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User Manual: Tascam Product: US-428 | TASCAM

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GENERAL NOTES ABOUT USING THE 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:
• 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:
• 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)
• 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.
o Bank 1:
§ Faders 1-8 + master = DRAWBARS 1-9 ON THE UPPER MANUAL
§ Mute 1 = VIB LOW ON/OFF
§ Mute 2 = VIB UP ON/OFF
§ Mute 3 = ROTATOR SPEED FAST/SLOW
§ Mute 4 = PERC ON/OFF
§ Mute 5 = DRIVE ON/OFF
§ Mute 6 = ROTATOR ON/OFF
§ Mute 7 = VELOCITY ON/OFF
§ Data Wheel = EXPRESSION PEDAL
o Bank 2: (Similar to Bank 1 except):
§ Faders 1-8 + master = DRAWBARS 1-9 ON THE LOWER MANUAL
o Bank 3: (Similar to Bank 1 except):
§ Faders 1-6 = 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 activated:
§ GAIN = TREBLE SLOW
§ FREQ = TREBLE FAST
§ Q = TREBLE ACCEL
§ PAN = TREBLE TONE
With EQ Hi Mid activated:
§ GAIN = TUBE AMP DRIVE
§ FREQ = TUBE AMP VOL
§ Q = TUBE AMP BODY
§ PAN = TUBE AMP BRIGHT
With EQ Lo Mid activated:
§ GAIN = MIC BALANCE
§ FREQ = MIC PAN
§ Q = MIC SPREAD
§ PAN = MIC DISTANCE
With EQ Low activated:
§ GAIN = BASS SLOW
§ FREQ = BASS FAST
§ Q = BASS ACCEL
§ PAN = BASS TONE
With Aux 1 activated:
§ GAIN = PERC VOLUME
§ FREQ = PERC DELAY
§ Q = PERC HARMONIC
§ PAN = KEYCLICK AMT
With Aux 2 activated:
§ GAIN = VIBRATO MIX
§ FREQ = VIBRATO DEPTH
§ Q = PERC HARMONIC
§ PAN = KEYCLICK AMT

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