All user reviews for the Tascam FW-1804

Hello I just bought a mixer you (Tascam FW 1804) I thought you would help me. I am using Windows 7 I have a PCI Express Card interface and is connected 6-pin FireWire port. When I turn my interface that the orange light is on ?? the Computer button and nothing happens. on the other hand when I dbranche the interface cable back normal fire all options are possible ...

I do not understand why this problem, the drivers were installed, but it seems that my computer does not detects ...

What should I do? I do not know who asked for help so I thought that I could communicate with someone who had a mixer like mine.

Philippe Fugre

PS When I bought it worked very well.

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Hello I just bought a mixer you (Tascam FW 1804) I thought you would help me. I am using Windows 7 I have a PCI Express Card interface and is connected 6-pin FireWire port. When I turn my interface that the orange light is on ?? the Computer button and nothing happens. on the other hand when I dbranche the interface cable back normal fire all options are possible ...

I do not understand why this problem, the drivers were installed, but it seems that my computer does not detects ...

What should I do? I do not know who asked for help so I thought that I could communicate with someone who had a mixer like mine.

Philippe Fugre

PS When I bought it worked very well.

IMPLEMENTATION

Hello I just bought a mixer you (Tascam FW 1804) I thought you would help me. I am using Windows 7 I have a PCI Express Card interface and is connected 6-pin FireWire port. When I turn my interface that the orange light is on ?? the Computer button and nothing happens. on the other hand when I dbranche the interface cable back normal fire all options are possible ...

I do not understand why this problem, the drivers were installed, but it seems that my computer does not detects ...

What should I do? I do not know who asked for help so I thought that I could communicate with someone who had a mixer like mine.

Philippe Fugre

PS When I bought it worked very well.

NOTICE GLOBAL

Hello I just bought a mixer you (Tascam FW 1804) I thought you would help me. I am using Windows 7 I have a PCI Express Card interface and is connected 6-pin FireWire port. When I turn my interface that the orange light is on ?? the Computer button and nothing happens. on the other hand when I dbranche the interface cable back normal fire all options are possible ...

I do not understand why this problem, the drivers were installed, but it seems that my computer does not detects ...

What should I do? I do not know who asked for help so I thought that I could communicate with someone who had a mixer like mine.

Philippe Fugre

PS When I bought it worked very well.

The BTE is the pice of my matress Systm with a mobile pentium M proc, 1mga of memory RAM and a dd 5400 T / min (before investing in an external drive term).

What motivated my choice is the 8 analog inputs (including 4 pramplifies) and the entries on numrique ADAT, making a total of 16 entries (18 if we add the SPDIF. I also harbor the t srieux design: between symtriques, beautiful finish, inserts, and all a. Finally the stability of Systm of APRS what I saw on Intenet completed my sduire. And I'm not since.

The icing on the cake: the 4 ports noon!

Sr apse is that its weight and it's a bit bulky for a config that would nomad!

However, aa look like much, but the look and reputable brand and trssrieux do when even in the medium is important!

UTILIZATION

Installation Nickel, but no manual. Y'en forcment not need elsewhere.

GETTING STARTED

Bte the trs is stable. I record with 16 tracks simultaneously without any concern with Cubase SX. on the other hand, it's true that if mixing effects too is necessary to increase the latency to avoid creaking.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for just 6 months. The report price is great quality. I think the only default is the size. But a good rack to ship.

I have no regrets, if not the equivalent chrez MODEL M-audio, had he not been so bad in terms of stability reputable Submitted the same CHARACTERISTICS in can be a bit less "pro" but super portable.

First and foremost this is a fresh opinion, I did some grappling with the beast.
18 inputs and 12 outputs, midi in 2 and 4 out, 4 channel inserts, complete monitoring, a brief price / CHARACTERISTICS interessant.Je serves me for now engaged voice, guitar and bass and in the near future with an expander.
Personal assembled pc with NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra + amd dualcore 4200 + 2 GB firewire chipset ram.Interface via.Dd SATA2 200 go.xp pro
the beats come into direct jack (switchable between hgain) and the microphone, well I have a choice!
I put 9 because nothing is perfect.

UTILIZATION

Installation without any problem by carefully following the RULES and use prcautions.
no incompatibility for the following moment.Pour I pass a config mini (p3 800 mghz SBLive drivers kx) has I must say that I was not too largu.Le t mix is ​​fairly simplistic Aesthetics but driving is flawless.
the manual is like the mix!

GETTING STARTED

For now give me the drivers Entire satisfaction and fortunately because the xp grind dernire date of commencement in 2005 I believe. (Mac people are slightly better off).
I use Cubase SX3 and latency is 6 ms (without forcing)
in the number of tracks I do not know yet but I turned a lot of effects and virtual trespassers with no sudden boom and fry! Even when the pc config is important!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a week
have not been around the craft I can hardly judge of its peculiarities. The look is simple and effective and only a few knobs LGERS drangent me a little but only for home studio use so basta!
it's my audio interface and Premire vritable I think the quality price ratio is pretty good, mainly in terms of its assz compltes CHARACTERISTICS.

The connection is sufficient for a home studio.
The knobs on the front are a little light.

UTILIZATION

No problem, either with drivers or compatibility.
Everything is a cinch.

