Request - tascam/fw-1884 interface / fe-8 extender midi remote (legacy) template

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Tascam FW-1884 audio interface/surface controller and FE-8 extender have 99% fuctionality configured in Cubase 12 Pro/Win-10 Pro-22H2 using generic Midi Remote Mackie Control Template
A device specific FW-1884 / FE-8 template would allow the interface to be used in “Native Mode”
enabling 100% functionality of the entire Tascam FW-XXXX product line.
The FW Series products were full featured and reasonably priced… Coupled with the fact the v1.80 x64 driver is fully Win7/8/10/11/MacOS compatible the devices still enjoy a large user base.

Thank You Steinberg Team for the continued innovation and support of leading edge products

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MIDI Remote Templates are provided by the hardware manufacturer and not Steinberg. Since the last FW-1884 driver update was about 13(?) years ago I don’t hold much hope that Tascam will provide this. Like you I find that the FW-1884 is still a valuable interface and I have had 2 since about 2008. I have been toying with the idea of creating a Template. Is anyone else even remotely :wink: interested. I find that the Mackie mode works for about everything I do and in some cases better for me than the native mode but I don’t have any FE-8s so I don’t know about that. Is there something in particular you find missing in Mackie mode ?

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thank you for your response i was unaware of who made the templates😉
i agree that support for a discontinued product has about a snowballs chance in h3ll lol
i would be interested in assisting with making one for the fw1884 i also have two fe8’s
i enjoy using it, ive found it to be as useful as the old FCB1010 midi swiss army knife. soooo much better than a mouse lol
feel free to contact me directly thru email i have all the service documents etc for the FW and Mackie protocols

Cheers