Fostex FD-4 Formatting a new disk, Insert a disk into the Scsi drive, Press the EXECUTE/YES key

Recording preparation

Formatting a new disk

Follow the procedure below to format a new disk.

		RECORD TRACK
1/L	2/R	3/L	4/R	L	R
				ADD. TRACK
		PREVIEW						TIME BASE
START	IN	OUT	END	IN	OUT	DISP SEL	SETUP	SEL	4
	AUTO PUNCH			CLIPBOARD
	AUTO RTN
HOLD/	STORE		UNDO/				EXECUTE	EXIT
		EDIT	REDO				/YES	/NO	5
PGM SEL								ELECT
	VARI	AUTO RTN
	PITCH	AUTO PLAY	LOCATE					ACCESS	2
SHIFT	P. EDIT		LOC MEM			JOG	SHUTTLE
		CLIPBOARD PLAY
AUTO		LOCATE ABS 0
PUNCH		LOCATE REC END
RECORD		STOP	PLAY	REWIND	F FWD
									3
	5

1. Insert a disk into the SCSI drive.

If you insert an unformatted disk or a disk in an inappro- priate formats, the FD-4 recognizes that the disk is “unformatted,” displays the “Unformat!” message, then automatically enters SETUP mode, and displays the “For- mat ?” menu.

At this time, the ID number of the connected SCSI drive will appear and [SURE ?] will blink on the display. (In the fol- lowing example, the FD-4 recognizes that the ID number of the connected SCSI drive is set to [ID 2].)

SYNC OUT	DRIVE
AUTO	A.PUNCH

44.1kHz

SETUP

Flashing SURE ?

SYNC OUT DRIVE

SCSI

AUTO A.PUNCH

2. Press the EXECUTE/YES key.

The FD-4 displays [Pls Wait !], then immediately displays the recording mode menu, with [Normal] and [SURE ?] flash- ing as shown below.

SYNC OUT	DRIVE
		SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

44.1kHz

SETUP

Flashing

SURE?

SYNC OUT	DRIVE
		SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

There are three recording modes (see the following table). In most cases, select [Normal] (Normal mode) ,which is cur- rently displayed. If you prefer higher quality recording (CD-level quality with a sampling rate of 44.1kHz), select “Mastering mode 1” or “Mastering mode 2.” Note that avail- able recording time is shorter in Mastering mode 1 and 2.

<Recording mode>

Recording	Sampling	Quantization	Available recording
mode	rate		track in real-time
			4 Real tracks
Normal mode	32 kHz	DAC *	+
			2 Additional tracks
Mastering			4 Real tracks
	44.1 kHz	16-bit linear	+
mode 1
			2 Additional tracks
Mastering	44.1 kHz	16-bit linear	4 Real tracks
mode 2			(See Notes below.)

(*) Digital Audio Acoustic Coding.

<Notes>

*You can record only to Real tracks on a disk formatted in Mastering mode 2.

However, you can perform operations other than recording, such as “Track Exchange,” using Additional tracks.

For more information, refer to the “Real track and Additional track” section of the “Before Starting” chapter.

*After you record data on a disk formatted in Normal mode, if you mix down the data digitally to DAT, copy the data, or save or load the song data, select “32kHz/SP mode” as a recording mode for the DAT recorder.

*The FD-4 employs a recording format called “FDMS-3” (Fostex Disk Management System-3), which is also used on the Fostex digital master recorder D-160.

Therefore, the D-160 can play back data that was recorded in Mastering mode 1 or 2 on the FD-4. However, the D-160 can not play back data recorded in Normal mode.

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