Fostex MR-8CD Actual track bouncing, Meters, Panning control, Auto punch in/out of track bouncing

MR-8HD/CDOwner’s Manual (Track bouncing)

During rehearsal and actual track bouncing, level meters on the screen show the following signal levels.

Meters	Playback levels of tracks 1 through
1 through 4	4.
Meters 5/6	Recording levels of tracks 5/6.
Meters	Monitor output levels of STEREO
L and R	OUT (L, R).

By raising the [PHONES VOL] control, you can hear the signals bounced to tracks 5/6.

Use the [5/6] fader to control the monitor out- put levels, and use the [MASTER] fader to ad- just the recording levels of the bounced sig- nals appropriately while checking meters 5/6.

You can apply the delay/reverb to tracks 1 through 4 and the mastering effects to the ste- reo L and R signals. See "Using effects" on page 57 for details about the delay/reverb and mas- tering effects.

<Panning control>

You can freely adjust panning for tracks 1 through 4 using the PAN controls. For example, a guitar to left, a vocal to center, etc.

5)After finishing rehearsal, press the [STOP] key to stop the recorder and locate it to the beginning of the song.

Do not move the controls and faders after finishing rehearsal.

Checking the bounced signals on tracks 5/6

You can check the bounced signals while the bounce mode is active.

1)Press the [REWIND] key while holding down the [STOP] key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song.

2)Make sure that the input monitoring mode is turned off.

3)Press the [PLAY] key to start playback from the beginning of the song.

4)Use the [5/6] fader to control the playback level of the bounced signals.

By playing back the recorder while the bounce mode ("1-4 > 5/6") is active, only tracks 5/6 can be monitored. In this condition, you cannot monitor playback signals of tracks 1 through 4 even if you raise their faders.

If you want to redo track bouncing, use the undo function to go back to the condition before carrying out track bouncing, and try again.

Actual track bouncing

After finishing rehearsal, let's carry out ac- tual track bouncing. Make sure that the re- corder stops at the beginning of the song.

1)Before carrying out actual track bouncing, make sure that the bounce mode is selected to

"1-4 > 5/6".

2)Press the [PLAY] key while holding down the [RECORD] key.

Track bouncing starts with the effect/level settings made in the rehearsal mode. The mixed signals are recorded onto tracks 5/6.

3)After track bouncing completes, press the [STOP] key to stop the recorder.

Stopping the recorder automatically turns off the input monitoring mode of tracks 5/6, while the display changes to show the screen below, prompting you to play back tracks 5/6 for confirming the result.

<Auto punch in/out of track bouncing>

You can bounce only the desired part (between the IN and OUT points) using the auto punch in/ out function (see page 74).

<Track bouncing while mixing signals from [INPUT A] through [INPUT D]>

When you bounce tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5/6, you can also mix signals from [INPUT A] through [INPUT D] together (see page 72).

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