Native Instruments B4 - Tascam US-428 Owner's Manual

8.9 Native Instruments B4

The US-428 Control Panel now includes
the addition of another Control Surface
Protocol in the drop-down box: "Native
Instruments B4", for mapping the US-
428's control surface
Instruments' B4 virtual organ. (NOTE: A
demo version of the B4 can be
downloaded from the Native Instruments
website at
www.native-instruments.com).
NOTE: The following setup procedures
must be done with the B4 running as a
standalone application, rather than in
VST Instrument mode.
AUDIO SETUP:
In the B4 system menu:
Under "Audio Port" choose ASIO
Under "Audio Settings" choose
"ASIO US-428 (24 bit)"
Also under "Audio Settings" use
the buffer size slider to set a
value that is EQUAL TO the
value chosen in the US-428
Control Panel.
results will be achieved with a
buffer size setting of 256 to 512.
Note that if you change the
setting in the US-428, you will
have to update the setting in the
B4 the next time you start the
program. Failure to do this will
result in noise.
Under "Audio Routing" click the
Audio In "All Off" button, and
click the Audio Out "Default"
button.
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MIDI SETUP:
Under "MIDI Settings" make sure
that you've selected the proper MIDI
IN ports. (For example, if you're
feeding a keyboard into US-428
MIDI In 1, choose:
o US-428 Port 1
o US-428 Control
(You MUST include "US-428 Control"
port, or the faders and other surface
control will not work)
Also in this dialog, select
o Upper manual = Channel 1
o Lower manual = Channel 2
o Pedal = Channel 3
Leave MIDI
o
disabled.
Control Surface Mapping:
TIP: If you click on the characters "B4"
at the upper right of the B4 program,
you can rapidly
Keyboard and Control views.
Keyboard View: Here you can access
the drawbars, rockers,
pedal, and Leslie speed. There are
three banks, accessible with the BANK
L and BANK R buttons on the US-428.
Input filtering
switch between
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