GETTING STARTED

I do not know how long I have not updated the drivers, since everything works perfectly.
I use it with Digital Performer on a G5 2x2GHz to 2ms latency for recording and live on a G4 with 1.3 GHz of 12ms to live.
I never reached the maximum number of simultaneous tracks playing, I usually records only eight simultaneous tracks, so no problem.
The table of internal monitoring is useful for decision by against the knobs are rather difficult to solve if we really want to be precise.

OVERALL OPINION

I like to use in recording, 4 MIDI outputs and especially the sound!
I regret a little knobs on the quality and size!
the price / quality ratio seems to me good, after two years of use and a lot of travel, the card is nickel and still works perfectly.
If it again, I might choose the version with faders ... Obviously it's not the same price!

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UTILIZATION

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GETTING STARTED

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OVERALL OPINION

I mailed the notice of hot and subject to change.

This card is a crap. I just receive it, a priori all are ok, drivers, cables, etc., and impossible to make out the sound of this horror.

Macbook Leopard 10.5.6, I did all the updates ... I do not understand anything.

I still managed to hear the inputs, with numerous cuts and diodes that light up anyhow. Today was supposed to be a good day, eventually it's going to finish the day of shit.

Yours.

EDIT: 9 / 10, after changing the cable while walking nickel. Obviously, with a firewire cable 3 meters (which works perfectly with a presonus FIREPOD) it fair, therefore prefer a cable less than two meters.

I opt for this card for its rack 19, the brand tascam, serieuseement reputation in the record, because few Indo existed at the time when I bought it (2006) use only home studio, and sometimes stand alone with another musician, I use Cubase SX2 Reason 3 + slave + big VSTI

UTILIZATION

The installation is very simple, as easy as installing an internal sound card is dire.rien see a 2000 + with ADAT rack that I had before, I updated the drivers for the version 1.6 + update firmware of the card, the manual is very clear, because some settings are possible on this map is not running for hours searching for a buffer size, latency setting etc, etc, then we must know the sequencer to assign inputs and outputs, but it has nothing to do with the card

GETTING STARTED

Super stable, no crash, or from use with other SX or stand alone, against the passage by reading to a drive cubase Windon (WMP) gives a crack in the transition from reading, despite the pilot either release asio in the background, never updated since the install, anyway any more recent provisions, I am 256 ms latency audio recording levels are sufficient, the headphones with independent volume is very practical, and a volume of output level monitors for very practical for me because I use amplified speakers with no volume

OVERALL OPINION

So I use it since 2006, the sound is very neutral, and disappoint almost at the beginning, the more I more I use the card is reliable, it is necessarily a break, because at the beginning of the use was a disaster , permanent crack for no reason, even after several latency setting did not change anything, I only use the audio on this card, as MIDI inputs are not top on the latency, for MIDI I go through a UM2 Edirol, is what I found at the top for years before buying this card so I tried a 2000 + ADAT rack, I have sold very quickly, I tried also a creamware + scop luna, whose configuration was impossible, virtual connection cable (like reason) I sold now I would do this choice for a tascam FW1804, but at first I was really disappointed, the highlight of this card is the Use stand alone, really very stable, connects to the back leaving the cabinet rack very clean, the button seems sturdy, it lacks a little equalization,
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correct since, cited above recess 256 is the buffer size, the latency is 12ms, I reinstall the card after my M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R SAV party after a year (apparently this is normal), FW1804 therefore resumed his place on hold back SAV
strangely it works better than before, no cracking on large project, very neutral sound, the M-Audio sound softened a little, preamp certainly involved,
bp without reinstallation, still delay when I change a player VLC playback in Cubase or WMP,
I really like this card, no pb firewire, XP SP2 (SP1 during the first install) I can not configure the PC 3GO memory for XP (no boot.ini, shame about the big VST )
I thought part with it (on sale on the site), but I'll keep it as stand alone for my group, connect a amplifies sound Novanex
not disappointed, the config of the card is top notch and super simple, stable driver (even if I have an update 1.70) I'll keep this CD to install 1.60, bios Updated during the first install
** Now running Cubase 5 and Kontakt4

What characteristics have motivated your choice?

Number of audio inputs and noon, the brand deemed serious.

With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) and you use the connection with what? ...

Everything is so connected over synths / racks Jacks / Midi.

For what purpose?

Home studio.

What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)?

Dell Core 2 Duo at 2.16 GHz, 4M cache and 1 GB of RAM + HDD Maxtor 320 GB USB 2, 7200 trs with 16 MB buffer.



UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable? Yes and no update (useless)

What software do you use most often? Sonar 6 XL

How many tracks do you manage to record / playback simultaneously?

I'm just the track to track rating.

What latency you get? 23 ms, I could be less but I do not seek the perfs. Everything is ok at this value.



GETTING STARTED

The installation is done it without problems?

A breeze!

The general configuration is easy?

Almost plug and play without doing anything!

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?

No.

The manual is clear and sufficient?

I do not know why I did not open.



OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it? 4 years

Did you try many other models before getting this one? Yes the ST Audio adda 2000 that sounded too cold and lacking in dynamics.

What thing do you like most/least about it? Its transparent, retains heat well, the curves ...
We can stack the tracks without any problem, I went up to 80.
We have time before the stack of plugs in saturates the map, in fact it is the CPU saturates by the card.
The dynamic is enormous, I would climb to over 5 dB digital is rare.

There is a flaw, cool the card is malfunctioning, the firewire is not detected or is detected and the audio sync skid, wins ...
I confess I do not know if the laptop or the card.
So I'm preheating and then after that nickel!

It's a great card and I buy it back with eyes closed or model above the FW1884.