Fostex MR-8 owner manual Recording onto two tracks, Preparation for recording

MR-8 Owner’s Manual

Recordingontotwotracks

You can record a pair of tracks at a time. A pair can be tracks 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 or 7-8.

The following describes the procedure for recording a stereo keyboard onto tracks 5-6 while listening to the guitar sound recorded on track 1.

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2	INPUT A SELECT
		INPUT A				INPUT B	L		R
								STEREO OUT
								PHONES
			UNBAL			UNBAL	1		2
6			/GUITAR		BAL
	BAL		GUITAR
	TRIM	PEAK	DISTORTION		TRIM	PEAK		PHONES VOL
	LINE	MIC	MIN	MAX	LINE	MIC		MIN	MAX
	MIC			MIC SIMULATION					EFFECT
			DYNAMIC		CONDENSER	TUBE		REVERB / DELAY TIME
						INPUT A

			BRIT STACK		US METAL		60's COMBO			MIN	MAX
					AMP SIMULATION
										ROOM	HALL
		10		10		10		10	EFFECT
	0		0		0		0		SEND	PLATE	DELAY
3	L	R	L	R	L	R	L	R	PAN
											REC
											SELECT
		1		2		3	4		5 / 6	7 / 8	MASTER
	MAX										MAX
	MIN										MIN

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Preparation for recording

1) Set the [INPUT A SELECT] switch to "MIC/LINE".

DIGITAL MULTITRACKER

1-4 > 5/6	7/8 >	STEREO		NO		YES
1-6 > 7/8		WAV FILE		-1		+1
		BOUNCE
DELETE
POWERFUL	NATURAL		BRIGHT
				MASTERING	CURSOR
+ - _ 0		LOCATE			CONTRAST
PLAY MODE	A / IN		B / OUT	STORE	MENU	ENTER

A B C 1	D E F 2	G H I 3	J K L 4	TIME BASE	UNDO	8
AUTO PUNCH		RESET	0 RETURN
				SELECT	/REDO
	COUNTER					9
M N O 5		P Q R 6	S T U 7	V W X 8	Y Z 9
RECORD		STOP	PLAY	REWIND	F FWD
		LOCATE REC END
		LOCATE ABS ZERO
		A - B P L AY

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Remain

2) Connect stereo outputs of the keyboard to the input connectors on the [INPUT A] and [INPUT B] sections.

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3)Press the [REC SELECT] key for track 5/6.

Track 5/6 is armed, while track number "5-6" starts flashing on the screen.

In the song name display section on the screen, the remaining time (available recording time) of the card is shown.

4)Set the track 5/6 fader and [MASTER] fader to the nominal position (marked by “ ”).

Raising these faders allows you to monitor the input sound. If these faders are not raised, you cannot monitor the sound via headphones.

5)Press the [RECORD] key.

The armed tracks (tracks 5/6, in this case) now changes from tape monitoring to input

monitoring, while "" is shown on the screen.

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