Tascam FW-1082, Owner'S Manual

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  TASCAM FW-1082 Owner’s Manual

5 – Control Panel

The FW-1082’s Control Panel is where you can dis-
play and adjust settings which determine how the 
FW-1082 communicates with your computer and 
other external devices. To open the Control Panel, 
press the 

CONTROL PANEL

 shortcut key on the FW-

1082’s control surface. 

You can also open the Control Panel in Windows by 
clicking on 

Start

 – 

Control Panel

 and selecting 

the 

FW-1082 Control Panel

 icon. Under OS X, the 

FW-1082 Manager

 can be found in 

Applications

.

There are three tabs on the Control Panel: 

Settings

, 

MIDI Programming

 and 

Quick Start

.

Settings tab

This is where you make the basic settings to config-
ure the FW-1082.

Control Protocol 

This is where you select how 

the FW-1082’s MIDI commands are interpreted by 
the host software application. You can choose 
between the FW-1082’s Native Protocol, Mackie 
Control

™

 emulation protocol, or Mackie HUI

™

emulation protocol and others. 

Clock Source 

This is where you can select the dig-

ital clock source. It duplicates the clock selection 
functions made on the control surface.

Changes made on the FW-1082’s control surface are 
immediately reflected in this window. For more 
information on this function, refer to “Setting and 
checking clock rates” on page 17.

Sample Rate 

This is where you select the 

expected sample rate to the FW-1082’s digital input 
and the internal sampling frequency. It duplicates the 
control surface settings.

Changes made on the FW-1082’s control surface are 
immediately reflected in this window. For more 
information on this function, refer to “Setting and 
checking clock rates” on page 17.  

Audio Latency 

This setting is for selecting the 

buffer size of the FW-1082’s audio performance. The 
FW-1082’s driver temporarily stores input and output 
audio samples in buffers. Larger buffer sizes will pro-
duce higher latencies but will result in greater system 
stability, and protection against other system activi-
ties causing clicks, pops and other audio artifacts. 

NOTE

Note that if you are using the FW-1082’s 

MON

MIX

 mode 

to monitor your inputs, you will already have zero-
latency monitoring. In this case, we recommend setting 
the buffer size to 1024 or 2048 for maximum system sta-
bility.

Coax Output Source 

This setting determines 

whether the coaxial digital output mirrors the FW-
1082’s analog monitor outputs (

Analog L-R

) or 

whether it is independent of them, providing another 
pair of outputs (

SPDIF 1-2

).

TIP

By using the S/PDIF outputs sourced from 

Analog L-R

, 

you can use the 

MONITOR

 control knob with speakers 

with digital inputs.

Master Fader Affects ANLG L:R Gain 

The 

Master Fader Affects ANLG L:R Gain

 switch 

determines whether the computer generated audio 
sent to the analog outputs will be affected by the 
master fader of the FW-1082. 

The default setting is OFF.

• Turn this switch on when the DAW application 

you're using doesn't process "Master Fader" MIDI 
messages originating from the FW-1082 surface. In 
this case, the FW-1082's internal mixer will change 
the gain of the analog outputs according to the set-
ting of the master fader. 

• Leave this switch off when your DAW application 

responds to the "Master Fader" MIDI message by 
changing the gain of the analog outputs using the 
host processor.

Figure 5.1: Settings tab