Activating The Internal Mixdown Mode - Fostex VF160EX Operation Manual

Activating the internal mixdown mode

1. Select the program to be mixed down.
To select the desired program, press the [PGM SEL] key
and select the program using the [JOG] dial, then press
the [ENTER/YES] key.
2. When the unit is stopped, press the [DIRECT REC TRK]
key while holding down the [SHIFT] key.
See the illustration below.
INPUT SEL SOURCE
START
1
2
HOLD/ STORE
RECORD
AUTO
PUNCH
FADER
ADJUST
LEVEL
ADJUST
[SHIFT] key
SHIFT
The program number/name shown on the Normal dis-
play changes to "Int. Mixdown" in inverse video, showing
that the internal mixdown mode is now active, while the
[DIRECT REC TRK] key flashes.
In the example shown below, "P08: Song Data-1" is mixed
down.
Each time you press the [DIRECT REC TRK] key while hold-
ing down the [SHIFT] key, the mixdown mode alternates
on and off.
Internal mixdown mode display
[DIRECT REC TRK] key
REC ASSIGN
BUSS DIRECT
REC TRK REC TRK PGM SEL
DISP SEL
INT
MIXDOWN
AUTO RTN TIME BASE
AUTO PUNCH CLIPBOARD
IN OUT END IN ALIGN SEL OUT
4 5 7
3 6
MARK SCENE SEQ.
UNDO
VARI
EDIT /REDO PITCH LOCATE
P.EDIT EVT MEM CD PLAY
STOP PLAY REWIND F FWD
CLIPBOARD PLAY PREV
NEXT
LOCATE ABS 0
LOCATE REC END
EXIT/NO
EJECT
ENTER/YES
JOG
SHUTTLE
Normal display
<Hint>
If you press the [DIRECT REC TRK] key to activate
the internal mixdown mode when the recording
track(s) or source track(s) are set for "DIRECT re-
cording" or "BUSS recording", the following mes-
sage ("Rec Mode Change!" and "Sure?") appears.
In this case, pressing the [ENTER/YES] key activates
the internal mixdown mode.
Pressing the [EXIT/NO] key cancels the operation.
SETUP
A RTN
A PLAY
SCRUB
<Note>
After the internal mixdown recording is completed,
the unit automatically quits the internal mixdown
mode.
The unit also automatically quits the internal
mixdown mode when you complete performing
any of the following while the internal mixdown
mode is active. Therefore, if you want to continue
the internal mixdown mode, you need to activate
the mode again.
• Program change
• Program delete
• Creating a new program
• Formatting a disk
• Copy/paste, Move/paste
• Erase
• Save to/load from DAT/adat
<Note>
If " Rec Protect " in the Setup mode is set to " ON ",
you cannot carry out internal mixdown.
If you try to perform the internal mixdown opera-
tion, " Protected! " appears on the display.
In this case, set " Rec Protect " in the Setup mode to
" OFF " before performing the internal mixdown
operation.
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