Preset Display - Fostex FD-4 Owner's Manual

Preset display

The display below shows all preset items for explanation
purposes.
REMAIN ABS
LOC MTC IN H
The level meter shows the recorder output level and the
recording level for tracks 1~4 and stereo bus L, R.
Lights up when ABS is selected as Time Base.
ABS
MTC
Lights up when MTC is selected as Time Base.
Lights up to indicate available recording time and
REMAIN
space on the disk.
SETUP
Lights up when the FD-4 enters SETUP mode.
Lights up when an edit operation (copy, move,
COMPLETED !
paste, or erase) is completed.
Lights up to confirm or cancel the operation when
SURE ?
you are making settings or edits.
Lights up when the MTC Offset menu is selected
MTC OFFSET
in SETUP mode.
PGM
Lights up to indicate the current Program number.
Lights up when the tempo setting menu is selected
TEMPO
in SETUP mode.
Lights up when Vari Pitch mode is turned on.
VARI PITCH
Indicates a sampling rate of the corresponding
44.1kHz
Recording mode. It does not light up when the disk
is formatted in Normal mode.
Lights up to indicate that MTC is input from an
MTC IN
external MIDI device to the FD-4.
Lights up when the FD-4 enters locate point (edit
LOC
point) edit mode.
Lights up when the digital input track settings are
made in SETUP mode and the FD-4 is receiving
DIGITAL
digital signals correctly. However, if the FD-4 is not
receiving digital signals correctly, or if there is a
connection problem, this indicator flashes.
Flashes when Slave mode in SETUP mode is turned
on. When a signal is locked, the flashing indicator
S L AV E
lights up steadily.
Lights up when the FD-4 is receiving effective MIDI
M I D I
messages (MMC or FEX) from an external device.
44.1kHz
DIGITAL
MTC
SETUP MTC OFFSET
MIDI SLAVE
BAR CLK MB
M S DF SF
VARI PITCH TEMPO PGM
? !
SURE COMPLETED
SYNC OUT DRIVE
AUTO A.PUNCH
Lights up when the FD-4 receives MTC (MIDI Time
M T C
Code) from an external device.
Lights up when the FD-4 enters Vari Pitch data edit
%
mode.
Indicates available disk space on the disk in
MB
megabytes when the REMAIN indicator appears.
Lights up to indicate a time value when ABS or MTC
H, M, S, F, SF
is used as Time Base.
Lights up to indicate a bar/beat/clock value when
BAR, , CLK
BAR/BEAT/CLK is selected as Time Base.
Indicates a Program title, edit parameters, and
SETUP mode parameters.
Indicates the "SYNC OUT settings" in SETUP
SYNC OUT
mode.
Indicates the AUTO PLAY/AUTO RTN mode
AUTO
settings.
Indicates the current drive. Usually, [SCSI] lights
DRIVE
up.(*)
A.PUNCH
Indicates the AUTO PUNCH mode settings.
(*) When the FD-4 has the optional 2.5 inch internal IDE hard disk installed, and an
external SCSI drive is not connected, [IDE] will be lit. However, even though an
internal hard disk has been installed, if the external SCSI drive is connected, the SCSI
drive will have priority and [SCSI] will be lit.
Display examples for Time Base selected via the
TIME BASE SEL key
You can use the TIME BASE SEL key to select ABS, BAR/
BEAT/CLK, or MTC as Time Base. The following examples
show the displays when you select a Time Base at the
beginning of the disk of Program 1.
Time Base is ABS.
ABS
Time Base is BAR/BEAT/CLK.
Time Base is MTC.
MTC
Names and Functions
44.1kHz
M S
F
PGM
SYNC OUT DRIVE
CLK SCSI
AUTO A.PUNCH
44.1kHz
BAR
CLK
PGM
SYNC OUT DRIVE
CLK SCSI
AUTO A.PUNCH
44.1kHz
H M S F
PGM
SYNC OUT DRIVE
CLK SCSI
AUTO A.PUNCH
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