Drew. It's certainly true that those keystrokes are in the manual however, they are quite spread out. that's why we put the document together over on: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/fw1884.html
Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Drew Sent: 04 November 2010 06:34 To: JSonar -- JAWS Scripts for Sonar discussion list Subject: Re: [Jsonar] Tascam FW-1884 It doesn't talk, and nobody has made it accessible, largely becaues you don't need to. Phil has a quite good document on his website detailing what order the buttons are in but it's almost not necessary as the manual actually does a really good job of describing the buttons in a left-to-right, top-to-bottom way (the manual, incidentally, can be downloaded as PDF off the tascam site or, again, as RTF from Phil's website.) I have one and enjoy it, over all. It's integration with windows is not the best--it shows up as nine stereo pairs and won't let you pan them out or split them out to mono ins and nothing up to and including a blood sacrifice will change this--and it's preamps are likewise not erally what you'd expect out of a mixer you'd buy for a grand, but considering the price, it's damned impressive what you're getting IMO. It used to have some nasty stability issues but these have largely been ironed out with new drivers and you can use it as a 64-bit control surface in 64-bit Sonar now (you're all welcome, by the way.) All of hte buttons pretty much feel like each other, as do teh knobs and faders, but it's not too terribly difficult to orient yourself and once you memorize a few key buttons like fip-pan, control, etc. you'll find that's less of a hastle than it seems--the mutes and solos are laid out over each channel, which are probably the buttons you'll use most, and the mixer section feels a lot different from the transport section which also feels rather different from the left part of the unit where most of the control buttons are. If you have any form of useable vision you'll be benefitted by teh various LED lights that let you know teh status of various controls, there's no such thing as an LCD display anywhere on the machine and the control panel is just text, no bitmapping or anything, which is almost worth teh price of purchase right there as that's almost unheard of in this day and age. The BCF2000 is also good for the price but uses emulation, which won't give you as good a response as the FW1884's native surface drivers will--and of course you won't get any of the audio interface benefits of the 1884. Note, though, that Tascam has discontinued the unit, so you break it, it's bought it. On 11/3/2010 5:09 PM, Ratha Moeuy wrote: Hi, Sorry, I accidentally sent out the message below via another account earlier. That account is not subscribed to this list. Hi, I am looking in to purchasing a midi controller for controlling Sonar and an audio interface. At first I was really looking at a Behringer BCF2000 midi controller and the Lexicon Omega audio interface. But then I found a used Tascam FW1884 for a pretty good price. I've read on this list a while ago that some of you have the Tascam FW-1884. Do you mind telling me a bit about it as far as using it from a blind person's perspective? I am aware that it is both a midi controller and an audio interface, is it tactile enough for a blind person to differentiate between each controls? Also, I've also read on this list that someone had made it accessible or talk, can anyone tell me more about this? If anyone can also tell me about the Behringer BCF2000 I would also appreciate it. Ratha Moeuy _______________________________________________ Find JSonar and Sonar FAQs, articles, guides and downloads at jsonar.org. Jsonar mailing list [email protected] http://jsonar.org/mailman/listinfo/jsonar_jsonar.org
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