Fostex FD-4 Removing a disk from the Scsi drive, Turn the JOG dial to select a recording mode

3. Turn the JOG dial to select a recording mode.

Turning the JOG dial counter-clockwise (to the left) will display the recording mode indication in the order of [Nor- mal] -> [Master 2] -> [Master 1].

44.1kHz	44.1kHz
	SETUP
SETUP

SURE?			SURE?
SYNC OUT	DRIVE			SYNC OUT	DRIVE
						SCSI
		SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH			AUTO	A.PUNCH

44.1kHz

SETUP

SURE?

SYNC OUT	DRIVE
		SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

4.Press the EXECUTE/YES key while holding down the RECORD button.

The [Format ?] message lights up on the display, and a nega- tive value of the unformatted disk area size (Megabytes) will count down as the format operation progresses. All keys will be disabled during the format operation. Please wait a while.

When formatting is complete, [COMPLETED !] lights up on the display, and the FD-4 stops accessing the SCSI disk. The display looks something like below. (If you have selected Mastering mode 1 or 2, [44.1kHz] lights up on the display.)

SETUP

	COMPLETED!
SYNC OUT		DRIVE
CLK			SCSI
AUTO		A.PUNCH

5. Press the STOP button or the EXIT/NO key.

Press the STOP button or the EXIT/NO key to exit SETUP mode. The Time Base will change to ABS (ABS 0 appears). Formatting will automatically create one Program on the disk (PGM 01), and display its title (#0001). (This title also appears whenever you insert a formatted disk in the SCSI drive.) The display indicators mean the following:

	Program number
“Temporary title” for
	(See Note 2.)
Program 1 (See Note 1.)

Recording preparation

<Note 1>

When you format a disk, a Program is named “temporary title.”

You can edit this title as you wish. For more information, refer to “Edit- ing a Program title” of the “Handling Programs” chapter on page 39.

<Note 2>

Formatting will automatically create one Program on the disk. You can create up to 99 Programs, depending on the available disk space. You can also select a desired Program from multiple Programs.

For more information, refer to “Managing songs by Program Change function” in the “Before Starting” chapter on page 25. For more infor- mation, refer to “Using a Program Change function” on page 37.

<Note 3>

If you format a disk in Master 1 or Master 2 recording mode, the sam- pling rate indicator [44.1kHz] lights up. If you select Normal mode, nothing lights up.

<Note 4>

After formatting the disk, the FD-4 automatically selects ABS as Time Base. You can select ABS, MTC time, or BAR/BEAT/CLK as the Time Base. For more information, refer to the “Display Section” in the “Names and Functions” chapter on page 21.

<Note 5>

The indicated “SYNC OUT” setting ([CLK]) means that clock signals (MIDI clock signal and Song Position Pointer) are output as a sync signal from the FD-4’s MIDI OUT connector to an external MIDI de- vice. You may change this setting, if necessary, when you are using the FD-4 to sync with an external MIDI device. For more information, refer to “SYNC OUT setting” in the “Changing the Initial Settings” chap- ter on page 86.

Now that you completed connecting the SCSI drive and for- matting the disk, you can start recording and playing back.

Removing a disk from the SCSI drive

If a removable disk is inside the SCSI drive, you cannot eject it using the eject switch on the drive. Follow the proce- dure below using the key on the control panel of the FD-4 to eject the disk.

1.Press the EXIT/NO key while holding down the SHIFT key.

The disk is ejected from the SCSI drive and [No Disk] ap- pears on the display.

ABS

ABS is selected as Time Base. (See Note 4.)

M	S	F
		PGM
	SYNC OUT	DRIVE
	CLK	SCSI
	AUTO	A.PUNCH

ABS time 0
		The current drive
	The default setting of	is a SCSI drive.
	SYNC OUT (See Note 5.)

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

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