FW-1082

Conguring Apples Final Cut Pro with the TASCAM FW-1082
ASCAMs FW-1082 FireWire Interface and Control Surface is the ideal accessory for video editors like Apples Final Cut Pro. It adds a number of features to your audio/video editing software:
High-quality microphone preamps with phantom power for condenser microphones for Final Cut Pro or Soundtrack Pro. Audio monitoring features, including separate headphone and monitor level controls Control surface with motorized faders for automating the audio mix in Final Cut Pro or Soundtrack Pro. MIDI Control mode for changing parameters in effects packages like Apple Motion This document explains how to congure Final Cut Pro version 5 (included with Final Cut Studio) to recognize the FW-1082 or FW-1884.
Audio Setup in Final Cut Pro
1. First, install the FW-1082 drivers, included with your unit or available for download from the TASCAM website. (All of the instructions in this document will work with the FW-1082 or FW-1884.) Follow the instructions in the Installers Read Me le for instructions. Launch Final Cut Pro. Click on the Application menu and choose Audio/Video Settings. Choose TASCAM FW-1082 in the Audio Playback pop-up menu and click OK.
Click on the Tools menu and choose Voice Over. Change the Source to TASCAM FW-1082. (You may need to change this back to capture video in the future.) Plug a microphone into input 1 of the FW-1082. Speak into the microphone and adjust the TRIM knob so the average level shows as -12dB in Final Cut Pro. If the meter goes above 0dB, reduce the TRIM level so that your recording doesnt distort.

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Control Surface Setup in Final Cut Pro
4. Open the FW-1082 Manager application by pressing the CONTROL PANEL button on the front panel. Choose Mackie Control Emulation in the Control Protocol menu. Press the Control Panel button again to close the window. Press the COMPUTER button on the FW-1082 to put it in Mackie Control Emulation mode.
Switch back to Final Cut Pro. Click on the Tools menu and select Control Surfaces.
Click on the + button on the right side of the Control Surface Conguration window. Select Mackie Control as the Control Surface Type, and set the Input and Output connections to TASCAM FW-1082 Control Port. When youre nished, click OK.

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Click the OK button to conrm your choice and close the Control Surface Conguration window.
The Audio Mixer window needs to be open in Final Cut Pro for the FW-1082 Control Surface to work, even for transport functions. Select Audio Mixer under the Tools menu. The FW-1082s faders will jump to the position matching the audio mixer, providing its in Computer mode. You now have audio level control, panning control (when you select a channel) and transport control using the buttons and jog/shuttle wheel.

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MIDI Fader Control in Motion
This section explains how to assign the FW-1082s faders to control parameters in Apple Motion. 1. First, we need to assign the MIDI control faders to the virtual ports on the FireWire connection instead of MIDI Outs 1 & 2. Press the Control Panel button again, and click on the MIDI Programming tab in the window. Hold the SHIFT button on the FW-1082 front panel and press MIDI CTRL. The MIDI CTRL light should start to ash. Touch the rst fader on the FW-1082. The FW-1082 Manager application should look something like the screenshot to the right. This fader is currently assigned to MIDI Out port 1. Uncheck Port 1 and check the VP1 box. Repeat the last step for the other faders. You can also change the output of the four encoders and change the assignment on other fader banks if you need more MIDI controllers. Press the MIDI CTRL button again to exit MIDI Programming mode. Launch Motion and open a project. Select an object and show the Dashboard by pressing D on the keyboard. Control-click on a parameter name in the Dashboard, such as Opacity. The pop-up menu will show a number of available behaviors you can apply. Choose MIDI from this list. The MIDI Behavior Dashboard will display Learning at the top of the screen. Move one of the faders to assign it. That fader now controls the opacity of the object you selected. Read the Motion User Manual for more information on using MIDI controllers in the application.
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TASCAMFW1082

Cakewalk SONAR

Setup....2 ControlDetails...3 AdditionalTransportKeys....3 TransportWheel....3 SpecialKeys...3 SELectKeys...3 Pan&EQ....4 Aux....4 FKeyShortcuts...5 Arrow(Cursor)Keys....5 MasterFaderAssignment...5 BankKeys....6 Flip....6
ForSonarcompatibility,theFW1082comeswithacontrolsurfacepluginthatis compatiblewith Sonar3.1b &higheron WindowsXP/SP1&higher. Install thepluginfromtheCDROM. OpentheFW1082controlpanelandselectNativeModefromtheControlProtocoldrop downmenuundertheSettingstab. Next, opentheControlSurfaceswindowundertheOptionsmenuin Sonar,addanew surfacebyclickingtheyellowstar,selecttheFW1082ControlSurfacethen assignitto FW1082Control. ClickOK.

