TASCAM US-2400 Owners Manual - Page 10

3 - Selecting a Control Surface Mode Recognizing the US-2400 in your DAW MIDI port 1 MIDI port 2 MIDI port 3 MIDI port 1 MIDI port 4 Each bank of 8 faders on the US-2400 appears to the computer as one MIDI port, with the leftmost fader bank containing channels 1 through 8 also including the master section controls. The joystick appears on the fourth MIDI port. The following generalized steps should get you going on most DAWs, though some steps may not apply to your particular DAW software. For more detailed information on using the US-2400 with a particular DAW application, see the section entitled "Applications" on page 16. If your DAW is not one of the ones covered in the "Applications" section, please refer to your DAW's documentation to ensure that it supports multiple control surfaces, either HUI or Mackie Control and follow the basic steps described here. In the case of Mackie Control emulation, you may need to experiment with the three emulation modes provided by the US-2400 to find the one that properly controls your DAW's Aux sends and maps the US-2400's IN and OUT keys to useful functions. Firmware Update Procedure From time to time new firmware may be posted for download from TASCAM's Web sites. This will be a self-guided updater utility with versions for both Macintosh and Windows computers. • Enable the US-2400 MIDI ports in your DAW's MIDI configuration window. Restarting the DAW software may be required for this change to take effect. • Open the Control Surface configuration window in your DAW software. • For DAWs that support multiple control surfaces as a single unified device, assign each US-2400 MIDI port to a separate control surface entry. Generally, you'll have to choose a control surface here that allows the DAW to find the US-2400 in a particular control surface mode. For example, if the US-2400 is emulating the HUI protocol, you would choose three HUI devices, each one on a different US2400 MIDI port. • Assign the ports left to right as follows: Port 1 represents faders 1-8; Port 2 represents faders 9-16; Port 3 represents faders 17-24; Port 4 represents the joystick. Note that Port 1 includes the master section controls. • You may need to quit and restart the DAW application for the above control surface assignments to take effect. We recommend that you check the TASCAM Web sites periodically to ensure that you have the latest firmware installed in your US-2400. 10 TASCAM US-2400 Owner's Manual