Tascam FW 1884 with Logic, Computer Hardware Options

[benst]

So the new Logic plugin seems to be on the Tascam site. I tried downloading it, but when I open it all I get is a new icon labelled simply FW-1884, shaped ike a jigsaw puzzle piece. Nothing has changed in the behaviour of the FW-1884. I even tried de-instaling and re-installing from scratch, but no change.

It seems they have mixed up the OS9 and OSX versions. If you download the OS9 version of the new Logic driver (fw1884_logic_os9%20_1_10.sit) then you get the correct FW-1884.bundle file.

I do not have my Logic key with me now, so I have not actually tried this yet!

Ben

[rololux]

Hey - thanks Ben - it worked! My master fader now comes up when I open a song - Heaven! And Soft LCD works, although it may take a while to work out the logic on shortening track names. Let's see if the other problems are fixed - or do we have to wait for a new driver for that?

Cheers

Roland.

[benst]

Hey - thanks Ben - it worked!

Great! On my way to try it out myself.

Let's see if the other problems are fixed - or do we have to wait for a new driver for that?

Yeah, they've posted a pdf with some info. There are still some things not finished:

CODE

Release Note for Emagic’s FW-1884 Logic control  surface plug-in V 1.10  
New Features
 •  FE-8 Supported
 •  SoftLCD Supported
Maintenance Items
 •  Jog/Shuttle wheel behavior improved
 •  Master Fader behavior corrected
 •  Fader Touch now fully functional
Known Issues  
The following two issues will be corrected in a future revision of Logic:
 •  Incorrectly illuminated Shortcut keys
 •  Bank LEDs not working

Too bad about those last two items, but I'm very happy with the other things.

Ben

[smoo]

It seems that the FW 1884 supports Logic at the moment better than DP4. True? Will that be improved?

[JingleDave]

The Logic plug-in 1.11 is now on the Tascam Site. I think the OS9 and OSX drivers are reversed on the download. You know it's the right one for OSX if it unstuffes to FW-1884.bundle. Put it in your Library/Applications/Emagic/MIDI Device Plug-ins folder.


JingleDave

[moeMusic]

JingleDave - I still can't find the logic bundle 1.11! Is this a mistake or what?


my tascam fw-1884 ist still not running well on os10.3.3! the data-wheel istn't functional, same with the pan-buttons, with switch from max. to max., no finetuning from the fw-1884!

doe's someone know if this ist incorrect ajustment of software/hardware or a bug in the driver of tascam or even a logic problem?

Equipment: fw-1884 with 1.2.0 driver / 1.10 bundle - logic pro 6.4.1

thanks for responds - edi

[JingleDave]

My Bad,

I confused it with the DP 1.11 Plug-in. Sorry for getting your hopes up.

[moeMusic]

that's ok - the tascam site hasn't realy got a good overview doe's it...

do you know anything about the problems with the pan-buttons and the data-wheel?

edi

[Hettoblaster]

do you know anything about the problems with the pan-buttons and the data-wheel?

My data-wheel behaves fine and the panning issue works almost perfect, although not 100% yet.. It used to happen half the time when i solo'ed tracks and i accually saw and heared the pan go, now this doesn't happen anymore (and i'm sooo happy with that!:D ) but very occasionly i get some track panned hard left, out of the blue it seems.
Soft LCD workes well too.

[rololux]

I'm running Panther 10.3.3, Logic Pro 6.4.1, FW-1884 1.20 driver, Logic 1.10 bundle. Data wheel works fine, and I no longer having the panning issue. In fact, pretty much everything works, but I still have a few niggles:

Mute / Solo when pressed on the FW1884 are not echoed on Logic arrange page (mutes and solo do work though)

I get glitches every time I touch a fader. If the track has a cymbal part on it, I might get a cymbal hit.

Occasionally, button pushes do not register. I've noticed this especially with stop and play.

Otherwise all is fine, and I'm very happy with it.
Roland