Fostex FD-8 owner manual Lcd, Contrast adjustment knob, Scrub key Scrub

Names and Functions

Control Panel (Recorder Section) Letters in brackets ([ ]) are labels on the panel.

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40

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33

34

29

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OL 0

6

12

24

		1 2	3 4 5 6 7 8		L R
			RECORD TRACK
1/L	2/R	3/L	4/R	5/L	6/R	7/L	8/R		SCRUB
		PREVIEW							TIME BASE
START	IN	OUT	END	IN	OUT		DISP SEL	SETUP	SEL
	AUTO PUNCH				CLIPBOARD
	AUTO RTN
			UNDO/					EXECUTE	EXIT
HOLD/	STORE	EDIT	REDO					/YES	/NO
PGM SEL									EJECT
	VARI	AUTO RTN
	PITCH	AUTO PLAY	LOCATE						ACCESS
SHIFT	P.EDIT		LOC MEM				JOG	SHUTTLE
AUTO		CLIPBOARD PLAY
		LOCATE ABS 0
PUNCH
		LOCATE REC END
RECORD		STOP	PLAY	REWIND/	F FWD/

DIGITAL MULTITRACKER

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21

22

42

23

28	41
36 27 31 26 32	25 24 35 38

13. Record track select keys

[RECORD TRACK (1/L, 2/R, 3/L, 4/R, 5/L, 6/R, 7/L, 8/R)]

These keys enable you to select “SAFE” or “READY” for a recording track. Pressing the key once will cause the corresponding track to enter READY mode, and the LED of the key you pressed to flash. Pressing the key again will cause the corresponding track to enter “SAFE” mode, and the LED to turn off. When you start recording on a track in READY mode, the flashing LED remains lit.

If you press only the RECORD button with a track in READY mode, you can monitor the signal input to the READY track so that you can adjust the recording level. To cancel this input monitoring status, press the RECORD button again. (This causes the FD-8 to enter playback monitoring mode.) You can also use these select keys to select tracks to edit for Copy & Paste, Move & Paste, Erase, etc.

14. LCD

The LCD indicates signal levels and various settings.

Refer to “Display Section” on page 17 for more information on the display.

15. Contrast adjustment knob

Use this knob to adjust the contrast of the LCD. Turning this knob clockwise will increase the contrast, and turning it counter-clockwise will decrease the contrast.

Note: The display is not illegible if you leave the knob

counter-clockwise all the way.

Note: You can record on Real tracks 1–8 in real-time, but not on Additional tracks 9–24. If you are using an MO drive as the current drive, you can record only two tracks simultaneously. If you try to record more than two tracks by setting them to READY mode, [track Over !] appears and READY mode will be cancelled.

Refer to page 25 for more information on playback monitoring and input monitoring.

16. Scrub key [SCRUB]

Pressing this key causes its LED to light up as the FD-8 enters Digital Scrub mode. At this point, press the desired RECORD RACK select key to digitally scrub the selected track playback using the JOG dial.

Refer to page 64 for more information on Digital Scrub mode.

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