Problems With Dp 4.61 And Tascam Fw-1884...please Help, Control Surface Issues Options

[jfavela]

I had been doing some research on what type of control
surface to add to my studio:

I use a PowerMac G4 dual 867 processors
1.75MB of Ram
Mac OSX.4.8 Tiger
I use MOTU's Digital Performer 4.61
I have 2 UAD-1 PCI cards
with a MOTU 828 mkII

The product I decided to buy is Tascam's FW-1884.
For the most part it drives DP's most commonly used
features great, but it gets sticky when I try to use
it with Plug-ins. I've gone over all the
documentation.

According to MOTU's tech, I should be running it in
HUI emulation, that it's preferred.

The FW-1884 manual says to run it in FW1884 Native
mode. (I think this one does work the best.)

And I tried the Mackie Emulation, still no luck
driving my DAWs plugs or my UAD plugs.

The problems I'm experiencing are the following:

In using the Shuttle Wheel, when using the SHTL key,
many parameters are skipped.

The parameters it does snap to respond, in a word,
"chopppy."

Surely a piece of hardware this expensive can be
configured to drive the stuff I want it to drive,
right?

And yes, I have the latest drivers and software.

Joshua Favela
Clear Image Studios

[hahaworld]

I'd like to second that "cool down" motion. This is a forum where anyone can post their problems, concerns, questions and frustrations about making music on the Mac. Nobody charges anything for their advice, and I've gotten tons of it since I joined this forum. This is a great community and deep well of knowledge, and it pains me to see people take it for granted. We all need to realize that this forum is a privilege and that the people who give advice so freely here do not deserve to be whipping boys. It's never a good idea to pull a smart attitude on someone who is lending you their time and advice for free.

Practically, I've found that the more focused my questions are, the more likely they are to get answered. If I have several questions, I try to space them out and get them answered one at a time.

HaHaWorld