Someone smarter than me should pipe in here, but I believe the practical
ramifications are that you will have to map everything yourself.
On 11/4/2010 6:40 AM, Ratha Moeuy wrote:
Hellow Drew,
Thanks for your respond. You mensioned that because the bcf2000 uses
emulation mode it will not be as responsive, can you please elaborate
on this a bit more and what you mean by it? Will I be able to fully
control sonar's tracks, eq, and effect like I would with the fw-1884?
Of course the bcf2000 does not have an audio interface, but if I were
to go that route I will buy a separate audio interface. I don't
necessarily have to have a midi minterface and an audio interface in
the same box. I just want to know what's better for the money, a
bcf2000 with a separate audio interface or a fw1884 with both in one
box. Thank you.
Ratha
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*Subject:* Re: [Jsonar] Tascam FW-1884
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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