Tascam FW-1884 - Manual (Page 27)

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V 1.30 Driver Release Notes
Please note that V 1.30 drivers require firmware #173. For the Mac, this firmware
updater was in the archive you downloaded from the TASCAM web site. For the PC, it
is a separate updater from the driver updater and can be run before or after updating the
driver.
Virtual MIDI Ports
With Version 1.30 it is now possible to assign physical controls in the MIDI Control
layer to Virtual MIDI Ports accessible by the host computer via the FireWire connection.
This allows an app running on the host computer to have its parameters controlled using
standard MIDI controller messages. To use this new feature:
1. Enter MIDI Programming Mode by pressing SHIFT + MIDI CTRL on the FW­
1884
2. Operate any surface control to make it editable in the MIDI Programming tab
3. Select VP1 (Virtual Port 1) or VP2 (Virtual Port 2) using the check boxes at the
bottom of the tab. You may wish to uncheck any boxes representing the four
physical MIDI ports.
4. If the software app you wish to control offers a Learn function, enable it then
operate the control to complete the link. If Learn is not available in your app, it is
possible to manually set the output messages to anything needed within the
Action section of the MIDI Programming tab.
5. Press MIDI CTRL to exit MIDI Programming mode.
It is possible to set all parameters in the MIDI Control layer back to factory default by
pressing SHIFT + CTRL + F8. Note that this reset can only be performed when in
normal operating mode, not MIDI Programming mode.
GSIF2 Support
Version 1.30 for Windows supports the TASCAM GSIF2 driver protocol for GigaStudio
3. Please note that V 1.30 will still work with older versions of GigaStudio. GSIF2 adds
three features when used with GigaStudio 3:
· Kernel Level MIDI for the lowest possible MIDI latency and jitter. To use Kernel
Level MIDI, select the FW­1884’s “GSIF – low latency” MIDI ports from within
the Hardware tab in the System Settings window of GigaStudio. Compare normal
MIDI with Kernel Level MIDI… the amount of latency reduction may surprise
you!
· Also in the Hardware tab of the GigaStudio System Settings window, it is now
possible to enable hardware inputs as audio sources for GigaStudio. This can be
useful to record sound into GigaStudio for sampling or for using GigaStudio’s
convolution processing (GigaPulse Pro) as an effect.
· Input and Output channel types (Analog, ADAT, S/PDIF) are named in the
Hardware tab of GigaStudio’s System Settings window according to the GSIF2
specification.