Fostex MR-8CD owner manual Recording track combinations and available input channels

MR-8HD/CDOwner’s Manual (Basic operations)

Recording track combinations and available input channel(s)

The following shows the recording track combinations and available input channel(s) by the number of tracks simultaneously recorded.

Recording to a single track

1	Track 1
2	Track 2
3	Track 3
4	Track 4

Only [INPUT A] is available.

You can record only the [INPUT A] channel signal to the selected track. The channels from [INPUT B] to [INPUT D] are not available.

Recording to three tracks simultaneously

1	2	3				Trk 1, 2 and 3
1	2		4			Trk 1, 2 and 4
1		3	4			Trk 1, 3 and 4
1				5/6		Trk 1, 5 and 6
1					7/8	Trk 1, 7 and 8
	2	3	4			Trk 2, 3 and 4
	2			5/6		Trk 2, 5 and 6
	2				7/8	Trk 2, 7 and 8
		3		5/6		Trk 3, 5 and 6
		3			7/8	Trk 3, 7 and 8
			4	5/6		Trk 4, 5 and 6
			4		7/8	Trk 4, 7 and 8

[INPUT A], [INPUT B] and [INPUT C] are available.

The [INPUT A] channel signal is assigned to the track with the lowest number, the [INPUT B] signal assigned to the track with the next lowest number, and the [IN- PUT C] signal is assigned to the track with the highest number.

<Example of input assignment to tracks>

If you make recording to tracks 2, 4, 7 and 8, input-to- track assignment is as follows.

INPUT A -> Track 2

INPUT B -> Track 4

INPUT C -> Track 7

INPUT D -> Track 8

Recording to two tracks simultaneously

1	2			Trk 1 and 2
		3	4	Trk 3 and 4
			5/6	Trk 5 and 6
			7/8	Trk 7 and 8
1		3		Trk 1 and 3
1			4	Trk 1 and 4
	2	3		Trk 2 and 3
	2		4	Trk 2 and 4

[INPUT A] and [INPUT B] are available.

The [INPUT A] channel signal is assigned to the track with the lower number, while the [INPUT B] channel sig- nal is assigned to the track with the higher number.

Recording to four tracks simultaneously

1	2	3	4			Trk 1, 2, 3 and 4
1	2			5/6		Trk 1, 2, 5 and 6
1	2				7/8	Trk 1, 2, 7 and 8
		3	4	5/6		Trk 3, 4, 5 and 6
		3	4		7/8	Trk 3, 4, 7 and 8
1		3		5/6		Trk 1, 3, 5 and 6
1		3			7/8	Trk 1, 3, 7 and 8
1			4	5/6		Trk 1, 4, 5 and 6
1			4		7/8	Trk 1, 4, 7 and 8
	2	3		5/6		Trk 2, 3, 5 and 6
	2	3			7/8	Trk 2, 3, 7 and 8
	2		4	5/6		Trk 2, 4, 5 and 6
	2		4		7/8	Trk 2, 4, 7 and 8

All input channels are available.

The [INPUT A] channel signal is assigned to the track with the lowest number, the [INPUT B] signal assigned to the track with the next lowest number, the [INPUT C] signal is assigned to the track with the second highest number, and the [INPUT D] signal is assigned to the track with the highest number.

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