Fostex DV40 manual Recording, Press the Record key, Tips File number for a newly created file

Recording

1.Press the [RECORD] key.

"New File!" appears for a short time on the display and the unit starts recording on the newly created file with the file format set in the procedure described in the previous "Preparation for recording". A tentative title of the newly created audio file is automatically created and registered. The tentative title contains date/time information. In the following example, the tentative title shows that the recording started at 18H: 30M: 00S on 24th, December, 2001. The date/time is based on the internal clock, which should be adjusted before using the unit. (See "Setting the internal clock" in Chapter 1 for details about how to set internal clock.)

You can edit the tentative title using the "Edit File Name?" menu in the Utility mode.

Tentative title

The leftmost “B” shows that the file is “BWF”.

The appropriate tracks according to the [TR MODE] switch setting is lit.

LTC

	H		M	S	F
					PGM
1					BIT	24
2					FS	48
					kHz
∞ 60 50 42 34 28		2018		12 8	6 5 4 3 2 1 0 OL -0.1%	CLOCK
					FORMAT	-INT-
					BWF

File number

The appropriate Bit and Fs numbers according to the [SAMPLING FREQ] switch setting is lit.

The appropriate file format according to the [AUDIO FILE] switch setting is lit.

Tips: File number for a newly created file

Audio files automatically created are internally counted independently by "BWF" and "SDII" files.

For example, if you make recordings twice to a disk on which no audio file is available by setting the [AUDIO FILE] switch to "BWF", two "BWF" files are created, whose file numbers are "001" and "002". Then if you make a recording to this disk by setting the [AUDIO FILE] switch to "SDII", the file number of the newly created file is "001". In result, two BWF files and one SDII file are created. A new file number is one greater than the number of existing files of the same file format.

2.After recording, press the [STOP] key to stop the unit.

See the next page for details about how to playback a recorded audio file.

Tips: Recording level adjustment of analog audio signals

Each level meter on the display holds peak value of the corresponding input signal (see the display example below).

The peak hold time is initially set to 3 seconds, however, you can select the time among from 0 to 9 seconds in 1 second steps and infinity using the "Peak Hold?" menu in the Setup mode. See "Chapter 15: Setup mode" for details.

You can also check the margin between the allowable maximum input level (= 0 dB) and the actual loudest level. The margin value (in dB) is updated each time when the loudest signal is fed to the unit.

So you can use the margin display function instead of setting the peak hold time to infinity. You can reset the current margin value by pressing the [MARGIN RESET/CLR] key.

Using the [DISP LEVEL] key, you can choose what is shown on the display among the margin level, track level and time.

ABS
	H		M		S	F
						PGM
1						BIT	24
2						FS	48
						kHz
∞ 60 50 42 34 28		2018		12 8		6 5 4 3 2 1 0 OL -0.1%	CLOCK
						FORMAT	-INT-
						BWF

the peak value is hold.

Notes for level adjustment:

•Set the recording level with the [INPUT MON] indicator lit.

•Adjust the recording level using the [INPUT LEVEL] control so that the "OL" indicator does not light at the loudest part of the signal (i.e. the margin value is larger than 00.0 dB).

If the input signal is too high, it clips at the full scale level.

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