Applications Example Of "Adat Mixer Mode - Fostex VF-160 Operation Manual

Application example of "Adat Mixer Mode"
The following is an application example of "Adat Mixer Mode" (= input monitor for all tracks).
The "Adat Mixer Mode" is especially useful when using the VF160 with a personal computer containing a built-in sound
card, as shown below. In this system example, the VF160 acts as;
• A monitor mixer for the audio tracks of the personal computer. Channel faders 1 through 8 act in that capacity.
• A/D converters for converting analog instrument signals to digital signals which are then sent to the personal
computer.
• Finally, a monitor mixer for MIDI sound sources. Channel faders 9 through 14 act in the capacity.
All the signals above can be simultaneously recorded to tracks 1 through 16.
<Notes>
• The "Adat Mixer Mode" can only be used via DIRECT recording. It cannot be used with BUSS recording.
If an attempt is made to activate the "Adat Mixer Mode" when the recording mode is set to the BUSS mode, the display will
show "Rec Mode Change!" with a flashing "Sure?". If you press the [ENTER/YES] key, the recording mode changes to the
DIRECT mode and activates the "Adat Mixer Mode" . If you press the [EXIT/NO] key, "Adat Mixer Mode" will be canceled
and the recording mode will remain the same.
• Tracks set to "IN (input)" via "INPUT SEL" selection ("IN" or "TRK") will not be input monitor mode when the "Adat Mixer
Mode" is active.
Control the monitor levels of audio tracks 1
through 8 of the personal computer.
Setup of the VF160
1. Set both "digital input" and "digital output" settings in the Setup
mode to "adat".
See pages "134" and "135" for details about settings.
2. When the Normal display is shown, press the [INPUT SEL] key
while holding down the [SHIFT] key to make the "Adat Mixer
Mode" active.
MIDI IN
MIDI Sound Source
1/9/A 2/10/B 3/11/C 4/12/D 5/13/E
LINE MIC LINE
MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC
PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK
1/9/A 2/10/B 3/11/C 4/12/D
CH STATUS ORANGE INPUT
CH STATUS/CH SEL
+6
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-
1 2 3 4
CH STATUS ORANGE INPUT
CH STATUS/CH SEL
+6
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
-
10 11
9 12
A B C D
Control the monitor levels of MIDI
sound sources.
MIDI IN MIDI OUT adat IN
INPUT
6/14/F 7/15/G 8/16/H MON OUT PHONES
INSERT L R
BAL UNBAL BAL UNBAL INSERT
TRIM MON OUT PHONES
LINE LINE 0 10
LINE MIC MIC LINE MIC MIC 0 10
PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK
5/13/E 6/14/F 7/15/G 8/16/H
RED REC GREEN PLAY OFF MUTE SCENE
RECALL STORE
CLEAR
DIRECT RCL MAP
EFF EDIT
EFF1 EFF2
ACCESS ACCESS
+6
MUTE MUTE
PHANTOM PHANTOM
EQ/COMP
0
EFF1/EFF2 HI-G/F/Q
PRE/POST COMP REC ASSIGN
BUSS DIRECT
-10 INPUT SEL SOURCE REC TRK REC TRK
AUX1/AUX2 MID-G/F/Q
INT
MIXDOWN
-20
AUTO RTN
PRE/POST
-30
AUTO PUNCH
START IN OUT END IN
-40
-50 PAN LO-G
-60
-
1 2 3 4 5
MARK
FADER CH VIEW
UNDO
HOLD/ STORE EDIT /REDO
CH PARAM EDIT
6
5 7 8 TRACK
RED REC GREEN PLAY OFF MUTE
RECORD STOP PLAY
AUTO CLIPBOARD PLAY
PUNCH LOCATE ABS 0
+6 +6 LOCATE REC END
0 0
FADER
ADJUST EXIT/NO
-10 -10
LEVEL EJECT
ADJUST
-20 -20
ENTER/YES
-30 -30
-40 -40
-50 -50
-60 -60
- - SHIFT
13 15
14 16 TRACK
MASTER
E G H
F INPUT
Adjusts the master level.
Control the monitor levels of analog
instruments.
Connection to external equipment
1. Connect the VF160 [DATA IN] and [DATA OUT] connectors
respectively to the adat IN and adat OUT connectors of the
personal computer containing a sound card.
2. Connect the MIDI OUT connectors of the personal computer
to the MIDI IN connectors of the MIDI sound source device and
the VF160, and connect MIDI sound sources to the VF160
inputs 1 through 6.
3. Connect analog sound sources (such as mic, guitar, etc.) to
inputs 7 and 8.
4. Connect the VF160 [MIDI OUT] connector to the [MIDI IN]
connector of the personal computer, and feed MTC from the
VF160 to the computer.
95
MTC
MIDI IN
Computer System
with a MIDI/audio
integrated software
adat OUT
supporting MMC/MTC
adat OUT
and a sound card
equipped with the
Adat optical input.
adat IN
OPTICAL
DISP SEL PGM SEL SETUP
TIME BASE
CLIPBOARD A RTN
ALIGN SEL OUT A PLAY
6 7
SCENE SEQ.
VARI
PITCH LOCATE SCRUB
P.EDIT EVT MEM
REWIND F FWD
PREV NEXT
JOG
SHUTTLE
MIDI OUT