I have a firewire device ctrlmixer/soundcard Tascam FW-1884 with drivers made for XP i think, it will not work with a modern firewire driver. I had to install a OHCI firewire legacy driver to make it work and then install the Tascam driver in unsigned, XP compability mode. Then it works, but after a or some reboots, Windows 10 remove the driver? Step 3: Now connect the Fire Wire cable and Power on the FW-1884. Open the FW-1884 Control Panel, its on the left hand side of the unit below 'SHORTCUTS'. Notice that below the sample rate the FW is reporting that it is 'In Sync'. Below 'TASCAM' is the driver version, in this case 'Version 1.80'. Tascam recommend that the FW1884 be connected using a six-pin Firewire cable, though it can't be powered via the Firewire buss. An FE8 expander unit is expected to become available towards the end of the year, when the system will be expandable up to a massive 128 faders using multiple FE8s. I highly recommend not to buy the FW1884 anymore. Drivers are old and buggy. You should try to get some Icon Faders and maybe a Presonus inter.
Tascam FW-1884 Users Group Resources
Windows 10 Update 4-28-2018
I now have my FW-1884 up and working in Win 10 Pro!
You can find the Windows 10 tutorial here!
More resourses:
From the RME user's forum:
Win8: For those needing the 1394 OHCI (Legacy) driver
Here is alink to the Sonar Forum that I hope will help.
Tascam Fw 1884 Drivers Mac
U9 PDI1394 firewire chip information
I have a good supply of the U9 firewire chip; PDI1394P23BD.
These are NOS Phillips chips, the same exact chip that is on the board.
TUTORIALS:
Windows 7 IEEE 1394 setup, Tascam driver and Sonar plug installation for Sonar X1b.
The 'Legacy' firewire setup is much more detailed now and applies to almost all firewire
interfaces and DAW software.
Setting up Windows 7 SonarX and the Tascam FW-1884
Sonar 8.5 and the FW-1884 setup tutorial.
Setting up Windows 7 Sonar 8.5 and the Tascam FW-1884
Getting Your Audio in Sync with Sonar.
in sync with Sonar
FW Manuals, Schematics and Service bulletins:
In searching for info on the Firewire chip, U9, I had a look at the
Service Bulletins that Tascam has released for the FW-1884.
Some users have reported the FW needing a 'warm-up' period to
work reliably. Have a look at SB 339 if you are experiencing problems.
Below are PDF files of the all the FW docs I have.
SB 339 Low Zener Voltage
SB 340 U9 Layout Drawing
SB 341r Only 'Stop' light on at boot
SB 405 Add protect diode to mic pres
SB 414 Change in Fader Manufacturer
SB 606 Change of U9 Capacitor
FW-1884 Service Manual
FW-1884 Schematic Diagrams
FW-1884 Windows Clean Un-install
DOWNLOADS:
NEWOHCI Test Tool:
This will let you verify that your firewire chipset is TI.
Just download, unzip and run the utility. Piece of cake!
Driver v1.8 available on the Tascam support page!
Tascam labels it: Windows 7 (32 bit/64 bit) Vista SP1 (32 bit/64 bit) Win XP 32 bit (SP2/SP3).
FW1884 Sonar plugin v1.22x64 Win 7 x64 and Sonar x64.
FW1884 Sonar plugin v1.22 This is the'jewel' that got everything working again in Sonar 6 & later.
FW1884 v1.6 drivers Win XP 32 bit drivers,supposed to work for Vista 32 and 64.
FW1884 v1.7 drivers I'm using this in Win 7x32 with good results, release notes indicate that it solved
problems in Vista x64 on systems using more than 2GB of RAM.
Firmware (do NOT install twice!), v1.40 and v1.50 drivers, and the Sonar 5 plugin v1.21are still available
on the Tascam support page.
Machinator Mod A general discussion of the mod with photos. Not really an installation guide, more a sales brochure.
I still think it would be helpful,
for all concerned if each of us were to amend our Sonarsignatures to include adetailed description
of our OS, current state of FW updates and drivers, and howeverything is working.
I detail my Win7 x32 & x64 setups here.
Tascam Fw-1884 Drivers For Mac
If you have something useful; links, software, etc. please PM or email me at DeeringAmps@aol.com.
Today the Forum Search Engine seams to be working good, but I've had problems with itin the past...
Here are some helpful Sonar Forum threads:
Fw 1884 Windows 10 Driver
Best Firewire card for TascamFW-1884 I bought the ADS PCI card
Tascam Fw 1884 Windows 10
Hope this helps
Tascam Fw 1884 Windows 10 Driver
updated: 17 Apr 2021 13:08