Tascam FW-1804 Owner's Manual
Tascam FW-1804 Owner's Manual

Tascam FW-1804 Owner's Manual

Firewire audio-midi interface
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  • Page 1 D00831000A » FW-1804 FireWire Audio-MIDI Interface OWNER'S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 Wohnbereich Funkstörungen versursachen ; in compliance could void the user's authority to operate diesem Fall kann vom Betrieber verlang werden, this equipment. angemessene Maßnahmen durchzuführen und dafür aufzukommen. CE Marking Information a) Applicable electromagnetic environment: E4 b) Peak inrush current: 4.6 A TASCAM FW-1804...
  • Page 3 TASCAM FW-1804...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Copyright, etc......6 Parts of the FW-1804 ..... . 7 Front Panel .
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Your experience with the FW-1804 The FW-1804 is supplied with a 2 m (6-foot) cable. If you will be greatly enhanced by a good working knowledge of wish to use a longer cable, the length should not be more your audio software.
  • Page 6: In The Box

    Do not use this power adapter • Whenever we refer to the software application to control and cable with any other product. and set up the FW-1804, we refer to it as the "Control Panel" or the "software Control Panel". Rack-mounting the Unit Use the rack-mounting kit to mount the unit in a standard Copyright, etc.
  • Page 7: Parts Of The Fw-1804

    Note that the best signal-to-noise ratios are achieved by maximizing the level of analog inputs at the A/D convert- ers. For the mic and line inputs of the FW-1804, the TRIM controls provide the means for optimizing these levels. OL indicators...
  • Page 8 FW-1804 when powering the unit on or off. COMPUTER: Only the audio from the host computer is monitored. This can be useful if you're doing a mixdown of your DAW tracks and want to mute the monitor mixer without losing its settings.
  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    Unbalanced dynamic microphones and some ribbon FireWire ports microphones should never be connected to phantom- Use one of these ports to connect the FW-1804 to the host powered connectors. Check with your microphone man- computer, providing audio communication. Either port may ufacturer if you are unsure.
  • Page 10: Monitor Mixing

    If the sam- ple rate is off by 3% or more, the FW-1804 switches to the internal clock. Monitor Mixing...
  • Page 11: Setting Input Levels

    Monitor Mixing Setting Input Levels The FW-1804 can be very useful for recording live tracks into a DAW application. Here's a typical scenario for recording and overdubbing using the FW-1804: 1 Connect your analog and/or digital source(s) to the FW- 1804's inputs.
  • Page 12: Control Panel

    You can choose between FW-1804 Native or Mackie Duplicate of Coax Output (TOS) - The audio output is the Control emulation protocol. same as that being sent to the FW-1804's analog outputs L Clock Source and R, and is sent out the lightpipe in two-channel TOSLINK protocol.
  • Page 13: Quick Start Tab (Windows Only)

    Start tab match the channels actually used by your applica- With this setting, audio which has been routed to these out- tion, the FW-1804 will not have to re-sync when the appli- puts appears at the FW-1804's two-channel digital outputs.
  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting The FW-1804 is a high performance audio device that must Contacting Us be set up correctly to work with a computer or other audio devices. If you experience problems with your FW-1804, In the event of any problems with your FW-1804, please...
  • Page 15: Specifications

    50 mW + 50 mW (32 ohm) Digital I/O COAXIAL input Connector RCA jack x 1 Input impedance 75 ohm Format IEC60958 Audio bit length 24-bit COAXIAL output Connector RCA jack x 1 Output impedance 75 ohm Format IEC60958 Audio bit length 24-bit TASCAM FW-1804...
  • Page 16 MIC/LINE IN to STEREO OUT, TRIM min > 91 dB (Hi FS) MIC/LINE IN to STEREO OUT, TRIM min Crosstalk > 90 dB (normal FS) 1 kHz, MIC/LINE IN to STEREO OUT > 84 dB (Hi FS) 1 kHz, MIC/LINE IN to STEREO OUT TASCAM FW-1804...
  • Page 17 Dimensions (w x h x d) 483 x 95 x 356 (mm) (19" x 3.75" x 14") Weight (excluding adapter) 5.7 kg (12.6 lb) Dimensional Drawing 483 mm 465 mm 356 mm 14 mm 331 mm 11 mm 435 mm TASCAM FW-1804...
  • Page 18 Notes TASCAM FW-1804...
  • Page 20 » FW-1804 TEAC CORPORATION Phone: +81-422-52-5082 www.tascam .com 3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan TEAC AMERICA, INC. Phone: +1-323-726-0303 www.tascam.com 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD. Phone: +1905-890-8008 Facsimile: +1905-890-9888 www.tascam.com 5939 Wallace Street, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1Z8, Canada TEAC MEXICO, S.A.

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