Fostex MR-8HD Checking the bounced signals on tracks 7/8, Exporting bounced data to a PC

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

Meters	Playback levels of tracks 1 through 4.
1 through 4
Meters 5/6	Recording levels of tracks 5/6.
Meters 7/8	Recording levels of tracks 7/8.
Meters L	Monitor output levels of STEREO
and R	OUT (L, R).

By raising the [PHONES VOL] control, you can hear the signals bounced to tracks 7/8.

MR-8HD Owner’s Manual (Track bouncing)

Checking the bounced signals on tracks 7/8

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.

Use the [7/8] 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 7/8.

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 cen- ter, 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.

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 "1-6>7/8".

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 7/8.

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 7/8.

4)Use the [7/8] fader to control the playback level of the bounced signals.

By playing back the recorder while the bounce mode ("1-6 > 7/8") is active, only tracks 7/8 can be monitored. In this condition, you can not monitor playback signals of tracks 1 through 6 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.

<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 6 to tracks 7/8, you can also mix signals from [INPUT A] through [INPUT D] together (see page 72).

<Exporting bounced data to a PC>

Song data bounced to tracks 7/8 can be ex- ported to a PC.

You can use the exported data as a source when burning an original audio CD using a CD-RW drive, or use it with a computer's music soft- ware.

Before exporting song data on tracks 7/8 to a PC, you must convert the two mono WAV files on tracks 7/8 to a stereo WAV file (see page 90).

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