Chapter-5: Recording/Playback - Fostex PD204 Owner's Manual

Chapter 5: Recording/Playback
This chapter describes basic recording and playback of analog and digital audio signals, as well
as cue point setting and skip/locate functions.
Preparation before recording ....................................................................................................74
Setup for recording in quick setup mode ....................................................................................74
Setting in the MENU mode .............................................................................................................77
Mixer settings ..................................................................................................................................78
Selecting the drive for recording ..................................................................................................84
Recording analog audio signals ...............................................................................................85
Starting recording ...........................................................................................................................85
Canceling recording (False Start) .................................................................................................86
Recording in Pre rec mode .............................................................................................................87
Recording a slate tone/slate mic signal .......................................................................................88
Recording digital audio signals ................................................................................................89
Selecting the sampling frequency/bit length .............................................................................89
Selecting the system clock .............................................................................................................89
Recording time code ..................................................................................................................90
Selecting the TC frame rate ...........................................................................................................90
Selecting the TC generate mode (TC recording mode) .............................................................90
Automatic record start by external time code ............................................................................91
Setting the time code output .........................................................................................................91
Force jamming to external time code (Jam function) ............................................................92
Cue point setting .........................................................................................................................93
Setting a cue point on the fly during audio recording ..............................................................93
Viewing the cue point list ...............................................................................................................93
Editing a cue point ..........................................................................................................................94
Adding a new cue point to the cue point list ..............................................................................95
Basic playback ............................................................................................................................96
Normal audio playback ..................................................................................................................96
Cueing playback ...........................................................................................................................97
Time code playback .....................................................................................................................97
Skip/locate functions ................................................................................................................98
Skipping by file .............................................................................................................................98
Skipping by cue point .............................................................................................................98
Locating to the beginning (ABS 0) of a file .............................................................................99
Locating to the end (REC END) of a file ......................................................................................99
Locating to the previous locate point ........................................................................................99
Locating to the desired time ........................................................................................................100
Locating to the desired cue point ...............................................................................................101
Chapter 5 - Table of contents
Location Recorder Model PD204
Chapter 5: Recording/Playback
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