Fostex VF160EX operation manual For Direct recording, For Buss recording

Regardless of whether executing DIRECT or BUSS re- cording, you must select recording sources and record- ing tracks.

You can select them using the following keys, depend- ing on the recording mode (DIRECT or BUSS) you are using.

[INPUT SEL] key			[DIRECT REC TRK] key
		REC ASSIGN
		BUSS		DIRECT
	INPUT SEL SOURCE		REC TRK REC TRK
					INT
					MIXDOWN
[BUSS-SOURCE] key			[BUSS-REC TRK] key

For DIRECT recording:

[INPUT SEL] and [DIRECT REC TRK] keys are used.

• [INPUT SEL] key

The [INPUT SEL] key is used to select the channel sources be- tween the recorder's output signals (TRACK) and input sig- nals (INPUT).

Pressing the [INPUT SEL] key displays the input select screen. Initially, after turning on the VF160EX power (power on de- fault), this screen looks as below, in which all channel sources are set to recorder's output signals.

For DIRECT recording, without changing the setting of the screen above, press the [DIRECT RECTRK] key and specify the recording tracks. This setting is also used for track bouncing via the BUSS recording mode.

• [DIRECT REC TRK] key

After confirming the input selection by pressing the [INPUT SEL] key, press the [DIRECT RECTRK] key to bring up the track selection screen. The following figure shows that no tracks (1 through 16) are armed. To arm selected tracks, press the ap- propriate [CH STATUS/CH SEL] keys.

Tips:

Pressing the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key of channel 1-8 (or channel 9-16) while holding down the [SHIFT] key switches arms all tracks 1 through 8 (or 9 through 16) simultaneously.

The following figure shows that track 1 is armed (READY), so that input A signal can be recorded on track 1.

For BUSS recording:

[INPUT SEL], [BUSS-SOURCE] and [BUSS-REC TRK] keys are used.

• [INPUT SEL] key

To make "BUSS recording" of input signals, press the [INPUT SEL] key and set source signals to inputs by pressing the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] keys of channels 9 through 16.

In the following figure, the source for channel 16 is set to input H.

Tips:

Pressing the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key of channel 9-16 while holding down the [SHIFT] key switches channel sources for all tracks 9 through 16 between "IN" (in- put A through H) and "TRK" simultaneously.

•[BUSS SOURCE] key

The [BUSS SOURCE] key is used to select source channels for BUSS recording.

If you press the [BUSS SOURCE] key when the input select screen is set as the figure shown above (i.e. the source for channel 16 is set to input H), the source select screen as below appears. While this screen is shown, you can select the desired source channel(s) for BUSS recording by pressing the appro- priate [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key(s).

Tips:

Pressing the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key of channel 1-8 (or channel 9-16) while holding down the [SHIFT] key sets all channels 1 through 8 (or 9 through 16) to recording sources simultaneously.

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