Fostex MR-8HD Exporting data to a personal computer, Connection to a personal computer

MR-8HD Owner’s Manual (Data export to a personal computer)

Exporting data to a personal computer

The MR-8HD is equipped with the USB port for direct connection to a personal computer using a USB cable.

The USB connection allows you to export the stereo WAV file data, which is converted from a pair of mono WAV files on tracks 7/8, to your computer. The exported data can be played back or edited using a computer's music software application, or used as a source when burning an original audio CD using a CD-R/RW drive. You can also use this exporting capability for backing up data to a personal computer when the remaining space of a hard disk becomes small.

USB cable

PC

				INPUT A SEL
				GTR CLEAN	MIC/LINE
				GTR DIST
AC-IN	USB	USB HOST	MIDI OUT	DIGITAL	FOOT SW
				OUT

Connection to a personal computer

Connect the [USB] port of the MR-8HD to the USB port of a personal computer using a USB cable, as shown above.

(A USB cable is not supplied with the MR-8HD.)

<Caution>:

Use the [USB] port
for connection to a
personal com -
puter. Do not con-	USB	USB HOST

nect the [USB HOST] port to a personal com - puter.

<Note>: Only Windows Me, 2000 and XP comput- ers, as well as Macintosh computers with OS X or higher, can be used with the MR-8HD. Other com- puters cannot be used.

Check your computer before making connection.

<Notes on USB connection with Mac OS>

When making USB connection with a Macintosh computer, note that only Mac OS X or higher is supported. Do not connect to a Macintosh com- puter with the earlier version. The song data on the MR-8HD may be damaged.

Windows Me/2000/XP machine supporting USB connection

Notes on exporting a file

<Note>: You can export only a stereo WAV file which is converted from a pair of mono WAV files on tracks 7/8, as described earlier in "WAV file conversion". A mono WAV file or undo file cannot be exported to a personal computer.

See the next page for details about the export- able files.

<Disk protection>

By default, the “disk protect” function which is effective in the USB mode is set to “On”. In this condition, the MR-8HD can export data to a personal computer but cannot import data from a computer. This is for protecting the MR-8HD internal hard disk from importing a file from a computer inappropriately and de- stroying the MR-8HD song data.

You can enable or disable this function, how- ever, we recommend using the MR-8HD by setting it to “On”.

If you use the MR-8HD by setting the “disk protect” function to “Off”, read “Archiving a song” on page 95 before using. See page 94 for details about how to make the “disk pro- tection” setting.

<Note on backup>

When exporting song data on the hard disk to a personal computer for backup, always export the whole song folder. You cannot export individual track data. See page 95 for details. See “Archiving a song” on page 95 for details about song data backup.

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