Fostex FD-8 owner manual Executing Track Exchange

Editing Tracks

Executing Track Exchange	• Swapping mono track data between any two tracks
1. While the FD-8 is stopped, press the EDIT key	1. When [1-8] is flashing, turn the JOG dial.

repeatedly until [TRK Exchg] flashes on the display.		Turning the JOG dial allows you to select a mono
Alternatively, you can press the EDIT key, then use the		track from [1], [2], [3], [4]........ [24] in the left column.
JOG dial.		The right column continues a mono track.
		For example, if you select [4] in the left column, the
Flashing	44.1kHz	display indicates [4<>1], meaning you can swap data
		between tracks 4 and 1.

Flashing 44.1kHz

SYNC OUT DRIVE

CLK		SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

SYNC OUT	DRIVE
CLK		SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

2. Press the EXECUTE/YES key.

The display shows the track selection.
The current display shows that you can swap eight-track		Flashing	44.1kHz
data between Real tracks 1-8 and Additional tracks 9-16.
If you wish to select other tracks, follow the steps below.
		SYNC OUT	DRIVE
Flashing	44.1kHz	CLK	SCSI
		AUTO	A.PUNCH

										2. To select a number in the right column, press
				SYNC OUT		DRIVE
			CLK					SCSI		the HOLD/> key, the REWIND button, or the F
					AUTO	A.PUNCH
										FWD button to move the flashing cursor to the
										right column, then use the JOG dial to select
3. Select the tracks to swap data.										the desired number.
										* When you swap data between mono tracks, the
	• Selecting Real tracks 1-8 and Additional tracks 17-24:									indications [4<>1] and [1<>4], for example, mean the
										same thing — swapping data between tracks 1 and 4.
	1. Press the HOLD/> key, the REWIND button, or
	the F FWD button to move a flashing cursor on									Note: If you select the same tracks for swapping mono
	[1-8] (left) to [9-16](right).
										track data, the setting is ignored. The FD-8 will indicate
					44.1kHz		Flashing			[Select Err] for a short moment, then return to the previous
										display.
									4. Press the EXECUTE/YES key.
		SYNC OUT			DRIVE
		CLK			SCSI
										[Exchange] lights up and the swapping operation is
		AUTO			A.PUNCH
										completed immediately.
	2. Turn the JOG dial to change flashing [9-16] to									The FD-8 indicates [COMPLETED !], then returns to the
										previous Time Base display.
	flashing [17-24].
										* You cannot play data or check the REC END point on the
					44.1kHz			Flashing		Additional tracks. To do so, you need to move the data to a
										Real track.
										If you load back-up data from the external DAT recorder,
		SYNC OUT			DRIVE					adat machine, or backup SCSI drive, the data maintains the
		CLK			SCSI
		AUTO			A.PUNCH
										same condition as when you previously saved it to DAT,
										adat, or backup SCSI drive.

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