Slowing Down The Playback Speed; Changing The Pitch; Canceling The Center-Positioned Sound; Setting The Cancel Position - Fostex VF08 Owner's Manual

Advanced Operation

Slowing down the playback speed

You can change the playback speed only while the
recorder is stopped.
When "Norm" in the "Play Speed" field is highlighted,
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use the [JOG] dial to select "Half."
The playback speed is set to half the normal speed and
the pitch automatically raises one octave.
To change only the pitch, see the next section.
To return to the normal speed, use the [JOG] dial to
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select "Norm."
The playback speed returns to the normal speed.

Changing the pitch

The following items can be set both while stopped and
during playback.
Using the [CURSOR down] key to highlight the "Play
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Pitch" field, and then use the [JOG] dial to select the
desired pitch.
You can set the pitch within the range of +/- one octave.

Canceling the center-positioned sound

Using the [CURSOR down] key to highlight the "Vo.
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Cancel" field, and then use the [JOG] dial to select
"ON".
You can cancel the center-positioned sound such as a
lead vocal.
Depending on audio sources, you may not perfectly
cancel the sound you want to remove because it is not
exactly center-positioned. In such a case, perform the
next operation.

Setting the cancel position

Using the [CURSOR down] key to highlight the "Can-
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cel Pos" field, and then use the [JOG] dial to set the de-
sired value.
You can select the cancel position from "-99" via "0" to
"+99" in one step increments.
Try to find the best position where the sound to be
cancel gets lowest.

Boosting the bass sound

Using the [CURSOR down] key to highlight the "Lo
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Boost" field, and then use the [JOG] dial to set the
desired value.
You can select the low boost level from "0" to "10" in
one step increments.

Playing along with the playback sound

1 Set the [MASTER] fader to the "0" position.
Press the [PLAY] key to starts playback of the VF08 and
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raise the Track 7/8 fader gradually.
You can see the level is going up via the stereo output
level meters (L and R) on the screen.
Rotate the [PHONES] knob to adjust the headphones
level.
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Play the guitar along with the playback sound of Tracks
7/8, while adjusting the [TRIM] knob to the appropri-
ate position where the [PEAK] indicator for the input
you connect the guitar does not light.
You can hear both the playback sound of Tracks 7/8
and your guitar together from the headphones.
If you move down the Tracks 7/8 fader, you can only
hear your guitar.
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