Tascam FW-1884: firewire, audio, midi, and faders..., Audio Hardware Options

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Tascam FW-1884: firewire, audio, midi, and faders...

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Well, i got it yesterday.

It's perfect, better thatn i tough.

I use it in conjonction with Creamware Scope system, which provide for all fx using inserts on the fw-1884, plus aux fx routing thru adat io, and drive all scope midi automation from the 4 midiports integrated on the fw-1884.

+ i get the control surface for my sequecer, which work pretty good. I compared the handling with the Radikal SAC2.2, and it's pretty similar.

Not having scribble strip is a bit annoying at start, but i'm already used to all the controls, so i do not really need it.

The faders are really fast and responsive, without creating too much noise, although when it goes all the way down, you can ear a small "clack" when they hit the bottom.

The pres are alot better than i was expecting, they are clearer than my Art DPS pre. Well, it's true my ART DPS is a tube preamp, which usually add some noise and coloration, but still.

I found the WDM driver was a bit weak, there was a bit of clicks and pops at low latency setting (3ms) but the second a passed the 13ms, they were working flawlessly. The asio driver are better, i could use all 18 channels with latency set at 3ms, which is pretty good if you ask me

Anyway, i will not use the 'audio interface' functionnality of fw-1884, i use the SCOPE asio driver, which is alot more flexible (64 channels of 32bits asio2 @ 1.5ms latency, and totally and freely routable is hard to beat).

I use the FW-1884 primarily for monitoring purpose, as a control surface also, and last, but not least, as a pretty damn good 8 channels of AD/DA including 8 mic pres

Love this unit!