Fostex owner manual Basics of the MR-8HD, Recording method

MR-8HD Owner’s Manual (Read this chapter first!)

The basics of the MR-8HD

This section describes the basics of the MR-8HD you should know before using the MR- 8HD.

Recording method

The MR-8HD is fitted with a 3.5-inch hard disk drive. Songs are recorded on a hard disk along with the ABS time (from 00m00s000ms to 99m59s999ms).

INPUT A SELECT
INPUT A			INPUT B		INPUT C		INPUT D
BAL			BAL		BAL		BAL		STEREO OUT
									L	R
UNBAL			UNBAL		UNBAL				PHONES
/GUITAR	INSERT						UNBAL		1	2
DISTORTION	TRIM		TRIM		TRIM		TRIM		PHONES VOL
MIN MAX LINE		MIC	LINE	MIC	LINE	MIC	LINE	MIC	MIN	MAX
GUITAR			PEAK		PEAK		PEAK
	PEAK
	ON/			ON/		ON/		ON/
	OFF			OFF		OFF		OFF
				TO STEREO BUSS					POWER
DYNAMIC			CONDENSER		TUBE		MIC SIMULATION		EFFECT
									REVERB / DELAY TIME
							INPUT A
BRIT STACK			US METAL		60'S COMBO		AMP SIMULATION
									MIN	MAX
									ROOM	HALL

							EFFECT SEND
0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10

PLATE DELAY

				L	R	L	R	PAN
L	R	L	R
									REC SELECT
	1		2		3	4	5/6	7/8	MASTER
MAX									MAX
MIN									MIN

DIGITAL MULTITRACKER

RHYTHM	TIME BASE	CONTRAST
GUIDE	SELECT
1-4 > 5/6	NEW	STEREO
1-6 > 7/8	1-8 >SONG	7/8 >WAV FILE
			BOUNCE
ABC1	DEF2	GHI3		MENU / ENTER
POWERFUL	NATURAL	BRIGHT
			MASTERING
JKL4	MNO5
		LOCATE
AUTO PUNCH	PLAY MODE	A / IN	B / OUT	STORE	UNDO/REDO
PQR6	STU7	VWX8	YZ9	+-_0	DELETE
RECORD	STOP		PLAY	REWIND	F FWD

LOCATE REC END

LOCATE ABS ZERO

A-B PLAY

3.5-inch hard disk drive

The ABS time shows the absolute time on a hard disk and you can start recording from any desired time within the range between 00m00s000ms and 99m59s999ms ABS time.

The beginning of a song

0m00s000ms	15m00s000ms	99m59s999ms
(ABS ZERO) 05m00s000ms 10m00s000ms	(REC END)

Recorded area Non-recorded area

Recorded area

Non-recorded area ......

You can start recording from any desired time within the range between 00m00s000ms and 99m59s999ms ABS time.

As the MR-8HD does not consume the disk space when no audio is recorded, you can record audio effectively, while the recordable time for a tape recorder depends on the tape length.

Non recorded area (shown in white)

0m00s000ms 99m59s999ms

5-minute recording 5-minute recording

Non-recorded area (remain) ......

Recorded area (shown in gray)

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