Tascam FW-1884 Manuel D’Utilisation

– These are analog level controls 

for the input level of the Mic (XLR) and line inputs 1 – 
8. Their function is the same regardless of the control 
surface mode selected. It’s important to note that the 
best signal-to-noise ratios are achieved by maximizing 
the level of analog inputs at the A/D converters. For the 
mic and line inputs of the FW-1884, the trim controls 
provide the means for optimizing these levels. For a 
complete discussion of this issue, please refer to Section 
section 4.3.3, “Setting Input Levels”

– These 

LEDs light to indicate 

+

48 V phantom power to the 

XLR microphone inputs. Phantom power is switchable 
in two groups of four channels, channels 1-4 and chan-
nels 5-8. The LEDs are unaffected by control mode 
selection.

– The signal LEDs 

light to indicate the presence of an audio signal on the 
corresponding analog input. The OL LEDs light to 
indicate a signal peaking at –2.5dBFS or higher by 
default. (This level is adjustable between 0.0 dBFS and 
5.0 dBFS, in 0.5 dB increments, via the FW-1884’s 
control panel.) This indicates an overloaded input – 
reduce the input level to that channel until this light 
goes out. These LEDs indicate signal level to the eight 
analog inputs regardless of the control surface mode 
selected. 

– In COM-

PUTER Control mode, these rotary encoders affect the 
application parameter currently selected by the 
Encoder keys. In most cases, the PAN and AUX 1-8 
Encoder keys correspond to the associated Pan and Aux 
Send parameters in the host application. Refer to the 
Application Notes for your software for details.

In MON MIX mode, these encoders function exclu-
sively as PAN controls, and the associated PAN 
encoder key is always lit. 

In MIDI CTL mode, these encoders send out continu-
ous controller commands.

– In COMPUTER Con-

trol mode, these LEDs light or blink to indicate that 
the selected channel(s) are in record-ready or record 
status. Refer to the Application Notes for your software 
for details.

In MON MIX mode, these LEDs are used to show that 
channel’s PAN location. Rotating an encoder will cause 
the SEL and REC LEDs to shift left/right as you move.

In MIDI CTL mode these LEDs have no function.

– In COM-

PUTER Control mode, these keys select the associated 
channel as active in the host application. The EQ con-
trols will typically address the host application’s 
SELected channel. In most cases, holding the REC key 
and pressing one or more channel SEL keys will arm 
the host application’s associated channels for recording. 
Refer to the Application Notes for your software for 
details.

In MON MIX mode, pressing a channel’s SEL key 
causes the REC indicators to show the selected chan-
nel’s pan position (indicator 1 is lit with pan position at 
full left, indicator 8 is lit at hard right, indicators 4 and 
5 are lit together when panned center, etc.).

In MIDI CTL mode, these keys send out specific con-
troller commands.

– In COMPUTER Con-

trol mode, these keys will solo their respective channels, 
while muting the audio on all other channels in the 
host application. Any number of channels can be 
soloed simultaneously. (Note that in COMPUTER 
Control mode, the operation of the SOLO function is 
dictated by the host application. For more information 
please refer to the Application notes for your DAW 
software application.) 

In MON MIX mode, the SOLO keys function is iden-
tical, but only affecting the FW-1884’s built-in moni-
tor mixer. The SOLO mode (Pre-Fader Listen or Solo-
in-Place) is selected by the PFL key. The PFL function 
applies only to the monitor mix SOLOs.

In MIDI CTL mode, these keys send out specific con-
troller commands.

– In COMPUTER 

Control mode, these keys will mute the audio of the 
selected channel. Any number of channels can be 
muted simultaneously.

In MON MIX mode, the MUTE keys function is 
identical, but only affecting the monitor mix.

In MIDI Control mode, these keys send out specific 
controller commands.