Setting up the Tascam FW-1884 to work as a HUI control surface in ProTools.
Be sure to download and install the latest FW-1884 drivers from www.tascam.com (as of this posting v1.10 for Mac OSX).
This combination has been tested with ProTools LE 6.2.3 running Mac OS 10.3.2 .
1. Launch the FW-1884 Manager from Mac HD > Applications.
2. In the System page, set the “Control Protocol” menu to “HUI Emulation.” Then simply close the FW-1884 Manager.
3. Launch ProTools and open a session (or make a new session and create a few tracks).
4. Go to the SETUP menu in ProTools and choose “Edit Midi Studio Setup”. This will launch AMS (Audio MIDI Setup). In the MIDI Devices page, make sure the FW-1884 automatically appears there. Then simply quit AMS.
5. In ProTools, go to the MIDI menu and select “input devices”. Make sure that FW-1884 ports are selected. Then click OK.
6. Go the SETUP menu and choose Peripherals. In the MIDI Controllers page, set #1 to “HUI”. Set the “receive from” and “send to” to FW-1884 Control Port.
7. Click OK in peripherals, and the FW1884 should come online with ProTools.
* Make sure that the “computer” light is illuminated on the FW-1884 control surface.
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