Tascam US-224 Use Manual

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 D

IGITAL 

P

ERFORMER 

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 the driver from our website, locate the folder on your hard drive.) Drag it into 

the P

LUG

-

INS

 folder within the D

IGITAL 

P

ERFORMER

 folder.  

Important: The Control Surface Plug-in must be in the P

LUG

-

INS

 folder within the D

IGITAL 

P

ERFORMER 

folder, along with the Digital Performer application itself. 

  Next, verify that the ASIO drivers are installed correctly. Open the ASIO D

RIVERS

 folder 

within the D

IGITAL 

P

ERFORMER

 folder. Verify that this folder contains both the US-224’s 16 

bit and 24 bit ASIO drivers.  

  Open the US-224 Control Panel (Apple menu). Select US-224 N

ATIVE

 from the pulldown 

menu. If you will be using a Master fader within Digital Performer, then also select 

“Master fader sends MIDI only.” Otherwise, select “Master fader affects application output 

and sends MIDI.” 

  Open Digital Performer. Select an existing project, or open a new one.  

  From the B

ASICS 

/ MOTU A

UDIO 

S

YSTEM OPTIONS

 menu, select C

ONFIGURE

 H

ARDWARE 

D

RIVER

…. From the pulldown menu that appears, select the ASIO device option, and 

then select one of the US-224’s ASIO drivers. 

  Select the B

ASICS 

/ C

ONTROL 

S

URFACE 

S

ETUP

 menu. From the H

ARDWARE

 pulldown 

menu, select the US-224 as the Control Surface. Select “US-224, C

ONTROL

-16” from the 

MIDI C

OMMUNICATION

 drop down menu.