Tascam US-428 Supplementary Manual
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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 to Native
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:
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Under "Audio Port" choose ASIO
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Under "Audio Settings" choose "ASIO US-428 (24 bit)"
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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. Ideally, best results will be achieved with a
buffer size setting of 256 to 512.
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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.
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Under "Audio Routing" click the Audio In "All Off" button, and click the Audio Out "Default"
button.
MIDI SETUP:
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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)
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Also in this dialog, select
o
Upper manual = Channel 1
o
Lower manual = Channel 2
o
Pedal = Channel 3
o
Leave MIDI Input filtering disabled.