Fostex FD-4 owner manual Real track and Additional track, Input monitoring, Playback monitoring

Before Starting

Real track and Additional track

The FD-4 features four Real tracks (1–4) and two Additional tracks (L and R), for a total of six tracks.

Real tracks are used to record sound sources in real-time. Additional tracks are used to temporarily store the sound recorded in the Real tracks.

This is useful since you can move data from Real tracks to Additional tracks to obtain empty tracks for recording. The Track Exchange function of the FD-4 handles this op- eration. This function allows you to swap data freely be- tween six mono tracks. You can also swap Real tracks 1–2 or 3–4 with Additional tracks L and R.

Input monitoring and playback monitoring

There are two methods for monitoring track sound (only on the Real tracks): input monitoring and playback moni- toring. 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-4 enters input monitoring sta- tus when you perform one of the following operations.

• When you set a track to recording mode

You can swap

data between

six mono tracks.

Track R

Track L

Additional tracks

Track 4

Track 3

Track 2

Track 1

Real tracks

You can also

swap Real tracks

1–2 or 3–4 with

Additional tracks

L and R.

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

When recording starts on the READY track, the FD-4 auto matically 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-4 to enter playback monitoring mode.)

If the disk is formatted in Normal mode or Matering mode 1, you can record to Additional tracks in real-time.

This feature allows you to perform ping-pong recording from Real tracks 1–4 to Additional tracks L and R.

You cannot use this feature with a disk in Mastering mode 2, although you can still use the Track Exchange function.

<Note>

You cannot play back data on Additional tracks in all recording modes. If you wish to play data on an Addi- tional track, first use the Track Exchange function to move the data to a Real track.

<Note>

Data on the Additional tracks also affects the RE- MAIN value. If Real tracks contain no data, but Addi- tional tracks contain data, the amount of the data (time and space) will be reflected in the REMAIN value.

Refer to page 60 for more information on the Track Exchange function.

Refer to page 51 for more information on the Ping-pong re- cording to additional track.

Under this condition, only the READY track enters input moni toring mode, on stand-by for recording.

Track 4: INPUT monitor, Tracks 1~3: REPRO monitor
	Track 4
	Track 3	Monitor
INPUT
		section
	Track 2
	Track 1

Playback monitoring

“Playback monitoring” means to monitor the playback sound of the tracks (only Real tracks). That is, you are moni- toring the playback sound on the track, not the sound be- ing recorded to the track.

All tracks: REPRO monitor

Track 4

Track 3 Monitor

section

Track 2

Track 1

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