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4 – Control Surface Modes and Operation
TASCAM FW-1082 Owner’s Manual 21
Programming the MIDI Control Messages
Open the FW-1082’s Control Panel by pressing the
CONTROL PANEL key on the FW-1082.
Select the
MIDI Programming tab. This tab has a sin-
gle display window.
If your FW-1082 is not powered on and connected to
the computer, the window displays
FW-1082 Not
Available
. Once the FW-1082 is powered on and
connected, the display shows the screen shown in
Figure 4.5:
• To enter MIDI programming mode, hold
SHIFT
and press the
MIDI CTRL key; the MIDI CTRL key
flashes.
Note that this only works if the FW-1082 is con-
nected to a host computer. The FW-1082’s Control
Panel opens to the
MIDI Programming tab.
• You can leave the MIDI programming mode at any
time by pressing the
MIDI CTRL key alone or
selecting any other control surface mode.
Once you have entered MIDI Programming mode,
the
MIDI Programming tab window on the FW-
1082’s control panel displays the programming infor-
mation for one of the MIDI control keys, encoders or
faders.
• Display the programming information for any con-
trol by activating it: press a key, move an encoder,
touch or move a fader, and that control’s program-
ming information is displayed. Note that messages
are not actually sent in MIDI Programming mode,
to avoid unexpected behavior of peripheral equip-
ment while programming
Changes that you make to the programmed MIDI
messages take effect immediately. Further, they are
remembered even when the FW-1082’s power is
turned off.
TIP
Reset the MIDI controller assignments to their factory
defaults by pressing and holding
SHIFT
and pressing
F3
. The FW-1082 must not be in MIDI Programming
mode when you perform this reset.
Programming Keys
If you press one of the keys used in the MIDI CTRL
surface mode, it will light up and the FW-1082’s
Control Panel shows a screen similar to Figure 4.6:
Selecting the MIDI output(s) The FW-1082
has two physical MIDI outputs (
1 and 2) and two vir-
tual MIDI outputs which appear as MIDI sources in
your DAW, but have no physical port (
VP1 and VP2).
• Check or un-check the four
Port boxes to select or
de-select the corresponding MIDI output or outputs
for this key. MIDI messages generated by the key
that you are programming are sent to each port
whose box is checked. Uncheck all four ports to
make a key inactive.
Setting the MIDI channel All MIDI messages
from this key must be on the same channel.
• Use the up and down arrows of the
Channel indica-
tor box to change the MIDI channel or type in a
MIDI channel number from 1 through 16.
Setting the MIDI message type
These MIDI control keys are capable of transmitting
one of three possible MIDI messages. The message
type is selected in the control panel:
Figure 4.5: MIDI programming setup
Figure 4.6: Programming control surface keys