Fostex VF08 Owner's Manual page 4

Contents
Recorder Functions
• Cueing .............................................................. 51
Cueing with the [F FWD]/[REWIND] keys ............... 51
Shuttle cueing ......................................................... 51
Digital scrubbing ..................................................... 52
Performing digital scrubbing .............................. 52
Storing the digital scrub point ............................ 52
• Variable Pitch .................................................... 53
Turning on or off the vari pitch function ............... 53
Setting the Speed ...................................................... 53
• Loop Function .................................................. 54
Setting the start and end points ............................. 54
Capturing the current position on the fly .......... 54
Editing the position via the screen ..................... 54
Setting the start and end points by marks ......... 55
Carrying out the loop playback ............................... 55
• Program ............................................................ 56
Creating a new program ........................................... 56
Selecting a program .................................................. 57
Deleting a program ................................................... 57
Editing a program title ............................................. 57
• Track editing ..................................................... 58
Copy & Paste and Move & Paste ............................. 58
Performing Copy (or Move) Paste ....................... 59
Undo/redo of Copy (or Move) Paste ................... 60
Erasing track data ................................................... 61
Erasing .................................................................. 61
Undo/redo of Erase .............................................. 62
Track Exchange ....................................................... 63
Performing the track exchange ........................... 63
• Editing marks ................................................... 64
Viewing the mark list ............................................... 64
Editing a mark position ........................................... 64
Enter a mark title ..................................................... 65
Adding a mark ......................................................... 65
Deleting a mark ....................................................... 66
Locating a mark ....................................................... 66
Advanced Operation
• Metronome function......................................... 67
Setting the tempo map ............................................... 67
Setting the metronome output ................................... 67
Setting the time base to bar/beat ............................... 67
Monitoring the metronome sound ............................ 67
• Track bounce (Ping-pong recording) ............... 68
On/Off of bounce mode ............................................. 68
Setting pan position ................................................... 68
Setting level of each track .......................................... 68
Performing the track bounce ..................................... 68
• Training mode .................................................... 69
Connecting the instrument and headphones ........ 69
On/Off of training mode ....................................... 69
Slowing down the playback speed ......................... 70
Changing the pitch ................................................ 70
Canceling the center-positioned sound ................. 70
Setting the cancel position .................................... 70
Boosting the bass sound ........................................ 70
Playing along with the playback sound ................. 70
• Mastering mode ............................................... 71
Selecting a program to be played back .................. 71
On/Off of mastering mode .................................... 71
Setting the mastering effects ................................. 72
On/Off the mastering effects ................................. 72
Recording onto the master recorder ..................... 72
Effect library details .............................................. 72
• Digital Recording ............................................. 74
Recording an external source onto the VF08 digitally 74
Selecting a program to be recorded ...................... 74
Selecting the digital input ..................................... 74
Selecting a track to record ..................................... 74
Starting to record .................................................. 74
• MIDI Clock Sync System .................................. 75
Connecting to external equipment ........................ 75
Setup of the VF08 .................................................. 76
Executing of recording .......................................... 76
Confirming the MIDI clock sync ............................ 76
• MIDI Sync/MIDI Machine Control System ........ 76
Connecting to external equipment ........................ 77
Setup of external equipment ................................. 77
Setup of the VF08 .................................................. 77
Confirming MTC sync/MMC ................................. 77
Executing of recording .......................................... 77
• External MIDI equipment Sync System by the Slave Mode..78
Connecting to external equipment ........................ 78
Setup of external equipment ................................. 78
Setup of the VF08 .................................................. 78
Confirming chase lock ........................................... 78
Executing of recording .......................................... 79
Save/Load of Song Data
• About Song Data .............................................. 80
Items that can be saved or loaded as song data ......... 81
Notes for digital audio recorder to be used ................ 81
Notes for saving data using the S/P DIF digital signal 81
• Saving data using the S/PDIF digital signal ..... 82
Connecting to an external digital recorder ................ 82
Setting the external recorder ..................................... 82
Saving data ................................................................. 82
• Loading data using the S/PDIF digital signal .. 84
Connecting to an external digital recorder ................ 84
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