TASCAM FW-1884 FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface And Control Surface The Tascam 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.Tactile control for four bands of parametric EQ, a jog/shuttle wheel and a variety of shortcut keys for various popular software applications are also included. Features: Comprehensive mixing, automation, editing and navigation tools for DAWs Eight 100mm motorized touch-sensitive channel faders, one motorized touch-sensitive master fader Dedicated controls for pan, solo, mute and select functions on each channel; tactile control for four bands of parametric EQ Shortcut keys for various popular audio software applications Eight 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 Eight channels of ADAT lightpipe, stereo S/PDIF inputs and outputs. Eight analog outputs, allowing connection of L/R and 5.1 surround matrices Dedicated headphone output Four MIDI inputs, four 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 Operates as a standalone 18×2 line mixer without a computer. FE-8 (eight-channel sidecar) expands FW-1884 with eight additional channel control strips up to 128 channels (15 FE-8s). SoftLCD application simulates a “scribble strip” by displaying what each channel is controlling, see the screenshots in the column on the left Includes Cubase LE 48-track/96kHz recording and mixing software Includes GigaStudio 3 LE 64-voice streaming sampler software Compatible with MOTU Digital Performer, Apple Logic, Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo, and Cakewalk Sonar. Control surface compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools Size: 22.9″W x 5.4″H x 18.9″D. Wt. 22.7 lbs. The FW-1884’s DAW control capabilities include comprehensive mixing, automation, editing and navigation tools. Steinberg’s Cubase LE in included free — a 48-track, 96kHz professional recording workstation. An included application, SoftLCD, shows the assignment of the channel strip of your computer monitor. 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,

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