Fostex DMT-8 Supplement Owner's Manual page 5

If the Time Base for each Program is different, something similar to the
following figure will appear. In this example, Program I has a Time Base of
"ABS Time", Program 2 with a Time Base of "BAR/BEAT/CLK", Program 3
with "MTC TIME", and Programs 4 and 5 with "ABS TIME".
ABS
H M S
P
ABS
H
<Note>
You can record up to about 12.5 minutes total for all five Programs.
That is, if you have recorded one 12-minutes Program, you cannot
record anything in any other Programs as shown in the diagram below.
Check the REMAIN display for available recording time before recording.
Tune of program 1 Tune of program 2
<Note>
The new Program Change function has changed the way you use "SAVE"
in Setup mode as compared to the original explanation in the main
manual. refer to pages 15~18 of this supplement for detailed operation.
DMT-8 Ver 2.0 Supplement to the Owner's Manual
ABS
H M S
P
ABS
M S H
P
Tune of program 3 Tune of program 4
Hard disk recordable time (approx. 12.5 min.)
Tune of program 1
5
ABS
H M S
P
M S
P
Tune of program 5
Recordable time by program 2 - 5.