Fostex FD-8 owner manual Preset display

Names and Functions

Preset display

The display below shows all preset items for explanation purposes.

MTC	DIGITAL	32kHz 44.1kHz 48kHz
MIDI	SLAVE	SETUP MTCOFFSET

REMAIN ABS		BAR		CLK	MB	F
LOC MTC IN	H	M	S	DF	SF	%

OL	VARI PITCH		TEMPO		PGM
0	SURE ?		COMPLETED!
.
6	SYNC OUT			DRIVE
.	CLK	MTC		IDE	SCSI
12
.	AUTO			A.PUNCH
24	PLAY	RTN		RHSL	TAKE
.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 L R

The level meter shows the recorder output level and the recording level for tracks 1~8 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-8 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-8.
	LOC	Lights up when the FD-8 enters locate point (edit
		point) edit mode.
		Lights up when the digital input track settings are
		made in SETUP mode and the FD-8 is receiving
	DIGITAL	digital signals correctly. However, if the FD-8 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-8 is receiving effective MIDI
	M I D I
		messages (MMC or FEX) from an external device.

	Lights up when the FD-8 receives MTC (MIDI Time
M T C
	Code) from an external device.

%Lights up when the FD-8 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.
				The current drive that the FD-8 recognizes (SCSI
	DRIVE			or IDE) appears on the display. (See the following
				note.)
				Indicates the AUTO PUNCH mode settings.
	A.PUNCH

Note: If only a SCSI drive is connected to the FD-8, [SCSI] lights up. If an optional 2.5-inch internal IDE hard disk has been installed but no external SCSI device is connected as the current drive, [IDE] lights up. If a SCSI drive is connected, turned on, and specified as the current drive, and an internal hard disk is also connected, only [SCSI] will light up.

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.

		44.1kHz
ABS
M	S	F
		PGM
	SYNC OUT	DRIVE
	CLK	SCSI
	AUTO	A.PUNCH

Time Base is BAR/BEAT/CLK.

	44.1kHz
BAR	CLK
	PGM
SYNC OUT	DRIVE
CLK	SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

Time Base is MTC.

				44.1kHz
MTC	H	M	S	F
				PGM
			SYNC OUT	DRIVE
			CLK	SCSI
			AUTO	A.PUNCH

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