Table Of Contents - Fostex FD-8 Owner's Manual

Introduction.............................................................................4
Main features...........................................................................4
Precautions..................................................................................5
Names and Functions...............................................................6
Control Panel (Mixer section)...............................................7
Control Panel (Recorder section)........................................9
Front Panel (Input/output section)................................15
Rear Panel (Input/output section).................................15
Display Section...................................................................17
Before Starting..........................................................................21
Time Base.............................................................................21
Recording method and REMAIN indicator...................22
Managing songs by Program Change function............23
Real tracks and Additional tracks.....................................24
Input monitoring and playback monitoring................25
Signal flow (The PAN knob function and stereo bus)...26
Audio file and event.............................................................27
Formatting a Disk.....................................................................28
Recording mode....................................................................28
Formatting a current drive disk (SCSI disk)....................29
Formatting a current drive disk (2.5 inch hard disk)...31
Formatting a backup disk (SCSI disk)...............................31
Formatting a backup disk (fixed hard disk)...................32
Handling Programs..................................................................33
Creating a new Program....................................................33
Using a Program Change function....................................34
Deleting a Program...........................................................35
Editing a Program title......................................................36
Playback in Vari Pitch Mode...................................................37
Recording to a Metronome Sound.......................................38
Punch In/Out Recording.........................................................41
What is Punch In/Out recording?.....................................41
Auto Punch In/Out recording............................................41
Manual Punch In/Out recording......................................45
Digital Recording......................................................................48
Digital recording from an external digital device..........48
Digital recording to an external device............................49
Digital mixdown....................................................................50
Digital and analog simultaneous recording...................52
How to use the RECORDER IN jack......................................54
Editing Tracks...........................................................................56
Copy & Paste and Move & Paste......................................56
Erase..................................................................................59
Track Exchange.................................................................61
Cue & Review Function...........................................................63
Cue & Review function using
the REWIND and F FWD button............................63
Digital scrubbing using SCRUB mode..............................64
Cue & Review function using the SHUTTLE feature......65
Storing a Locate Point (Edit Point)........................................67
Storing and editing the locate points
to the memory key ..............................................67
Storing in real-time...........................................................67
Editing and storing locate data......................................68
Editing and storing data..................................................68
Editing the data stored in the LOCATE key..................69
Locate Function........................................................................70
Direct Locate.......................................................................70
Auto Play............................................................................70
Auto Return........................................................................71
Auto Repeat........................................................................72
Preview Function......................................................................74
Executing the Preview function.........................................75
Trimming the sound while previewing...........................75
MIDI Synchronization..............................................................77
MIDI clock sync system....................................................77
MTC sync/Machine Control system...............................79
SYNC system in Slave mode..............................................81
SYNC system with "adat" by the slave mode..................83
Saving and Loading Song Data.............................................85
Outline of the save/load operation..................................85
Saving and loading data using a SCSI drive
as the current drive......................................................87
Saving and loading data using an 2.5 inch
internal hard disk as the current drive....................91
Changing the Initial Settings (SETUP mode).....................97
Selecting SETUP mode.....................................................97
Setting a time signature....................................................98
Setting a Tempo.................................................................100
Setting the Metronome function....................................101
Setting a preroll value......................................................102
Setting MIDI sync output signal.....................................103
Setting an MTC frame rate.............................................104
Setting an MTC offset value...........................................104
Setting Offset mode..........................................................105
Setting the Slave mode....................................................106
Setting the Slave type......................................................107
Setting the Record Protection function........................108
Setting digital input tracks.............................................109
Setting digital output tracks...........................................110
Setting BAR/BEAT resolution mode..............................111
Setting the MIDI device number....................................112
Checking the number of track events............................112
MIDI Implementation Chart...................................................114
MMC Command List/Inquiry Message List....................115
Maintenance/Specifications..............................................116
Block Diagram......................................................................118

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