welcome to the TASCAM Model 12 in this video we will show the basic
instructions on setting up the model 12
as a control surface for your digital
audio workstation this video is
specifically for Ableton Live if you
don't have Ableton Live see the other
videos for your particular da w connect
the model 12 USB cable to your computer
model 12 uses a USBC connector some
modern computers will also have a USBC
connector this computer we are using
today as a USB a connector so the cable
we need is this common USB see the USB a
cable make sure the cable supports USB 2
or higher next put the input mode switch
on PC or in the middle position of the
model 12 for channels 1 and 2 you can
set the other channels however you
choose the first thing to do is download
the model mixer setting panel software
from task am calm this is found on the
downloads tab on the individual model 12
product page go ahead and install the
model mixer setting panel software
now it's time to put model 12 into da W controller mode press the menu button
the multi jog knob uses a turn in push
method once you highlight a function you
can then push the knob to select it
turn the multi jog knob until you get to
the da W controller push the multi jog
knob to select da W controller model 12
has presets for the most popular da ws
so highlight Mackay live press the multi
jog knob to select it the model 12 will
ask you if you are sure and want to
start the controller mode press the far
right button directly under the display
or yes model 12 displays and notice that
only track channels 1 & 2 can be used as
the default for Ableton Live press the
multi jog knob enter the model 12 is now
in controller mode and its faders and
most of its knobs are disabled to the
internal model 12 functions tascam
cannot provide customer support for your
software program computer or computer
configuration here are the settings on
this computer which is a MacBook Pro
using Ableton Live Lite the first thing
we need to do is set the model 12 up as
a USB audio interface so on the upper
left we click live choose preferences
and we want the audio tab here there's
an audio input device and an audio
output device setting for the audio
input device click and choose model 12
for the audio output device click choose
model 12 the next thing we need to do is
set up the control surface protocol
between model 12 and light that's a MIDI
function so we click link MIDI
control surface is two selectable here I
click that there's a lot of options here
the model 12 uses the Mackie control
protocol so I choose Mackie control
click that as far as the MIDI input goes
choose model 12 output choose model 12
that's done so at this point let's close
the window okay now that we have that
setup we can go to the model 12 we can
change the faders you can see that
respond on Ableton light Ableton Live
excuse me
excuse me
excuse me everything works master works pan pots
are live transport control stop let me
hit tab on my computer start it again
fast-forward rewind stop and even the
dial will scroll through life so
everything works the default is to
control tracks 1 through weight on your
da W this screen is the marker set
screen this is where you can set markers
on your da W by pressing the set button
underneath the display while the file
plays to control tracks 9 through 16
press the menu button on the model 12
the model 12 will display track then
press the arrow to the right button
under the display and da W tracks 9
through 16 are controlled to control
tracks 17 through 24 press the display
arrow to the right again underneath the
display now tracks 17 through 24 are
controlled to go back to tracks 9
through 16 or 1 through 8 press the
Display button to the left over and over
and tracks 9 through 16 or 1 through 8
are then controlled