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Tascam FW1884 Firewire Audio Interface


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TascamFW1884 Firewire Audio Interface


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The FW-1884 is a professional DAW control surface and audio/MIDI interface that uses the FireWire high-speed data transfer protocol. With FireWire's high-bandwidth capabilities, the FW-1884 provides audio and MIDI interfacing to computers as well as control of DAW parameters via eight 100mm motorized touch-sensitive channel faders, one master fader, and controls for pan, solo, mute and select functions on each channel.

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FW1884

Professional Control Surface
Co-designed between TASCAM and Frontier Design Group, the FW-1884s DAW control capabilities include comprehensive mixing, automation, editing and navigation tools. In addition to its surface control capabilities, the FW-1884 provides eight balanced XLR analog mic/line inputs with high quality mic preamps, phantom power and inserts on every channel. Using 24-bit/96kHz A/D and D/A converters, the FW-1884 offers full 96kHz operation on all analog I/O channels with compatible DAW software. In addition to its two FireWire (IEEE 1394) computer interfaces, the FW-1884 gives users eight channels of ADAT lightpipe as well as stereo S/PDIF inputs and outputs. Perfectly suited to multi-channel surround production as well as standard stereo mixing, the FW-1884 provides eight analog outputs for simultaneous connection to L/R and 5.1 surround matrices. A headphone output is also provided.

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Four MIDI inputs and four MIDI outputs on the FW-1884 allow users to connect with a wide variety of MIDI sound generation and timing tools. Its Word Clock in and out jacks allow computer systems to maintain accurate clock synchronization in digital recording environments. Also, its assignable footswitch jack can be used for tasks such as hands-free punching or MIDI control. In use, the FW-1884 allows up to 18 audio inputs to be accessed at once. As a DAW controller, the FW-1884 is compatible with a wide variety of popular applications including MOTU Digital Performer", Steinberg Cubase", Steinberg Nuendo", Cakewalk Sonar", and more.

Detailed Product Features

  • Comprehensive mixing, automation, editing and navigation tools for DAWs
  • 8 - 100mm motorized, touch-sensitive channel faders
  • One master fader
  • Dedicated controls for pan, solo, mute, and select functions on each channel
  • 4 bands of parametric EQ on each channel
  • Shortcut keys for various audio software applications
  • 8 balanced XLR analog mic/line inputs with high-quality mic preamps
  • Phantom power and inserts on every channel
  • 24-bit/96kHz A/D and D/A converters; full 96kHz operation on all analog I/O channels with compatible DAW software
  • 8 channels of ADAT lightpipe, stereo S/PDIF inputs and outputs
  • 8 analog outputs for connection of L/R and 5.1 surround matrices
  • Dedicated headphone output
  • 4 MIDI inputs, 4 MIDI outputs
  • Word clock in and out jacks
  • Assignable footswitch jack
  • Up to 18 simultaneous inputs
  • Compatible with a wide variety of popular DAW applications

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35 found helpful, 34 found unhelpful.
Great despite flaws
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by Art 3/3/2005 5:04:49 PM
Musical Experience: Musician with a home studio
Style of music: Jazz
Hometown Austin, TX
This is a great, but not perfect product. It is very finicky. The Firewire connection needs to have the right chipset or else there are audio dropouts. Tascam has only recently come out with drivers for using it with Cubase. It may take a few weeks of hard work to get it to work completely with your system. Once you get it working, though, it is a great piece of equipment.There is decent support for the product on the forums on Tascam's websites, though, and they seem responsive to users' comments.


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45 found helpful, 37 found unhelpful.
Awesome concept...Firewire connection is rather a pain
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by T 8/16/2004 7:51:03 AM
Musical Experience: Recording Engineer
Style of music: Everything
Hometown AtL
Awesome concept, however the Firewire connection is very poor. Sometimes my computer doesn't recognize it, sometimes there is popping in the recording, and a lot of the functions do not operate with Cubase SX 2.0. So if you purchase this, be ready to make some compromises and learn to love it.


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76 found helpful, 41 found unhelpful.
One of the best values around.
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by T. Brewer 3/1/2004 11:39:38 AM
Musical Experience: Professional Bassist and Producer
Style of music: Jazz, Gospel, R & B
Hometown Chicago,Il
This is a must have for users of Motu & others. This unit is the perfect way to augment a PCI or Firewire setup. It provides three essentials: 1) no latency monitoring 2) 8 great sounding mic pres 3) hardware mixing controls. One other cool things that this unit has over a Digi002 is that it has industry standard Word clock In and Out. It is also expandable!


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