Tascam FireOne Owner's Manual

Summary of FireOne

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    D00963220b » fireone firewire audio/midi control owner's manual.

  • Page 2: Important Safety Precautions

    Important safety precautions tascam fireone the exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, with...

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    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 read these instructions. 2 keep these instructions. 3 heed all warnings. 4 follow all instructions. 5 do not use this apparatus near water. 6 clean only with dry cloth. 7 do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer...

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    Important safety precautions tascam fireone contents 1 - introduction ................. 5 overview .............................. 5 features ............................... 5 in the box ............................ 5 copyright, etc ...................... 5 precautions and notes for placement and use...

  • Page 5: 1 - Introduction

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone thank you for choosing the tascam fireone. With an inte- grated design that includes professional-quality mic preampli- fiers, high-resolution analog-to-digital conversion, midi, and control surface features, we have designed fireone to be the perfect add...

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    Important safety precautions tascam fireone 1 - introduction system requirements fireone is supported under windows xp service pack 2. No support for earlier versions such as windows 98 or windows me is offered. Fireone is supported by macintosh os x, version 10.4 and later. Earlier versions of maci...

  • Page 7: 1 - Introduction

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 - introduction firewire connection notes note some manufacturers may use a different nomenclature to refer to their firewire™ connections, such as sony’s “i.Link”, or simply “1394”). Fireone comes with a high-quality 6-pin to 6-pin interface cable. We s...

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    Important safety precautions tascam fireone the controls and connectors of the fireone are described in the following sections. Note that the specific functionality of the control surface buttons may vary with the application that it’s being used with. Please refer to the application guide for more ...

  • Page 9: 2 - Features of The Fireone

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 2 - features of the fireone 4 pad switches the pad switch is used to attenuate input signals by 20 db. Use the pad switch with high-level output devices that would otherwise overdrive the inputs and cause distortion. 5 mix control the mix control is used ...

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    Important safety precautions 10 tascam fireone 2 - features of the fireone 1 mic/line in connector the flexible combo (xlr/phone) jacks connect a wide variety of possible input sources to fireone’s high-quali - ty internal microphone preamplifiers. Note that when ¼” jacks are used, that fireone acco...

  • Page 11: 3 - Installation

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 11 control panel installation a setup program is provided on the cd-rom. This program will install the fireone windows driver onto your computer, as well as a windows control panel applet and plugins for cakewalk sonar and steinberg cubase and nuendo. To ...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam fireone certain fireone settings are controlled by the fireone control panel applet which was installed onto your host computer when you installed the driver software. The follow - ing settings are available. Fireone includes a set of leds arranged in a ring und...

  • Page 13: 4 - Control Panel Settings

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 4 - control panel settings sampling rate lock normally, any audio application can change fireone’s sample rate. When “sample rate lock” is enabled, only the fireone control panel is permitted to change the sample rate. Input mon mono the direct input mo...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam fireone using the included cable, connect the fireone to your computer as shown in the illustration. Firewire connections computer firewire connect your mics to the mic/line in ( b / a ) jacks (xlr). If you are using a condenser mic that requires phantom power, ...

  • Page 15: 5 - Connections

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 5 - connections guitar connect your guitar to the guitar in jack (1/4” phone jack) and set the rear/front switch to front . Guitar keyboard/drum machine/sound module/cassette deck/md/cd etc. (analog connection) connect the analog audio output of these d...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam fireone 5 - connections the output of an analog record player cannot be connected directly to the fireone. You must connect a phono preamplifier between your analog record player and the fireone. Alternatively, you can connect it via an audio amplifier that has ...

  • Page 17: 5 - Connections

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 5 - connections speakers/headphones powered speakers or amp and speakers headphones.

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam fireone 5 - connections connect your sound module, keyboard/synthesizer, drum machine, or other midi device to the fireone as shown below. Firewire computer midi out midi in sequencer/ drum machine/etc. You can use the midi in/midi out connectors to transmit and...

  • Page 19: 6 - Troubleshooting

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 fireone is a device dependent on a number of interrelated software and hardware components. If you experience problems with your fireone, here are a few suggestions to check first: host connection troubleshooting problem solution firewire light is off. ...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam fireone 6 - troubleshooting audio troubleshooting problem solution general: i can’t hear the audio output. • make sure line out signal is connected to an amplifier and speakers, and that they are powered on and have proper level settings. • adjust fireone line o...

  • Page 21: 7 - Block Diagram

    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 1 fireone block diagram 7 - block diagram.

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    Important safety precautions tascam fireone 8 - specifications inputs / outputs mic input connector xlr-3-31 (1: gnd, 2: hot, 3: cold) input impedance 1.3 k Ø input level -60 dbu (trim max) to -7.8 dbu (trim min) headroom 16 db maximum gain 53 db pad 20 db line input connector 1/4” inch phone jack (...

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    Important safety instructions tascam fireone 8 - specifications performance bit depth 16, 24 bits sample rates 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, or 192 khz frequency response (@ norminal level, mic to line out) 20 hz - 20 khz ±1.0 db (44.1 khz/48 khz) 20 hz - 40 khz ±0.5 db/-4.0 db (88.2 khz/96 khz) 20 hz ...

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    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 ...