Fostex VF160EX Initial condition when the power is turned on, Fader, Master channel mute

Chapter 3 Advanced mixer operations

This section describes practical operations of the mixer including functions that are not described in "Basic opera- tions" as well as detailed information about settings.

Initial condition when the power is turned on

When you turn the power on, the VF160EX shows the start-up display ("FOSTEX" -> "Initial.." -> "Current DR", "IDE" -> "FormatType" ["Standard" or "Quick"]), and then becomes ready. In this condition, only the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key, [STOP] key, [EFF 1] key, and [EFF 2] key light on the panel, while the display looks as shown below.

In this manual, we refer to this display as the "Normal display", in which you can see the current recorder position is at the beginning (ABS 00M 00S) of the program 1 (P01).

Light in green

Light in green

1/9/A

2/10/B

3/11/C

4/12/D

5/13/E

6/14/F

INPUT

7/15/G

8/16/H

MON OUT

PHONES

BAL

UNBAL

INSERT

BAL

UNBAL

INSERT

L

R

TRIM

MON OUT

PHONES

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

0

10

0

10

PEAK

PEAK

PEAK

PEAK

PEAK

PEAK

PEAK

PEAK

1/9/A

2/10/B

3/11/C

4/12/D

5/13/E

6/14/F

7/15/G

8/16/H

CH STATUS/CH SEL

CH STATUS

ORANGE

INPUT

RED

REC

GREEN

PLAY

OFF

MUTE

RECALL

SCENE

STORE

CLEAR

MAP

EFF EDIT

EFF1

EFF2

ACCESS

MUTE

MUTE

PHANTOM

EFF1/EFF2

EQ/COMP

HI-G/F/Q

PRE/POST

COMP

REC ASSIGN

BUSS

DIRECT

AUX1/AUX2

MID-G/F/Q

INPUT SEL

SOURCE

REC TRK

REC TRK

DISP SEL

PGM SEL

SETUP

INT

MIXDOWN

PRE/POST

AUTO RTN

CLIPBOARD

AUTO PUNCH

A RTN

START

IN

OUT

END

IN

ALIGN SEL

OUT

A PLAY

PAN

LO-G

-∞

-∞

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

MARK

FADER

CH VIEW

UNDO

VARI

CH PARAM EDIT

HOLD/

STORE

EDIT

/REDO

PITCH

LOCATE

SCRUB

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

TRACK

CH STATUS/CH SEL CH STATUS ORANGE INPUT RED REC GREEN PLAY OFF MUTE

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RECORD STOP PLAY REWIND F FWD

AUTO

CLIPBOARD PLAY

PREV

NEXT

PUNCH

LOCATE ABS 0

LOCATE REC END

FADER

ADJUST

EXIT/NO

LEVEL

EJECT

ADJUST

ENTER/YES

-∞

-∞

-∞

SHIFT

JOG

SHUTTLE

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

TRACK

MASTER

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

INPUT

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Light in orange

Light in green

Operation while the Normal display is shown

Fader

The fader for each channel (1 through 16) controls the level of TRACK or INPUT signal fed to the stereo output or the Rec busses. If two adjacent channels are fader-paired, the fader on the odd channel controls both channel lev- els. The master fader controls the total level of the stereo output busses.

Channel mute and Solo function

In the Normal display, pressing a [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key mutes the corresponding channel. The [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key for the muted channel is unlit.

Pressing the key again releases muting and lights the key. If two adjacent channels are fader-paired, pressing one of the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key for the two channels mutes both channels.

Also, pressing the [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key while holding down the [SHIFT] key alternates on and off of the solo for that channel.

Master channel mute

While the Normal display is shown, pressing a [CH STATUS/ CH SEL] key for the master channel mutes the stereo out- put signals. The [CH STATUS/CH SEL] key of the master channel is unlit. Pressing the key again releases muting and lights the key.

Adat Mixer Mode (Input monitoring of all tracks)

In the normal display mode, every time the [INPUT SEL] key is pressed with the [SHIFT] key depressed down, the Adat Mixer Mode will alternately switch on/off. The in- put monitor (READY) of all tracks will simultaneously switch on/off. The Adat Mixer Mode is a convenient for example when recording by connecting a VF160EX to a personal computer installed with an adat optical sound card. In this way, the VF160EX can be used in four roles: As an AUDIO track monitor mixer (using faders of ch1-8). As an AD (the level adjusted by [TRIM] is possible in low latency monitoring).

As a monitor mixer (using faders ch9-16).

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•To use the VF160EX in the Adat Mixer Mode, the SETUP mode digital input/digital output setting must be first set to "adat."

•Tracks set to "IN (Input)" by "INPUT SEL" cannot be changed to READY.

•This function is effective only for executing DIRECT recording and will not function for BUSS recording.

If you execute the above while in BUSS recording, the VF160EX will want to select a different recording mode. "Rec Mode Change!" will be displayed and "Sure?" will flash. At this point, if the [ENTER/YES] key is pressed, simultaneous with change in the recording mode, the Adat Mixer Mode will switch on. If the [EXIT/ NO] key is pressed, the BUSS recording mode can be continued.

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