Chapter 3 Advanced Mixer Operations; Initial Condition When The Power Is Turned On; Operation While The Normal Display Is Shown; Fader - Fostex VF160EX Operation Manual

Chapter 3 Advanced mixer operations

This section describes practical operations of the mixer including functions that are not described in "Basic opera-
tions" as well as detailed information about settings.

Initial condition when the power is turned on

When you turn the power on, the VF160EX shows the start-up display ("FOSTEX" -> "Initial.." -> "Current DR", "IDE"
-> "Format Type" ["Standard" or "Quick"]), and then becomes ready. In this condition, only the [CH STATUS/CH SEL]
key, [STOP] key, [EFF 1] key, and [EFF 2] key light on the panel, while the display looks as shown below.
In this manual, we refer to this display as the "Normal display", in which you can see the current recorder position
is at the beginning (ABS 00M 00S) of the program 1 (P01).
Light in green
Light in green

Operation while the Normal display is shown

Fader

The fader for each channel (1 through 16) controls the
level of TRACK or INPUT signal fed to the stereo output or
the Rec busses. If two adjacent channels are fader-paired,
the fader on the odd channel controls both channel lev-
els. The master fader controls the total level of the stereo
output busses.

Channel mute and Solo function

In the Normal display, pressing a [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key
mutes the corresponding channel. The [CH STATUS/CH
SEL] key for the muted channel is unlit.
Pressing the key again releases muting and lights the key.
If two adjacent channels are fader-paired, pressing one of
the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key for the two channels mutes
both channels.
Also, pressing the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key while holding
down the [SHIFT] key alternates on and off of the solo for
that channel.

Master channel mute

While the Normal display is shown, pressing a [CH STATUS/
CH SEL] key for the master channel mutes the stereo out-
put signals. The [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key of the master
channel is unlit. Pressing the key again releases muting
and lights the key.
INPUT
1/9/A 2/10/B 3/11/C 4/12/D 5/13/E 6/14/F 7/15/G 8/16/H
BAL UNBAL INSERT BAL UNBAL
TRIM MON OUT PHONES
LINE LINE LINE LINE
MIC MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC MIC LINE MIC MIC 0 10 0
PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK
1/9/A 2/10/B 3/11/C 4/12/D 5/13/E 6/14/F 7/15/G 8/16/H
CH STATUS ORANGE INPUT RED REC GREEN PLAY OFF MUTE SCENE
CH STATUS/CH SEL
RECALL
STORE
CLEAR
DIRECT RCL MAP
EFF EDIT
EFF1 EFF2
+6 +6
MUTE MUTE
EQ/COMP
0 0
EFF1/EFF2 HI-G/F/Q
PRE/POST COMP
-10 -10
AUX1/AUX2 MID-G/F/Q
-20 -20
PRE/POST
-30 -30
-40 -40
-50 -50 PAN LO-G
-60
-60
- -
FADER CH VIEW
CH PARAM EDIT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TRACK
CH STATUS ORANGE INPUT RED REC GREEN PLAY OFF MUTE
CH STATUS/CH SEL
+6 +6 +6
0 0 0
-10 -10 -10
-20 -20 -20
-30 -30 -30
-40 -40 -40
-50 -50 -50
-60 -60
-60
- - -
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TRACK
MASTER
A B C D E F G H INPUT
Light in green
MON OUT PHONES
INSERT L R
10
OPTICAL
ACCESS ACCESS
PHANTOM PHANTOM
REC ASSIGN
BUSS DIRECT
INPUT SEL SOURCE REC TRK REC TRK DISP SEL PGM SEL SETUP
INT
MIXDOWN
AUTO RTN Light in orange
TIME BASE
AUTO PUNCH CLIPBOARD A RTN
START IN OUT END IN ALIGN SEL OUT A PLAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
MARK SCENE SEQ.
UNDO VARI
HOLD/ STORE EDIT /REDO PITCH LOCATE SCRUB
P.EDIT EVT MEM CD PLAY
RECORD STOP PLAY REWIND F FWD
AUTO CLIPBOARD PLAY PREV NEXT
PUNCH
LOCATE ABS 0
LOCATE REC END Light in orange
FADER
ADJUST EXIT/NO
LEVEL EJECT
ADJUST
ENTER/YES
SHIFT
JOG
SHUTTLE
Adat Mixer Mode
In the normal display mode, every time the [INPUT SEL]
key is pressed with the [SHIFT] key depressed down, the
Adat Mixer Mode will alternately switch on/off. The in-
put monitor (READY) of all tracks will simultaneously
switch on/off. The Adat Mixer Mode is a convenient for
example when recording by connecting a VF160EX to a
personal computer installed with an adat optical sound
card. In this way, the VF160EX can be used in four roles:
As an AUDIO track monitor mixer (using faders of ch1-8).
As an AD (the level adjusted by [TRIM] is possible in low
latency monitoring).
As a monitor mixer (using faders ch9-16).
As a 16MTR for simultaneous recording of all of these roles.
Refer to page 95.
• To use the VF160EX in the Adat Mixer Mode, the SETUP mode
digital input/digital output setting must be first set to "adat."
• Tracks set to "IN (Input)" by "INPUT SEL" cannot be changed
to READY.
• This function is effective only for executing DIRECT recording
and will not function for BUSS recording.
If you execute the above while in BUSS recording, the VF160EX
will want to select a different recording mode. "Rec Mode Change!"
will be displayed and "Sure?" will flash. At this point, if the
[ENTER/YES] key is pressed, simultaneous with change in the
recording mode, the Adat Mixer Mode will switch on. If the [EXIT/
NO] key is pressed, the BUSS recording mode can be continued.
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(Input monitoring of all tracks)