That's great to hear. I kept my 12 core Mojave 3.46 Ghz dual Xeon MacPro 5,1 tower up and working with the FW-1884 in Mojave for Logic 10.5.1 over Ethernet MIDI, with the Tascam hosted on a Windows 7 PC. The next step would be to repeat the hackin' and a hewing on Logic 10.7.8 running on an M1 machine in Montery, get the bundle injected, and so on.

But I had "a few details" to deal with in moving to the M1 that consumed much of the available time & energy. What happened next is shameful. The FW-1884 seemed big and in the way. I read so many enthusiastic reports from Logic users running a Behringer X-Touch that I am about to unbox one.

I'd love to hear from more resilient folk about how things are working out with the FW-1884 on the newest OS and Logic versions. Who knows, the Behringer might be too blingy or offend in some other way ;-)

Would love to hear how you get on with the x touch. I’ve heard great things. Would like your opinion of comparing usage of that vs the fw-1884

I hate it. It has none of the great dedicated Logic mode we had with the FW1884, so it's down to MCU. The faders clack and rattle like an old Prius. A lot of mystery buttons, it works, so maybe it's just me, but I have no patience for figuring it out. It triggers different views of the mixer, and adjacent tracks then move around so they are seldom together on the same page/ group. I just rearranged tracks on a project to put them within reach. The alleged colored scribble strips only work in Bitwig. You can adjust the LCDs but they are still hard to read from any position.

It connects easily after you reset the USB connection. Working with the Tascam was a pleasure. The X-Touch would require a lot of time to fathom, or a little manual for each DAW. They imply more info is coming, but they don't have the staff. Given the customary Behringer documentation - a handful of sentences in 20 languages - i suspect it's as good as it gets, and the device will join their back 40 of unrealized potential.

Going back to the Tascam is apparently possible, glad to hear it's working on an M1 mac. But there are so few hours in a day, and so many other "issues", that i will probably drive that plug and play USB Prius for now.

There's a BIG logo on the X-touch, it screams X-TOUCH. It was so distracting i ended up covering it with black tape. Much better now ;-)

That’s funny. Apparently it really wants to be touched.

I used to have an FW-1884, then went over to an X-Touch. Don't particularly like it.

So what is the best option for a Logic control surface nowadays?

Thanks,
Ben

Who knows. With version 10.8 of Logic color comes to the X-Touch scribble strips, which ironically makes some harder to read, especially the dark dark blue. But since the device works, and it's not terribly expensive, maybe it's down to us to adapt. What's my time worth? Hmm, I thought so. Or maybe get an iPad. No, we want tactile. So what EXACTLY do we want? With all the options, there has to be at least one mode that matches the wants, no?

Hi All,
Amazing thread. I have my FW-1884 running though and old mac, networked to a new iMac and I was able to map the transport controls manually! I tried to map a fader and have some odd things happening. If I move the volume in Logic, the 1884 fader follows nicely. If I move the 1884 fader, Logic jumps all over. I'm questioning the learning for the midi data. "BF 42 Lo7 BF 52 Hi7" If I remove the high order data, the fader moves smoothing but I can't move it from Logic. Any ideas? Would the old Tascam bundle work in Logic 11?