Fostex D-160 owner manual Real track and additional track

D-160 Owner's Manual (Before operating the D-160)

4. Real track and additional track

You can record, play back, and edit up to 16 real tracks on the D-160. The D-160 also features eight additional tracks.

Real tracks 1-16 are used for recording, playing back, and editing. Additional tracks 17-24 are used to store data.

More precisely, you can play back and monitor data recorded on the real tracks and check it with the level meters. But, data stored on the additional tracks cannot be monitored or checked with the level meters. The purpose of the additional tracks is to temporarily store the data recorded on the real tracks (1-16).

Track 16

Track 15

Track 14

Track 13

Track 12

Track 11

Track 10

Track 9

Track 8

Track 7

Track 6

Track 5

Track 4

Track 3

Track 2

Track 1

Real track

Example:

Exchange data recorded on Track 11 with data recorded on Track 15.

	Track 24
	Track 23
	Track 22
	Track 21
Example:
	Track 20
Swapping between real
	Track 19
tracks 1-8 (or 9-16) and
additional tracks 17-24.
	Track 18
	Track 17
	Additional track

You can swap data between two tracks (between two real tracks, additional tracks, or between a real track and a additional track) using the “Track Exchange?” menu in the Setup mode.

For example, you can exchange data recorded on Track 1 with data recorded on Track 8. If you swap between a track with data and a track without data, the track that originally contained data will become empty.

You can also swap data between eight tracks; that is, swapping between real tracks 1-8 (or 9-16) and additional tracks 17-24.)

This is very convenient in a multitrack recording application when you wish to clear some tracks in order to make new recordings.

For example, if you swap between real tracks 1-8 (or 9-16) with data and additional tracks 17-24 without data, the real tracks become empty. So, you can make new recordings in these empty tracks. You can, of course, load back the data from the additional tracks to real tracks. During the save/load operation, you can also save or load both real track data and additional track data.

<Notes>

*The D-160 always uses data on real tracks for the ABS END indication.

For example, If you have moved all track data to the additional tracks and the real tracks are empty, ABS END is “0.” In order to check the ABS END point of the data in the additional tracks, you need to move the data into the real tracks. Alternatively, you can check the data status of the additional tracks by checking the events on the “NOs Of Event?” menu in Setup mode. (Refer to page "163" for more information on the “NOs Of Event?” menu in Setup mode.)

*You cannot swap data between the tracks from two different Programs.

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