Sonar X1b x64 + Windows 7 SP1 x64 + Tascam FW 1884 x64 ..... calling all users

Hi all
 
Looking to set up Sonar X1b x64 for a friend who wants to use their Tascam FW 1884 with it  [ they have an RME BabyFace as their audio interface ]........... so, not being too familiar with the unit, I am calling on my fellow forum users of  Sonar X1b  X64  +  Windows 7 X64  +  Tascam FW 1884 x64 Driver.
 
=> what are, if any,   the issues / problems / glitchs / quirks / non-functioning features / limitations  etc ....... when using the Tascam FW 1884  purely and only as a control surface  with Sonar X1b  x64  and  Windows 7  SP1 x64  ?
All comments / help  much appreciated.
 
Thanks,
Tom

While the Tascam road has been a bit rocky a time or two there are still many of us using the FW1-1884 with good results.

Check out the users pages linked in my signature below.

Tom

+1 for all the great work by Tom Deering to put that reference together!  I had the tiniest hand in a bit of the content, as did others, but he deserves all credit for collating everything for us.

TomG, I do not use many or even most of the features of the FW-1884.  I use it for transport control and mixing, and that's about it.  Maybe recording one or two audio channels.  So, I don't know the answers to your more detailed questions. 

I do think, though, that the Pro Channel in X1 cannot be controlled by the FW-1884.  This is not a criticism of Tascam (and fellow posters know I'm not shy about calling them out when warranted) because the last SONAR driver for the FW-1884 was posted back in, I think, SONAR 6.  Worse, the user guide refers to something like SONAR 2 or 4.   As a discontinued product, I do not see Tascam contracting with Frontier Design (who have always been supportive) to rewrite the SONAR driver for X1.

As to the preset buttons on the left, I only use a few, but I recall testing them and most did nothing in X1.  However, as stated, I wouldn't know whether they worked or not in some cases, so I'm not a fair tester and you should not rely on that answer.

I quickly tested the buttons on the left within a project.  Here are the good results:

Flip - works
Pan - works
...
Save /  F1 - works
Revert / F2 - works
All Safe F3 - not sure what it does
CLR Solo / F4 -works
Cut - works
Del - works
Copy - did not seem to do anything, but:
Paste - works
Undo - works
Alt/CMD, Shift, & Ctrl - not sure how to test

The Ctrl, Shift and Alt may very well work; I just did not know any way to test that.

Hi Tom

Many thanks for that - really appreciated.

I'll await your post here about what you can test / find out.

Again - thanks.
tommyg

Sounds good!  Thanks for the report.