Preset display

The display below shows all preset items for explanation

M T C

Names and Functions

Lights up when the FD-4 receives MTC (MIDI Time

Code) from an external device.

purposes.

MTC

DIGITAL

44.1kHz

 

MIDI

SLAVE

SETUP MTC OFFSET

BAR

 

CLK

MB

REMAIN ABS

 

 

 

LOC MTC IN

H

M

S

DF

SF

VARI PITCH TEMPO PGM

SURE ? COMPLETED!

SYNC OUT

DRIVE

AUTO

A.PUNCH

The level meter shows the recorder output level and the recording level for tracks 1~4 and stereo bus L, R.

 

ABS

Lights up when ABS is selected as Time Base.

 

 

 

 

MTC

Lights up when MTC is selected as Time Base.

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMAIN

Lights up to indicate available recording time and

 

space on the disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP

Lights up when the FD-4 enters SETUP mode.

 

 

 

 

 

COMPLETED !

Lights up when an edit operation (copy, move,

paste, or erase) is completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURE ?

Lights up to confirm or cancel the operation when

 

you are making settings or edits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MTC OFFSET

Lights up when the MTC Offset menu is selected

in SETUP mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PGM

Lights up to indicate the current Program number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEMPO

Lights up when the tempo setting menu is selected

 

in SETUP mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VARI PITCH

Lights up when Vari Pitch mode is turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates a sampling rate of the corresponding

 

44.1kHz

Recording mode. It does not light up when the disk

 

 

 

 

is formatted in Normal mode.

 

MTC IN

Lights up to indicate that MTC is input from an

 

external MIDI device to the FD-4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOC

Lights up when the FD-4 enters locate point (edit

 

point) edit mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights up when the digital input track settings are

 

 

 

 

made in SETUP mode and the FD-4 is receiving

 

DIGITAL

 

digital signals correctly. However, if the FD-4 is not

 

 

 

 

receiving digital signals correctly, or if there is a

 

 

 

 

connection problem, this indicator flashes.

 

 

 

 

Flashes when Slave mode in SETUP mode is turned

 

 

 

 

on. When a signal is locked, the flashing indicator

 

SLAVE

 

 

 

 

lights up steadily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights up when the FD-4 is receiving effective MIDI

 

M I D I

 

 

 

 

messages (MMC or FEX) from an external device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%Lights up when the FD-4 enters Vari Pitch data edit mode.

 

MB

Indicates available disk space on the disk in

 

megabytes when the REMAIN indicator appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H, M, S, F, SF

Lights up to indicate a time value whenABS or MTC

is used as Time Base.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAR,

 

, CLK

Lights up to indicate a bar/beat/clock value when

 

 

BAR/BEAT/CLK is selected as Time Base.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates a Program title, edit parameters, and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP mode parameters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates the “SYNC OUT settings” in SETUP

 

SYNC OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates the AUTO PLAY/AUTO RTN mode

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicates the current drive. Usually, [SCSI] lights

 

DRIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

up.(*)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.PUNCH

 

 

 

Indicates the AUTO PUNCH mode settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(*)When the FD-4 has the optional 2.5 inch internal IDE hard disk installed, and an external SCSI drive is not connected, [IDE] will be lit. However, even though an internal hard disk has been installed, if the external SCSI drive is connected, the SCSI drive will have priority and [SCSI] will be lit.

Display examples for Time Base selected via the TIME BASE SEL key

You can use the TIME BASE SEL key to select ABS, BAR/ BEAT/CLK, or MTC as Time Base. The following examples show the displays when you select a Time Base at the beginning of the disk of Program 1.

Time Base is ABS.

ABS

M

S

F

 

 

PGM

 

SYNC OUT

DRIVE

 

CLK

SCSI

 

AUTO

A.PUNCH

Time Base is BAR/BEAT/CLK.

BARCLK

 

 

 

 

PGM

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYNC OUT

DRIVE

CLK

 

 

SCSI

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

A.PUNCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Base is MTC.

MTC

H

M

S

F

 

 

 

 

PGM

 

 

 

SYNC OUT

DRIVE

 

 

 

CLK

SCSI

 

 

 

AUTO

A.PUNCH

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Fostex FD-4 owner manual Time Base is ABS, Time Base is BAR/BEAT/CLK, Time Base is MTC

FD-4 specifications

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