Vestax HDR-V8 Operational Manual page 7

First Steps To Recording
There are several things you should do before starting your first recording project. First,
and most important, is format your hard drive. This should be done about every 160 working
hours. It ensures problem free recording for you. Next you should Create the Song space on
the hard drive. Unlike tape, you need to specify the length of the potential song. It's best to
over-estimate a little.
Formatting the Internal Hard Drive
1) Press SETTINGS button. Turn dial to Protect. Press ENTER. Turn dial to NO. Press
ENTER. The hard drive is now unprotected.
2) Press SETTINGS button. Turn dial to "DISC". Press ENTER. Display shows "Format".
Press ENTER. Display shows "Drive 1". Press ENTER. Display shows "Sure". Press
ENTER. Display shows "Positive". Press ENTER. The hard drive will now show format.
Cylinder count will be shown as it progresses. When it finishes, It will be ready for
recording.
Creating a Song Space
To record onto the hard drive, you must first allocate a "space" for the song. With the new
HDR-V8, you also have the capability to name your number of tracks required
(1-16). *9-16 are virtual tracks written elsewhere on the hard drive.
1) Press MENU button. Turn dial to "Song". Press ENTER. Turn dial to "Create". Press
ENTER. Turn dial to select song number (choose 2 for now). Press ENTER. Display
shows "Tracks" Select the number of tracks you want this song to have.(1-16). Press
ENTER. Display shows "Length" Press ENTER. Turn dial to select song length. Press
ENTER. You are now at "00:00"
2) To Recall this song for further recording later, select "Recall" instead of "Create".
From this point, look at the HDR-V8 as a big tape recorder. You have 8 inputs and 10
outputs. Record your signals as "hot" as possible without hitting the red "MAX" LED's.
There are 2 buttons which are most important on the HDR-V8. They are the SETTINGS
button and the MENU button. The Settings button accesses the areas you generally set
once and leave, such as input and output types and sync mode, while the Menu button has
the areas you will be using often, such as song recall, create, or delete, saving and recalling
mixer programs, undo, and playlist (making edits final).
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