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FCP 5.0 Tascam FW1884 Problem…HELP!!
After several months of trouble free FCP with Tascam FW1884 control I am now having some control and audio issues…the control commands are cutting in and out as well as the audio…it seems like the console and FCP are not in constant communications. The console works perfectly well with other apps such as Soundtrack and Logic Pro…I have a G5 dual 2.0 will 2.5 gigs of ram, external drives……any insight would be helpful…thanks….
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When something that has been working well for some time suddenly doesn’t anymore it can sometimes be tracked down to something on the system that has been changed. Have you upgraded ANY software lately? Changed hard drives? Plugged in extra drives on the FW bus? Or added a FW hub? Anything at all changed?
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I did consider this, and as it happens I did pull apart my studio to reconfigure the placement of my gear. But I did take care to put things back together properly. In fact I reset things the way they were before the change and I still had the same problem. It’s driving me nuts…I think I’m going to reinstall FCP…any last thoughts before I do?…many thanks
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I have no idea if this will work, but trash your preferences if you haven’t tried that.
John
Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.3 QT7.0.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
SonicStudio HD DAW, Yamaha DM1000, Genelec Monitors -
Thanks I tried that as well…did not work so I then reinstalled FCP…still no luck…this is starting to mess with my head….the fw1884 works flawlessly with logic pro and sound track pro and reason so I know the thing is functioning…..
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Have you done anything that’s affected the midi buss or any related control panels?
John
Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.3 QT7.0.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
SonicStudio HD DAW, Yamaha DM1000, Genelec Monitors -
Another thought – any midi drivers need updating for Tiger?
John
Dual 2.5 G5 4 gigs RAM OS 10.4.3 QT7.0.3
Dual Cinema 23 Radeon 9800
FCP Studio 5
Huge U-320R 1TB Raid 3 firmware ENG15.BIN
ATTO UL4D driver 3.50
AJA IO driver 2.1 firmware v23-28
SonicStudio HD DAW, Yamaha DM1000, Genelec Monitors -
I have the tascam 1084 and similarly have thiese occasional issues.
The main problem is that it fights with a LaCie big disc extreme I have plugged into the fw800 port.
The 1084 has to be plugged into the fw400 on the front of my G5 to work but even then it takes some real juju to get it going.
I don’t know step for step but what sometimes works is setting the clock source on the 1084 to internal, turn it off, fire up fcp, turn on the 1084 watch for the firewire indicator on the 1084 to come on then open the audio mixer tool in FCP, put one finger in your ear and the other up your nose whilst tapping your feet together and chanting “it’s worth it for the control surface function, it’s worth it for the control surface function, it’s worth it for the control surface function”
I sometimes have to do this 3 or 4 times before it works.
Then, and this is key, leave the unit ON. If you turn it off you’ll have to re-juju all over.
Good luck
BTW all latest drivers and firmware.
Lex
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