Tascam owner manual The US-224Control Panel, Main Page

5.The US-224 Control Panel

5.1 Main Page

In the Control Panel’s main page, you can specify a number of options of the US-224’s ASIO handling.

Illustration 5.01 - Control Panel Main Page

The Control Surface Protocol setting governs the type of MIDI messages used to send fader and button information from the US-224 to applications. The corresponding drop-down box allows you to select from US-224 Native or US-428 emulation modes. For more information US-428 emulation mode, refer to chapter 8. For use with most DAW applications, it’s recommended that you leave the default “US-224 Native” selection.

The Master Fader always sends changes in position via MIDI. It can also be used to make the US-224 itself change the output level coming from an application. (This is useful for programs that do not have their own master volume control, such as Sound Forge.) In Cubasis, select the MIDI only option.

The Input selector toggles the source of the US-224’s inputs from analog (via any of the mic or line inputs) to digital (via the S/PDIF input).

The Status area provides a view of the US- 224’s current settings:

Clock source:	Internal or Digital In
Sample rate:	44100 or 48000
Resolution:	24 Bit or 16 Bit

Digital input:

Signal:

Red - no digital input

Green - digital input active

Fmt:

Red - improper format

Green - proper S/PDIF format

Lock:

Red - digital in not ready to record,

Green - digital in ready to record

The Input Monitor area is a viewable and controllable version of the US-224 INPUT MONITOR mixer. Here you can control the level and position of each US-224 input as it will appear on the LINE OUTPUT, DIGITAL OUT, and PHONES connectors. Three controls (level, pan and mute) are available for both inputs. Note that these controls can also be changed from the US-224 by pressing the INPUT MONITOR switch on the unit, and using channel strips 1and 2. If you make the changes this way, the controls displayed in the US-224 Control Panel will be updated to reflect the new values.

Any settings shown in the input monitor section of this control panel can be saved as one of four Snapshots. To save your settings as snapshot number 1, for example. click on “Save” and then click on “1”. Any snapshot can then be recalled by just clicking on its corresponding button.

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