I have tried this. One thing I should add is that when I first attempted to use the EQ in the 1884 the gain was working but only the gain. After I tried the remote control with the EQ knobs and then disabled the remote (after it worked poorly) and went back to using them normally (the way you explained) and now I have no response. I wonder if there is a way to set everything in the 1884 back to default and try again or I might just wait for the new drivers and hope for the best.

I wonder if there is a way to set everything in the 1884 back to default

According to the PDF manual I downloaded:

"While in MIDI CTRL surface mode, SHIFT+CTRL+F8 resets the MIDI surface programming to factory default settings."

Hope this helps.

Oh well-- figured I'd take a shot. <g>

Iguess its a good time to be broke, as I would be have some of the same problems, maybe I wait till the new drivers are out, please post when they are out

TO get my latencu down I had to use mme drivers; I got down to about 30ms with 4 buffers in playback running a p4 2.4 and 1028megs of ram and xp home. GO figure that you have to use MME over WDM

Hey RMorgan,
I know you're discouraged now (as I have been), but why return it Monday when Frontier said they're probably delivering new drivers/installers to Tascam on Monday? They've been working on these for months, as evidenced by Jay's experience, and he said even a hastily made small tweak on the ASIO drivers made it work for him.
If you're still within your returning window for another week, I say at least wait to try the new drivers! That's what I'm doing.
RG

The eq works just fine in Sonar 3 for me! Sheesh, everybody's got a different problem. The only thing that confused me about the eq was that the frequency nob didn't do anything on a selected band until I had done something with the gain nob.

Update!
I started a couple new projects and found out the encoders on my 1884 do control the fxEQ in Sonar after all. They seem to work the same as didger reported. You must move the gain encoder first before the frequency or Q do anything. Once you know this all is good. However, after deleting the Cakewalk fxEQ and trying to control the Sonitus EQ which is automatically assigned to a track once the EQ enable button is pushed, I found it did not work. The 1884 has no control to the Sonitus EQ which is kind of disappointing since it would only take one click of the enable button and then you have EQ on that track. Anyway, since the Sonitus EQ was not working with the 1884 I disabled it and patched the fxEQ to the same track. Guess what?! The 1884 would not control the Cakewalk fxEQ. It seems if you try to use the Sonitus EQ and then disable it and go to the Cakewalk fxEQ the 1884 gets confused(or Sonar does) and the 1884 EQ encoders will not work. I started a new project with 4 instances of the fxEQ on four different tracks and the 1884 is working great. I will not attempt to use the Sonitus EQ for now.

I just wanted to chime in here with this, while I don't have the TASCAM FW unit, I do run Sonar 2.2XL on a windows 2000 P-III, with a Delta 1010.

If my memory serves me right... isn't there an issue with 2000 not being able to use more than 10 audio and 10 midi devices?

If that is true, could the real issue be that win2k is getting confused by all the drivers, even whatever may be left in the registry after an un-install?

Just a thought... carry on...

I have found my 1884 and my computer get along alot better when I do three things.

1. First I turn on the 1884 and then I turn on my computer. When I do this, the computer always recognizes the 1884.

2. Keep my sound blaster card inside my computer disabled.

3. Mute the volume in Windows Media Player (Play/Volume/Mute). Its seems Windows Media Player doesn't get along with the 1884 when using Sonar(WMP hogs the drivers and will not share with Sonar). When I want to use Windows Media Player(when not using Sonar) I just unmute. Actually, I prefer to use Music Match when playing MP3s on my computer. I do not need to mute the volume in Music Match. It does not seem to hog the 1884's drivers like Windows Media Player does when using Sonar.
Hope this helps, every computer has its own quirks.

digipenguin, so glad to hear that you have solved this problem. I am considering purchasing one o f these units to go with Sonar, and it is good to see the unit will work. Keep us updated on your usage.

Just got this email from Frontier, as several others probably did, but I thought I'd post it for the world to see here:
_________________________________________
We have just sent off a new round of drivers
to TASCAM for their approval and posting. I think you will find
significant improvement in the audio response of the FW-1884. There are
some aspects, particularly with SONAR/ASIO that are waiting for
Cakewalk's attention to get completely correct.

We are also waiting for access to the new EQ and bussing configurations
in SONAR 3 so that we can put those into another update soon.

Try the new driver as soon as it gets posted and let us know how it
works.
_________________________________________

ORIGINAL: didger
Just got this email from Frontier, as several others probably did, but I thought I'd post it for the world to see here:

Thanks for the post. I appreciate the news, since I don't receive these "insider" emails. Please post when you find that the new drivers are actually available online. Sure hope it is soon.

Thanks.
Rich

According to Brian at Frontier design group, the chipset shouldn’t make a difference. The only requirement is that it is 6 pin and OHCI compliant. I’ve tried all the “feel good” remedies as well and nothing has yielded consistent results. Although standing on one foot while patting your head and rubbing your belly does improve audio sync.

We are at the mercy of the next round of drivers and hopefully Tascam will post them soon. The good news is that they are telling us we should see some big improvements in audio with the new drivers. Which acknowledges that there is a problem with the current ones. The bad news is they have not been able to reproduce the sync issue that I have. If they can’t reproduce it they can’t fix it...
The guys at Frontier are working hard on this and are in constant communication with Cakewalk so we are not waiting in vain. Other things to get excited about are the possibilities of bussing and submains with the FE-8. Yes it’s in the works! And of course control for the Ultra Funk EQ, but that probably won’t be for a while (cakewalk has just exposed the code for the new architecture to the developers).
Lets hope the guys at Tascam are banging away at the new drivers right now and don’t have to send them back to Frontier before posting them. For now keep the faith!

No he didn't say that 6 pin is a requirement, only that the chipset shouldn't matter. He happens to use a VIA chipset.

I do hope the new driver fixes the metronome prob though. I use it infrequently, but when it's needed, it's really needed. There aren't a whole lot of alternatives unless you want to sit down and program out a click track.