Fostex MR-8 owner manual Remain display, Input monitor and repro monitor, Trim control

MR-8 Owner’s Manual

Remain display

"Remain" shows how much time you can further record audio data to the available space left on the current CompactFlashTM card. As described earlier, the MR-8 stripes ABS time from 0m00.000s to 60m00.000s at maximum for each song, however, the remaining time (= available recording time left) depends on the available space on the CompactFlashTM card. The remain time is shown as in the screen example below during recording or record standby. Note that it shows the remaining time for recording onto a mono track.

A mono track means a single track. Therefore, to know the remaining time for recording to more than one track, divide the displayed time by the number of tracks. Note that the remaining time shown on the screen is an approximate time.

Input monitor and repro monitor

Each of the MR-8 tracks has two output modes: repro monitor and input monitor.

In the repro monitor mode, the track playback signal is output.

In the input monitor mode, the input signal fed to the track is output, therefore, you can check the level of the input signal to be recorded.

To enter a MR-8 track to input monitor mode, press the appropriate [REC SELECT] key to arm the track (i.e. make the track record-ready), then press only the [RECORD] key to enter the "RECORD READY" mode or press both the [RECORD] and [PLAY] keys simultaneously to start recording.

Signal input in the recorder	Signal output from the recorder
	track 1	Playback sound (Playback monitor)
	track 2	Playback sound (Playback monitor)
	track 3 READY	Input signal (Input monitor)
	track 4 READY	Input signal (Input monitor)
	track 5	Playback sound (Playback monitor)
	track 6	Playback sound (Playback monitor)
	track 7	Playback sound (Playback monitor)
	track 8	Playback sound (Playback monitor)

TRIM control

Pay great attention to the TRIM control adjust- ment.

The signal received at the [INPUT A] or [INPUT B] jack is routed to the appropriate TRIM con- trol, by which the signal level fed to the A/D con- verter of the MR-8 is controlled.

You can check this level by the PEAK indicator. If the level is too high, the PEAK indicator lights, while you may hear the sound distorted or noisy. This distortion (noise) generated at this stage cannot be eliminated, therefore, adjust the TRIM control properly so that the PEAK indicator does not light at the loudest part of the input signal.

Appropriate gain Excessive gain

Clip level

Clip level

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