Tascam B4 Notes

User Manual: Tascam Product: US-428 | TASCAM

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GENERAL NOTES ABOUT USING T HE B4
The US-428 Control Panel now includes the addition of another Control Surface Protocol in the
drop-down box: "Native Instruments B4", for mapping the US-428's control surface to Native
Instruments' B4 virtual organ. (NOTE: A demo version of the B4 can be downloaded from the
Native Instruments website at www.native-instruments.com).
NOTE: The following setup procedures must be done with the B4 running as a standalone
application, rather than in VST Instrument mode.

AUDIO SETUP:
In the B4 system menu:
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Under "Audio Port" choose ASIO
Under "Audio Settings" choose "ASIO US-428 (24 bit)"
Also under "Audio Settings" use the buffer size slider to set a value that is EQUAL TO the
value chosen in the US-428 Control Panel. Ideally, best results will be achieved with a
buffer size setting of 256 to 512.
Note that if you change the setting in the US-428, you will have to update the setting in
the B4 the next time you start the program. Failure to do this will result in noise.
Under "Audio Routing" click the Audio In "All Off" button, and click the Audio Out "Default"
button.

MIDI SETUP:
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Under "MIDI Settings" make sure that you've selected the proper MIDI IN ports. (For
example, if you're feeding a keyboard into US-428 MIDI In 1, choose:
o US-428 Port 1
o US-428 Control

(You MUST include "US-428 Control" port, or the faders and other surface control will not work)
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Also in this dialog, select
o Upper manual = Channel 1
o Lower manual = Channel 2
o Pedal = Channel 3
o Leave MIDI Input filtering disabled.

Control Surface Mapping:
TIP: If you click on the characters “B4” at the upper right of the B4 program, you can rapidly
switch between Keyboard and Control views.
Keyboard View: Here you can access the drawbars, rockers, expression pedal, and Leslie
speed. There are three banks, accessible with the BANK L and BANK R buttons on the US-428.
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Bank 1:
§ Faders 1-8 + master
§ Mute 1
§ Mute 2
§ Mute 3
§ Mute 4
§ Mute 5
§ Mute 6
§ Mute 7
§ Data Wheel

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DRAWBARS 1-9 ON THE UPPER MANUAL
VIB LOW ON/OFF
VIB UP ON/OFF
ROTATOR SPEED FAST/SLOW
PERC ON/OFF
DRIVE ON/OFF
ROTATOR ON/OFF
VELOCITY ON/OFF
EXPRESSION PEDAL

Bank 2: (Similar to Bank 1 except):
§ Faders 1-8 + master
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DRAWBARS 1-9 ON THE LOWER MANUAL

Bank 3: (Similar to Bank 1 except):
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Faders 1-6
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DRAWBARS 1-6 ON THE PEDAL MANUAL

Control View: All the previous controls operate as before, and the EQ switches and controls
also allow these settings:
With EQ High
§ GAIN
§ FREQ
§ Q
§ PAN

activated:
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TREBLE SLOW
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TREBLE FAST
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TREBLE ACCEL
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TREBLE TONE

With EQ Low activated:
§ GAIN
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BASS SLOW
§ FREQ
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BASS FAST
§ Q
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BASS ACCEL
§ PAN
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BASS TONE

With EQ Hi Mid activated:
§ GAIN
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TUBE AMP DRIVE
§ FREQ
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TUBE AMP VOL
§ Q
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TUBE AMP BODY
§ PAN
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TUBE AMP BRIGHT

With Aux 1 activated:
§ GAIN
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PERC VOLUME
§ FREQ
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PERC DELAY
§ Q
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PERC HARMONIC
§ PAN
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KEYCLICK AMT

With EQ Lo Mid activated:
§ GAIN
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MIC BALANCE
§ FREQ
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MIC PAN
§ Q
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MIC SPREAD
§ PAN
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MIC DISTANCE

With Aux 2 activated:
§ GAIN
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VIBRATO MIX
§ FREQ
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VIBRATO DEPTH
§ Q
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PERC HARMONIC
§ PAN
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KEYCLICK AMT
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