v3.0 drivers. Begin the setup procedurebelow with the US-428 plugged in andpowered on. If you have not alreadydone so, install Cubase VSTNOTE: Several revisions and bug fixeswere implemented in subsequentupdates to VST 5. We suggest you visitSteinberg’s website and make sureyou’ve got the 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 CONTROLfor INPUT and OUTPUT. Under the OPTIONS / AUDIOSETUP / SYSTEM menu, locate theASIO DEVICE selector and chooseone of the US-428’s ASIO drivers(16 or 24 bit) as the device. Under VST INPUTS, make sure bothpairs of inputs are open (green inputindicators are lit).Note: these parameters save with thesong and are not globally remembered.You will need to save the song asDEF.ALL if you want the US-428 remotesetup to load automatically. Open the US-428’s Control Panel(Device Manager). From thepulldown menu, select “US-428Native”.You should now be ready to useCubase 5.0 with the US-428.With Cubase 3.7 and earlier: Open the Cubase application. From the AUDIO pulldown menu,choose SYSTEM. In the ASIO drop-down menu, select the US-428 16-or 24-bit ASIO drivers. From the OPTIONS / VST REMOTEmenu, select CS-10. Select the US-428 CONTROL PORT for the in andout communication. You should now be ready to useCubase 3.7x.Note that support under older versionsof Cubase is limited. You will not haveaccess to unlimited fader channels or allEQ and Aux sends. Full control will onlybe available in VST 5.0 and later.