Fostex FD-8 owner manual Input monitoring and playback monitoring, Playback monitoring

Before Starting

Input monitoring and playback monitoring

There are two methods for monitoring track sound (only on the Real tracks): input monitoring and playback monitoring. They are defined as follows:

Input monitoring

Input monitoring means to monitor via track output the recording signal sent to the Real tracks of the recorder. That is, you are monitoring a post-recorder signal, not a pre-recorder signal. The FD-8 enters input monitoring status when you perform one of the following operations.

• When you set a track to recording mode

To set a track to recording mode, press the RECORD TRACK select key to set the track READY, then press the PLAY buttonwhile holding down the RECORD button.

When recording starts on the READY track, the FD-8 automatically enters input monitoring status.

• When you set a track to recording stand-by mode

To set a track to recording stand-by mode, press the RECORD TRACK select key to set the track READY, then press only the RECORD button. (Pressing the RECORD button again will cause the FD-8 to enter playback monitoring mode.) Under this condition, only the READY track enters input monitoring mode, on stand-by for recording.

* The following example shows track 5 in Input Monitoring mode and other tracks in Playback Monitoring mode.

Keyboard

Mixer section

Track 8

Track 7

Track 6

Track 5

Track 4 (Vocal)

Track 3 (Guitar)

Track 2 (Bass)

Track 1 (Drum machine)

Recorder section

Monitoring section

This example shows overdubbing in which the keyboard is recorded on track 5 while tracks 1-4 are being played. Tracks 1-4 are in Playback Monitoring mode and used to check the playback sound. Track 5 is in Input Monitoring mode. You can monitor the recorded sound.

Playback monitoring

“Playback monitoring” means to monitor the playback sound of the tracks (only Real tracks).

That is, you are monitoring the playback sound on the track, not the sound being recorded to the track.

* The following example shows that all tracks are in Playback Monitoring mode.

Track 8 (Piano)

Track 7 (Keyboard)

Track 6 (Vocal)

Track 5 (Vocal)

Track 4 (Guitar-2)

Track 3 (Guitar-1)

Track 2 (Bass)

Track 1 (Drum machine)

Recorder section

Monitoring section

In this example, all tracks 1-8 are playing the recorded sound in Playback Monitoring mode.

*To play the sound on an Additional track, you need to move the data from the Additional track to a Real track. Refer to “Track Exchange function” on page 61 for more information.

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