Recording - Fostex DV40 Operation Manual

Recording

1. Press the [RECORD] key.
"New File!" appears for a short time on the display and the unit starts recording on the newly created
file with the file format set in the procedure described in the previous "Preparation for recording".
A tentative title of the newly created audio file is automatically created and registered. The tentative
title contains date/time information. In the following example, the tentative title shows that the
recording started at 18H:30M:00S on 24th, December, 2001. The date/time is based on the internal
clock, which should be adjusted before using the unit. (See "Setting the internal clock" in Chapter 1
for details about how to set internal clock.)
You can edit the tentative title using the "File Title Edit?" menu in the Utility mode.
Tentative title
The appropriate tracks
according to the [TR
MODE] switch setting is
lit.
Tips: File number for a newly created file
Audio files automatically created are internally counted independently by "BWF" and "SDII" files. For ex-
ample, if you make recordings twice to a disk on which no audio file is available by setting the [AUDIO FILE]
switch to "BWF", two "BWF" files are created, whose file numbers are "01" and "02". Then if you make a
recording to this disk by setting the [AUDIO FILE] switch to "SDII", the file number of the newly created file
is "01". In result, two BWF files and one SDII file are created. A new file number is one greater than the
number of existing files of the same file format.
2. After recording, press the [STOP] key to stop the unit.
See the next page for details about how to playback a recorded audio file.
Tips: Recording level adjustment of analog audio signals
Each level meter on the display holds peak value of the corresponding input signal (see the display example
below).
The peak hold time is initially set to 3 seconds, however, you can select the time among from 0 to 9 seconds
in 1 second steps and infinity using the "Peak Hold?" menu in the Setup mode. See "Chapter 11: Setup mode"
for details.
You can also check the margin between the allowable maximum input level (= 0 dB) and the actual loudest
level. The margin value (in dB) is updated each time when the loudest signal is fed to the unit.
So you can use the margin display function instead of setting the peak hold time to infinity. You can reset the
current margin value by pressing the [MARGIN RESET] key.
Using the [DISP LEVEL] key, you can choose what is shown on the display among the margin level, track level
and time.
H
ABS
1
2
∞
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the peak value is hold.
H
ABS
1
2
∞
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M S F
PGM
BIT
24
FS 48
kHz
CLOCK
12 8 -0.1%
6 5 4 3 2 1 0 OL
-INT-
FORMAT
BWF
4-5
M S F
PGM
BIT
FS
48
kHz
-0.1%
12 8
6 5 4 3 2 1 0 OL
FORMAT
BWF
The appropriate file format according to
the [AUDIO FILE] switch setting is lit.
Notes for level adjustment:
• Set the recording level with the [INPUT MON]
indicator lit.
• Adjust the recording level using the [INPUT
LEVEL] control so that the "OL" indicator does
not light at the loudest part of the signal (i.e.
the margin value is larger than 00.0 dB). If
the input signal is too high, the recorded
sound is distorted.
File number
24
The appropriate Bit and
Fs numbers according to
CLOCK
the [SAMPLING FREQ]
-INT-
switch setting is lit.