ControlDetails

GenerallytheFW1082ssurfacecontrolswillfunctionasexpected,controllingtheirlike parametersin Sonar.Forexample:Faders,Mutes,SolosandTransportControlwill controlthoseparametersin Sonar.Exceptionsandspecificdetailsfollow:

AdditionalTransportKeys

SET+REW =RTZ SET+FF =GotoTail INlocatestothebeginningoftheselectionarea OUTlocatestotheendoftheselectionarea SET +IN setsPunch INpointatthecurrentplayheadposition SET +OUT setsPunch OUTpointatthecurrentplayheadposition SET+RECstartsautomationrecording.Aparametermustbearmedforautomation. SHIFT+SET+INsetsLoopInPointatthecurrentplayheadposition SHIFT+SET+OUTsetsLoopOutPointatthecurrentplayheadposition SHIFT+IN=sets SelectionInPointatthecurrentplayheadposition SHIFT+OUT=setsSelectionOutPointatthecurrentplayheadposition <<LOCATElocatestopreviousmarker LOCATE>>locatestonextmarker SET +LOCATE>>=DropMarkeratthecurrentplayheadposition

TransportWheel

Turnthedatawheelclockwisetojogforwardorcounterclockwisetojog backward. WhentheSHTLkeyisoff,thedatawheelmovesthetransportinonemeasure steps.HoldingtheSHIFTkey reducesthistoonebeatsteps. WhentheSHTLkeyison,thedatawheelmovesthetransportin1000ticksteps. HoldingtheSHIFTkeyreducesthisto100ticksteps.

SpecialKeys

SHIFT+PLAYtogglestheAudioEngineOn/Off SHIFT+STOPResetsSonar SHIFT+anySOLOkeywillunsoloalltracks.

SELectKeys

PressinganFW1082SELectkeyalonewillselectthatchannelin Sonar.Holding SHIFTwhilepressingSELectsetsthatchannelsfadertoUnityinSonar. HoldingtheredRECkey whilepressingaSELectkeywillrecordenable/disablethat track.

Pan&EQ

WhentheEQ/PANLEDisilluminated: Thelowestofthefourencodersshownat rightwillcontrolthePanparameterofthe SELectedchannelin Sonar. TheencoderslabeledasGAIN, FREQuencyandQwillcontrolthose parametersoftheEQbandselectedbythe illuminatedbuttonsontheSELected channelin Sonar. Bands14ofSonars ChannelEQissupported. ThefirsttimeanEQBandkeyispressed, itselectstheappropriatelowerband, pressingthesamebuttonagainselectsa higherband.Inthisway,uptoeight bandscanbecontrolled.(Note:The SonarChannelStripEQdoesnotsupport externalcontrolofmorethanfourbands.) HoldingSHIFTwhilepressinganEQ bandkeywillenable/disablethatEQ band. HoldingtheSET keywhilepressingan EQbandkeywilltogglethroughthe availableEQcurvetypes. SonarcancomewithuptothreetypesofEQ, dependingontheversionyouhave.TheFW1802canbesettocontrolanyofthethree: HoldtheEQ/PANkeywhilepressingoneofthetopthreeEQbandbuttonsto selectanEQ: o EQHI=ChannelStripSonitus o EQHIMID=PluginSonitus o EQLOMID=PluginFXEQ
WhenAUX14orAUX58isilluminated: Thefourencoderscontrolthelevelof AuxSends14 orAuxSends58 ofthe SELectedchannelin Sonar. HoldingSHIFTwhileturningandencoderwilladjustthatAuxSendPan. ThefourkeystoggleAuxSend14enable/disableorAuxSend15 enable/disableoftheSELectedchannelin Sonar. HoldingSHIFTwhilepressingoneofthefourkeystogglesthePre/Ppoststatefor thatAuxSendoftheSELectedchannelin Sonar.

FKeyShortcuts

ThefunctionsoftheFKeysareprogrammableinSonarbyselectingTASCAMFW1082 undertheToolsmenu.ThescreenbelowwillappearwhereyoucanconfiguretheF Keysandsave/loadconfigurations.
Factorydefaultsettingsareshownhere: F1=Save F2=Undo F3=Copy F4=Paste SHIFT+F1=Enter SHIFT+F2=Redo SHIFT+F3=Cut SHIFT+F4=Delete

Arrow(Cursor)Keys

UsetheArrowkeystonavigatearoundtheonscreenmenus,submenusandmenuitems.

MasterFaderAssignment

Youcanswitchthemasterfaderassignmenttothenextorpreviousvirtualmainby holdingdownSETwhileyoupresseitherthe<BANK orBANK> key.TheBANKLED indicatorswillshowwhichvirtualMasterthemasterfaderisbeingassignedto.

BankKeys

PresstheBANK> keyorthe<BANK key,toshifttheFW1082'scontrolstothenext8or previous8channels,respectively. HoldSHIFTandpresstheBANK> keyorthe<BANK key,toshifttheFW1082'scontrols tothenextorpreviouschannel,respectively. HoldSETandpresstheBANK> keytoremapallfaders,mutes,solosandpanstoOutput Busses(Master,Groups,AuxSends)ingroups of8.ThecorrespondingBANKLEDwill flashwheninthismode. HoldSETandpressthe<BANK keytogotopreviousOutputBussesorswitchbackto normal trackoperation.
PressingEQ/PANwhileholdingSHIFTwilltoggleFlipmode.WhileinFlipmode,the faderscanbeusedtocontrolchannelpan.