Variable Pitch Control; Variable Pitch Control On/Off; Setting The Speed - Fostex VF160EX Operation Manual

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3. Turn the [JOG] dial left and right to hear the playback
sound of only the track selected.
The center line indicates the current location. Scrub takes
place in the FORWARD or REWIND direction from this
point. Either "<Scrub" or "Scrub>" appears when turning
the [JOG] dial, which moves the cursor forward or reverse.
The time value (or BAR/BEAT) also appears in realtime
while scrubbing.
4. Press the [STOP] key to return to the normal display.
The time display when ending the scrub process appears.
This section describes the Variable Pitch Control feature to play or record programs at variable recorder speeds.
The VF160EX can change the speed in 0.1% units within a +/-6.0% range. Note that the key changes when changing
the variable pitch speed.

Variable Pitch Control ON/OFF

REC ASSIGN
BUSS
DIRECT
INPUT SEL
SOURCE
REC TRK
REC TRK
DISP SEL
INT
MIXDOWN
AUTO RTN
TIME BASE
AUTO PUNCH
CLIPBOARD
START
IN
OUT
END
IN
ALIGN SEL
1
2
3
4
5
6
MARK
UNDO
HOLD/
STORE
EDIT
/REDO
RECORD
STOP
PLAY
AUTO PUNCH
CLIPBOARD PLAY
LOCATE ABS 0
LOCATE REC END
FADER
ADJUST
EXIT/NO
LEVEL
EJECT
ADJUST
ENTER/YES
SHIFT
* Press the [VARI PITCH] key.
The key lights up GREEN. This means the feature is ON.
* Press the [VARI PITCH] key once again.
The key lights OFF. This means that the feature is OFF.
<Precaution>
The variable pitch control can be turned ON/OFF when
the recorder is in the STOP/PLAY modes. Variable pitch
control is not available when the recorder is recording,
even though the key is pressed.

Setting the Speed

Note that the speed can be set only in the recorder STOP
or PLAY mode. It cannot be changed when the recorder
is recording. By playing back a program with the
variable pitch control ON it is possible to adjust the
speech while monitoring the changes.
1. Put the recorder in the STOP or PLAY mode. Press the
[VARI PITCH/P.EDIT] key while the [SHIFT] key is
depressed.
The current setting appears on the LCD and "%" flashes.
This means that the recorder is ready to edit with the
variable pitch control feature.

Variable Pitch Control

PGM SEL
SETUP
A RTN
OUT
A PLAY
7
SCENE SEQ.
VARI
PITCH
LOCATE
SCRUB
When the vari pitch
P.EDIT
EVT MEM
function is active, the
REWIND
F FWD
key is illuminated.
PREV
NEXT
JOG
SHUTTLE
Variable pitch control ON/OFF alternates between ON and
OFF each time the [VARI PITCH] key is pressed in this state.
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" or "
2. Turn the [JOG] dial to set the setting.
3. Press the [EXIT/NO] key to return to the normal display.
<Precaution>
• You can turn ON the variable pitch function by
pressing the [VARI PITCH] key, even when the
current pitch data is 0.0% (state where there is
no change in speed). However, this does not
mean that there is any change in speed in this
state. It simply means that the variable pitch
function is ON.
• The variable pitch is automatically turned OFF
in the following cases:
1 . When the power is turned ON again. (the pitch
data is reset to 0.0% at this time)
2 . When the " Slave Mode On/Off Setting " of the
SETUP mode is turned " On ". (previously set
pitch data are saved)
3 . When "
display while the [Digital Input Setting] in the
SETUP mode is set to " S/P DIF " or " adat ".
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Flashing
" lights up.
" and "
" lights up on the

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