Tascam FW-1884 - Manual (Page 25)

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· Added support for the new bussing scheme in Sonar 3. Now all hardware channel
strips can be toggled between normal track mode and bus mode. This includes full
support for level, pan, aux busses, EQ, automation, and banking.
o SET + BANK> (right) ­ put the FW­1884 and any FE­8’s into bus control
mode. This will be indicated by a slow blinking of the Bank LED’s.
o SET + <BANK (left) ­ return the devices to normal track mode
While in bus mode the Master fader will be mirrored by the Channel fader
assigned to the same bus as the Master fader. This is to prevent confusion and
keep the Master fader functionality consistent at all times. While in Bus mode the
Select buttons do work, however the selected bus is not highlighted in the Track
view, nor is it automatically displayed in the Track Inspector. This is due to a
limitation within Sonar.
All other available functions work just as they would for the tracks with the
exception of the Archive function (CTRL+Mute) which is not applicable to
busses.
Note: There currently appears to be an issue in Sonar 3 which prevents the EQ
graphic display window at the top of each buss in the Mixer view from updating
its On or Off state until after a Track EQ is also turned On or Off. This does NOT
effect the EQ’s operation and is only a graphic update issue.
Digital Performer Plug­in
· Added support for FE­8’s and SoftLCD with Digital Performer plug­in.
Mac OS X Driver
· Added installable patch to provide a workaround to an issue in Logic Audio
which causes the SOLO 3 button to pan selected tracks hard left.
The Mac driver image contains an additional folder that contains the Logic Audio
patch Installer and Remover. The patch Installer should be run after running the
full Installer. Once installed the Solo 3 button on the FW­1884 and FE­8 will no
longer send a MIDI message upon button release causing the unwanted panning to
occur. No other controls are affected.
· Added workaround for an issue in Digital Performer that would cause random
MIDI notes to be lost during heavy MIDI traffic.
Windows Driver
· Added a fix to eliminate un­initialized audio buffers that could cause brief noise
during audio application start­up.