Tascam US-224 user manual

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Using the US-224 with Digital Performer


Before setting up the US-224 to work with Digital Performer, please install the US-224 MacOS
drivers, and set up the FreeMIDI. (Refer to the enclosed documents on setting up both the drivers
and FreeMIDI.) You must be using DIGITAL PERFORMER 2.7 or later.

Setting Up

Begin the setup procedure below with the US-224 plugged in and powered on.


Locate the Digital Performer Control Surface Plugin on the US-224 CD-ROM. (If you’ve
downloaded t

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Controller Surface Mapping Note: The SET and REC enable buttons act as shift keys, and should be held down while pressing other buttons to modify their behavior. Transport Controls STOP Stop, or go to Memory Start or beginning of song if already stopped PLAY Play toggle REC One-touch recording or record toggle REW Fast rewind (REW LED lit) SET + REW Slow rewind (REW LED flashing) FFWD Fast forward (FFWD LED lit) SET + FFWD Slow forward (FFWD LED flashing)

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The REC button acts like a shift key with the SELECT buttons. Holding REC and pressing a SELECT button toggles the record enable state for that track. SET+REC clears all record- enabled tracks. The MUTE buttons control both mute and solo status of a track. When the SOLO LED is unlit, pressing a MUTE button toggles the mute status of a track, and the MUTE LED’s reflect the mute status of the track. Pressing the SOLO button toggles the Global Solo State, indicated by the lit SOLO LED. When

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Fader Nulling When changing banks, the physical fader position may not match the corresponding channel’s on-screen fader’s position. Pressing the NULL button places the US-224 into Null mode and lights the NULL LED. In this mode, the fader strips’ red REC and green SELECT LED’S display whether the fader is too high (REC LED on) or too low (SELECT LED on). When both are lit, the physical fader matches the on-screen fader’s position. Press NULL again to return to normal operational mode.