Names and Functions

25. Play button [PLAY]

Pressing this button causes the recorder section to play back. Pressing this button while holding down the RECORD button when a track is in READY mode will cause the FD-4 to start recording on the READY track.

Pressing only this button during the recording operation will punch-out (cancel) recording. Pressing this button while holding down the STOP button will cause the “CLIPBOARD PLAY” operation to start.

*Refer to the “STOP button” section and page 57 for more information on the “CLIPBOARD PLAY” operation.

*Refer to page 48 for more information on the Punch Out operation using the PLAY button.

26.Stop button [STOP]

Pressing this button during the playback, recording, fast forward, or rewind operation will stop the recorder transport operation. Pressing this button while the FD-4 is in SETUP mode will cause the unit to exit SETUP mode.

Pressing the PLAY, REWIND, or F FWD button while holding down the STOP button will cause the following operations to start.

If you wish to rehearse the Manual Punch In/Out operation using the foot switch, press the foot switch while holding down this button to enter Rehearsal mode.

PLAY

“CLIPBOARD PLAY” operation starts. (See

 

 

below.) . During the operation, the STOP

 

LED flashes and the PLAY LED lights up.

*Refer to pages 57 and 66 for more information on these operations.

* Refer to page 46 for more information on the Punch In/Out

operation using a foot switch.

27. Record button [RECORD/ AUTO PUNCH ]

Pressing the PLAY button while holding down this button will cause the FD-4 to start recording on any READY tracks. At this time, the flashing LED of the RECORD TRACK select key for the corresponding READY track lights up steadily, and the PLAY LED and the RECORD LED light up.

If you press only the RECORD button, a READY Real track enters input monitoring mode (The RECORD LED flashes.). At this time, pressing the RECORD button again will cancel the input monitoring mode, and the track will return to playback monitoring mode.

Pressing the RECORD button while holding down the SHIFT key will toggle between AUTO PUNCH on and off.

*Refer to page 28 for more information on recording.

*Refer to page 43 for more information on AUTO PUNCH mode.

*Refer to page 26 for more information on input monitoring and playback monitoring.

28.Shift key [ SHIFT ]

Press a key, button, or turn the dial while holding down the SHIFT key to activate the following “shift-invoked” functions.

STOP

REWIND

ABS 0 is located. (See below.)

F FWD

REC END is located. (See below.)

* CLIPBOARD PLAY operation

The CLIPBOARD PLAY operation plays back data on the clipboard. (If the clipboard does not contain any data, the display shows [Void Data !] and nothing happens.). During this operation, the display indicates the type of the data (“Copy Clip” for copy data, and “Move Clip” for move data), and the duration. The indicator of the copy source or move source track flashes.

You can audition the data at edit points (locate points) stored in the memory keys. (For more information, refer to “Preview function” on page 69.)

 

 

RECORD TRACK

 

 

1/L

2/R

3/L

4/R

L

R

 

 

 

 

ADD. TRACK

 

 

PREVIEW

 

 

START

IN

OUT

END

IN

OUT

 

AUTO PUNCH

 

CLIPBOARD

 

AUTO RTN

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNDO/

 

 

HOLD/

STORE

EDIT

REDO

 

 

PGM SEL

 

 

 

 

 

VARI

AUTO RTN

 

 

 

 

PITCH

AUTO PLAY

LOCATE

 

 

SHIFT

P. EDIT

 

LOC MEM

 

 

 

 

CLIPBOARD PLAY

 

 

AUTO

 

LOCATE ABS 0

 

 

PUNCH

 

LOCATE REC END

 

 

RECORD

 

STOP

PLAY

REWIND

F FWD

The removable SCSI disk is

ejected. (Refer to “Recording

Preparation” on page 7.)

 

 

TIME BASE

DISP SEL

SETUP

SEL

EXECUTE EXIT

/YES /NO

ELECT

ACCESS

JOG SHUTTLE

In this way, you will know which track the currently playing data comes from and why the data is on the clipboard.

* ABS 0 locate operation

This operation locates the beginning of the current Program (ABS time: 00m 00s 00f).

* REC END locate operation

This operation locates the end of the audio recording (REC END) on the Real track in the current Program.

Auto Punch mode is turned on and off. (Refer to “Punch In/Out” on page 43.)

You can edit Vari Pitch data. (Refer to “Playback in Vari Pitch mode” on page 40 for more information.)

You can edit locate data stored in the LOCATE key. (Refer to “Storing an edit point (locate point)” on page 63 for more information.

The SHUTTLE dial function is activated. (Refer to “JOG dial/

SHUTTLE dial cueing” on page 62 for more information.)

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Fostex FD-4 owner manual Play button Play, Stop button Stop, Record button RECORD/ Auto Punch, Shift key Shift

FD-4 specifications

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