It doesn't talk, and nobody has made it accessible, largely becaues you
don't need to. Phil has a quite good document on his website detailing
what order the buttons are in but it's almost not necessary as the
manual actually does a really good job of describing the buttons in a
left-to-right, top-to-bottom way (the manual, incidentally, can be
downloaded as PDF off the tascam site or, again, as RTF from Phil's
website.) I have one and enjoy it, over all. It's integration with
windows is not the best--it shows up as nine stereo pairs and won't let
you pan them out or split them out to mono ins and nothing up to and
including a blood sacrifice will change this--and it's preamps are
likewise not erally what you'd expect out of a mixer you'd buy for a
grand, but considering the price, it's damned impressive what you're
getting IMO. It used to have some nasty stability issues but these have
largely been ironed out with new drivers and you can use it as a 64-bit
control surface in 64-bit Sonar now (you're all welcome, by the way.)
All of hte buttons pretty much feel like each other, as do teh knobs and
faders, but it's not too terribly difficult to orient yourself and once
you memorize a few key buttons like fip-pan, control, etc. you'll find
that's less of a hastle than it seems--the mutes and solos are laid out
over each channel, which are probably the buttons you'll use most, and
the mixer section feels a lot different from the transport section which
also feels rather different from the left part of the unit where most of
the control buttons are. If you have any form of useable vision you'll
be benefitted by teh various LED lights that let you know teh status of
various controls, there's no such thing as an LCD display anywhere on
the machine and the control panel is just text, no bitmapping or
anything, which is almost worth teh price of purchase right there as
that's almost unheard of in this day and age. The BCF2000 is also good
for the price but uses emulation, which won't give you as good a
response as the FW1884's native surface drivers will--and of course you
won't get any of the audio interface benefits of the 1884. Note, though,
that Tascam has discontinued the unit, so you break it, it's bought it.
On 11/3/2010 5:09 PM, Ratha Moeuy wrote:
Hi,
Sorry, I accidentally sent out the message below via another account
earlier. That account is not subscribed to this list.
Hi,
I am looking in to purchasing a midi controller for controlling Sonar
and an audio interface. At first I was really looking at a Behringer
BCF2000 midi controller and the Lexicon Omega audio interface. But
then I found a used Tascam FW1884 for a pretty good price.
I've read on this list a while ago that some of you have the Tascam
FW-1884. Do you mind telling me a bit about it as far as using it from
a blind person's perspective? I am aware that it is both a midi
controller and an audio interface, is it tactile enough for a blind
person to differentiate between each controls? Also, I've also read on
this list that someone had made it accessible or talk, can anyone tell
me more about this? If anyone can also tell me about the Behringer
BCF2000 I would also appreciate it.
Ratha Moeuy
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