Fostex D-160 owner manual Input monitor and Repro monitor

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

5. Input monitor and Repro monitor

There are two ways to monitor track data on the recorder: Input monitor and Repro monitor. These are defined as follows:

Input monitor:

Input monitoring enables you to listen to the input signal that is routed to and output through the tracks just as it is. That is, listening to (monitoring) the post-recorder input signal (not the pre recorder signal).

Sixteen tracks on the D-160 can be set to either "Input monitoring" or " Repro monitoring" status. Follow the steps below to set the tracks to Input monitor.

1.Set the track to recording status.

To set the track to recording status, first ready the track, then press the PLAY button while holding the RECORD button. The recording track will be in Input monitoring status.

Alternatively,

2.Ready the track, and press the RECORD button once. (If you press the RECORD button again, the track enters the repro monitoring status.)

Input signals

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REPRO monitor

*The RECORD LED next to the RECORD button will flash, and the currently selected tracks will enter input monitoring status.

Repro monitor:

Repro monitoring enables you to monitor the playback signal on the tracks; that is, to listen to the output of the recorded signal.

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