Fostex VF160EX operation manual Hint, Select the program to be mixed down, Normal display

Activating the internal mixdown mode

1.Select the program to be mixed down.

To select the desired program, press the [PGM SEL] key and select the program using the [JOG] dial, then press the [ENTER/YES] key.

2.When the unit is stopped, press the [DIRECT REC TRK] key while holding down the [SHIFT] key.

See the illustration below.

[DIRECT REC TRK] key

<Hint>

If you press the [DIRECT REC TRK] key to activate the internal mixdown mode when the recording track(s) or source track(s) are set for “DIRECT re- cording” or “BUSS recording”, the following mes- sage (“Rec Mode Change!” and “Sure?” ) appears.

In this case, pressing the [ENTER/YES] key activates the internal mixdown mode.

Pressing the [EXIT/NO] key cancels the operation.

		REC ASSIGN
		BUSS	DIRECT		PGM SEL
INPUT SEL	SOURCE	REC TRK	REC TRK	DISP SEL		SETUP

INT

MIXDOWN

	AUTO RTN				TIME BASE
	AUTO PUNCH				CLIPBOARD		A RTN
START	IN	OUT	END	IN	ALIGN SEL	OUT	A PLAY
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
			MARK				SCENE SEQ.
HOLD/	STORE	EDIT	UNDO		VARI	LOCATE	SCRUB
			/REDO		PITCH
					P.EDIT	EVT MEM	CD PLAY

RECORD

AUTO

PUNCH

FADER

ADJUST

LEVEL

ADJUST

[SHIFT] key

SHIFT

STOP	PLAY	REWIND	F FWD
	CLIPBOARD PLAY
		PREV	NEXT
	LOCATE ABS 0
	LOCATE REC END

EXIT/NO

EJECT

ENTER/YES

JOG

SHUTTLE

<Note>

After the internal mixdown recording is completed, the unit automatically quits the internal mixdown mode.

The program number/name shown on the Normal dis- play changes to “Int. Mixdown” in inverse video, showing that the internal mixdown mode is now active, while the [DIRECT REC TRK] key flashes.

In the example shown below, “P08: Song Data-1” is mixed down.

Each time you press the [DIRECT REC TRK] key while hold- ing down the [SHIFT] key, the mixdown mode alternates on and off.

Normal display

The unit also automatically quits the internal mixdown mode when you complete performing any of the following while the internal mixdown mode is active. Therefore, if you want to continue the internal mixdown mode, you need to activate the mode again.

•Program change

•Program delete

•Creating a new program

•Formatting a disk

•Copy/paste, Move/paste

•Erase

•Save to/load from DAT/adat

Internal mixdown mode display

<Note>

If “Rec Protect” in the Setup mode is set to “ON”, you cannot carry out internal mixdown.

If you try to perform the internal mixdown opera- tion, “Protected!” appears on the display.

In this case, set “Rec Protect” in the Setup mode to “OFF” before performing the internal mixdown operation.

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