Playback In Vari Pitch Mode - Fostex FD-8 Owner's Manual

Playback in Vari Pitch Mode

This chapter explains how to change the playback speed of the recorder using the Vari Pitch function.
You can set Vari Pitch in the range of +6.0% to -6.0% in 0.1% steps. The VARI PITCH key turns Vari Pitch
mode on and off.
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1. Press the PLAY button to play the FD-8.
2. Press the VARI PITCH key.
The [VARI PITCH] indicator lights up on the display,
indicating that Vari Pitch mode is turned on.
ABS
VARI PITCH lights up to indicate Vari Pitch
mode is turned on.
3. Press the VARI PITCH key again while holding down
the SHIFT key.
The FD-8 enters Vari Pitch data edit mode, and the
current pitch data flashes on the display.
ABS
4. Set the desired pitch data using the JOG dial.
You can hear the changes in playback speed.
5. To adjust the monitor sound, use the corresponding
channel MON MIX section.
44.1kHz
M S F
PGM
VARI PITCH
SYNC OUT DRIVE
CLK SCSI
AUTO A.PUNCH
44.1kHz
The current pitch
M S %
.
PGM
VARI PITCH
data flashes.
SYNC OUT DRIVE
CLK SCSI
AUTO A.PUNCH
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6. After you set the pitch data, press the EXIT/NO key.
The FD-8 exits from Vari Pitch data edit mode and
continues playing with the Vari Pitch you just set.
7. To turn off Vari Pitch mode, press the VARI PITCH
key. (The [VARI PITCH] indicator turns off.)
Vari Pitch mode is cancelled, and the FD-8 resumes
playback at normal speed.
8. If you wish to play back data at the current Vari
Pitch again, press the VARI PITCH key to turn the
mode on.
You can turn the Vari Pitch function on and off and edit
the pitch data while the FD-8 is playing or stopped, but
not during recording.
However, if the Vari Pitch function has already been
turned on and the pitch data was specified before you
start recording, the FD-8 will record using the current
Vari Pitch.
<Notes>
* Even if the pitch data is 0.0% (no speed change), pressing the
VARI PITCH key will turn on the [VARI PITCH] indicator on the
display. In other words, the [VARI PITCH] display indicates that
the Vari Pitch function is turned on.
* The Vari Pitch function is automatically turned off and the [VARI
PITCH] indicator is turned off under the following conditions:
•You have turned on the power to the FD-8. (The pitch data
will be reset to 0.0%.)
• You have set "Slave mode setting" in SETUP mode to ON.
(The pitch data previously set will be maintained.
• You have specified a track for "Digital input track setting" in
SETUP mode, and [DIGITAL] lights up on the display. (The
pitch data previously set is retained.)
Playback in Vari Pitch Mode
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