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

MR-8HD Owner’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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