Teac FW-1884 User Manual

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FW-1884

Professional Control Surface / FireWire Audio-MIDI Interface

MACKIE CONTROL EMULATION NOTES

Table of Contents

Cool Edit Pro / Samplitude / Soudscape32 /

Sequioa / SAW...........................................3

To set up the FW-1884 in Mackie Emulation

protocol......................................................... 3

Channel Strips ..............................................3

Transport Controls .......................................4

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Mackie Control Emulation

Cool Edit Pro / Samplitude / Soundscape32 / Sequioa / SAW

The FW-1884 can control most basic functionality
within various applications (including the ones listed
above) via Mackie Control Emulation. As with the
Mackie Control itself, the degree of functionality dif-

Below is a generalized listing of control mapping for
these applications. Please note that due to variations of
the Mackie Control protocol, only those universal

functions noted below are documented here.
fers with each application, and is determined by the
level of implementation provided by each software
manufacturer.

To set up the FW-1884 in Mackie Emulation protocol

1 Open the FW-1884 Control Panel
2 Select the

Settings tab

3 In the drop-down

Channel Strips

The eight channel strips and the master fader on the
FW-1884 map directly to the eight channel strips and
master fader on the Mackie Control.

The

MUTE and SOLO keys and the faders are identical

in function. In many cases, the FW-1884 uses the
key as a modifier; for example, holding the
and pressing a channel
will emulate pressing a corresponding

SELect key on the FW-1884

REC/RDY key

REC

REC key

on the Mackie Control. To emulate pressing a Mackie
Control push-key rotary encoder, press and hold the

REC key and press the channel SOLO key on the FW-

1884.

The following table summarizes the channel strip map-

pings. For this and all subsequent tables in this section:

y

– means yes, the key or indicator on the Mackie Con-

trol is mapped to the FW-1884.

n

– means no, the key or indicator on the Mackie Con-

trol is not mapped to the FW-1884.

n/a

– means there is no key or indicator for that func-

tion (for example, a fader move).

Control Protocol menu,

MACKIE CONTROL Emulation.

select

FW-1884 Mackie Key Indicator

Fader move Fader move n/a n/a

Touch sensor Touch sensor y n/a

MUTE
SOLO
SELECT
REC

indicator

REC + SELECT

Encoder turn Encoder turn n/a n/a

CTRL

+

SEL

MUTE y y

SOLO y y

SELECT y y

REC (ch rec enable) n/a y

REC (ch rec enable) y n/a

Encoder press y n/a

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Mackie Control Emulation:Transport Controls

Transport Controls

Most transport functions are identical between the
Mackie Control and the FW-1884. The FW-1884 has
no ZOOM key and indicator, so the
its place.

FW-1884 Mackie Key Indicator

SET key is used in

REW
F FWD
STOP
PLAY
RECORD
CTRL

+

RECORD

gBANK

BANKt

Data wheel turns Datawheel turns - -

SHUTTLE
UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
SET

mLOCATE

REWIND y y

FAST FWD y y

STOP y y

PLAY y y

RECORD y y

PI y y

<BANK y -

BANK> y -

SCRUB y y

UP y -

DOWN y -

LEFT y -

RIGHT y -

ZOOM y -

PO y n

LOCATE,
IN
OUT

gNUDGE

NUDGEt

END y n

<FRM y n

FRM> y n

LEFT (cursor) y n

RIGHT (cursor) y n

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