Fostex VR800 owner manual Introduction

VR800 Owner’s Manual (Introduction/Main features/Precautions)

Introduction	• An “Undo/Redo function” enables you to easily correct
	recording and editing mistakes.

Thank you for purchasing the Fostex Model VR800. The VR800 is a 8-track digital multitrack recorder with sixteen additional tracks that employs a 3.5-inch E-IDE type removable hard disk, or external SCSI device (removable or fixed) as the recording media, instead of conventional type.

The VR800 is a digital multitrack recorder that is designed to connect to a digital mixing console using optical cables. For recording media, it uses 3.5-inch E-IDE hard disks, removable disks, such as SCSI Zip and MO drive disks, or fixed disks to provide you with a maximum of eight tracks of simultaneous recording and playback, along with 16 additional tracks.

The VR800 records uncompressed digital audio using 16-bit linear quantization, and a sampling frequency of 44.1kHz, which enables you to configure a completely digital recording system that combines various digital mixers. Adopting A.D.A.C (*) has expanded the disk recording capacity by a factor of four. You can select one of three recording modes, depending on the recording media and application.

You can back up data to DAT tapes or to an adat using a special adat back-up function. SCSI ports permit fast back- up.

Using an optional Model VC-8 (adat-analog converter) allows you to connect an analog mixer to the VR800. Please read this Owner’s Manual and the Quick Operation Guide.

Main features

•A “Vari Pitch function” allows you to fine-tune the pitch.

•The VR800 has a “digital input track setup” function that enables you to input S/P DIF or adat digital signals and record them on any two tracks or all eight tracks.

•The VR800 has a “digital output track setup” function that enables you to output digital data as S/P DIF or adat digital signals and record them on an external digital device (DAT, MD, adat, etc.).

•You can also use the DATA IN/OUT jacks to an external DAT or adat, and to save and load songdata (audio data and SETUP mode settings) to and from the DAT or adat.

•High-speed SCSI Save/Load is also an option by connecting a non-DAT or adat SCSI backup drive.

•A maximum of 99 Locate Pointers can be programmed for a LOCATE only feature. Simply select the LOCATE number desired for swift location.

•MIDI clock and Song Position Pointer can be transmitted according to the internal programmable Tempo Map.

You can set up a synchronization system with a sequencer or a rhythm machine without wasting a track.

•You can use the VR800 as a sync slave machine by sending MTC from a connected device.

•The VR800 supports MTC, MMC, and Fostex System Exclusive Message, which allows for advanced control and high- precision synchronization from external sequencing software. You can set the device number and MTC frame rate for MMC and Fostex System Exclusive Message. Also, “MTC Offset function” and “Offset Mode function” are useful for setting up a sync environment using an external sequencing software.

•Auto Punch In/Out and Manual Punch In/Out functions offer two modes: “Take” for a real recording, and “Rehearsal” for monitoring the part between the in and out points.

•The “Program Select function” enables you to select a song from up to 99 songs and name the songs.

The VR800’s recorder section uses a recording format called FDMS-3 (Fostex Disk Management System-3). It uses an 3.5-inch E-IDE hard disk, external SCSI device (stationary disk or removable disk) as the recording media.

•The VR800 features a 3.5-inch bay for easy installation of a 3.5-inch E-IDE hard disk. A SCSI connector enables you to connect a SCSI device (removable or fixed) as the current or back-up drive.

•The VR800 features non-destructive audio editing (a great advantage of digital recording) such as Copy & Paste, Move & Paste, Erase, etc. You can choose Time Base (ABS or MTC) or MIDI bar/beat/clock as the unit.

•A “Preview function” allows for an intuitive fine-adjustment of an editing point (locate point).

•A “Bar/Beat Resolution function” is used to edit audio at the beginning of the beat (round up or round off to a beat).

•The “Metronome function” can be used as a rhythm guide for recording.

•Various edit functions using an edit point (locate point), such as Copy & Paste, Move & Paste, Erase, Auto Punch In/Out, Auto Locate, are available. You can also locate ABS 0 or REC END regardless of the edit point (locate point).

•You can set a preroll time of 0 to 10 seconds.

•A “Disk Remain Display function” offers a clear indication of available recording time and disk space (in mono track recording). You can choose the Time Base from ABS, MTC, and BAR/BEAT/CLK.

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