Fostex VF160EX Digital Recording, Digital recording from an external digital device

Digital Recording

This section will describe digital recording from external digital devices using the [DATA IN] connector of the VF160EX. Digital signals recorded are either S/P DIF or adat digital signals.

Digital recording from an external digital device

This section describes digital recording methods from external S/P DIF digital devices (CD, MD, DAT, etc.) or adat digital devices (Fostex D1624mkII, D824mkII, VC-8, etc.) into the VF160EX.

adat digital signal or S/P DIF digital signal
DIGITAL OUT	DATA IN

					ADAT/ANALOG CONVERTER
									OPTICAL
	CLOCK			ANALOG INPUT MODE	DIGITAL MODE		POWER
	75	WORD
ON	OFF	OPTICAL	INT(44.1k)	1-2 1-4 1-8	ADAT	S/P DIF	STBY	ON

LOCKED

DIGITAL/DATA OUT

AUTO RTN

AUTO PLAY

IN

OUT

START

IN

OUT

END

PGM SEL

EXIT/NO

EXECUTE/YES

8TRACK DIGITAL RECORDER

CHARACTER

EDIT

SETUP

UNDO/REDO

PREV

NEXT

DISP SEL

STORE

RECALL

POWER

AUTO

REHEARSAL

LOCATE

VARI PITCH

PUNCH

TAKE

RECORD

STOP

PLAY

REW

F FWD

1/9

2/10

3/11

4/12

5/13

6/14

7/15

8/16

TRACK SHIFT

FOOT SW

ALL INPUT

ACCESS

TC READY

CLIPBOARD PLAY

LOCATE ABS 0

LOCATE REC END

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

PGM SEL

AUX1/AUX2

MID-G/F/Q

INPUT SEL

SOURCE

REC TRK

REC TRK

DISP SEL

SETUP

INT

MIXDOWN

PRE/POST

AUTO RTN

CLIPBOARD

RTN

AUTO PUNCH

START

IN

OUT

END

IN

ALIGN SEL

OUT

AAPLAY

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

P.EDIT EVT MEM CD PLAY

RECORD STOP PLAY REWIND F FWD

AUTO

CLIPBOARD PLAY

PREV

NEXT

PUNCH

LOCATE ABS 0

LOCATE REC END

FADER

EXIT/NO

ADJUST

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

<Caution (IMPORTANT)>

To digitally record to the VF160EX, only input digital sig- nals (S/P DIF or adat) with the same sampling rate (44.1kHz/16bit) as the VF160EX.

<When recording adat digital signals>

Set the "Digital In" of the SETUP mode to "adat".

Selecting the program to record

If several programs are set, use the program selection function to pre-start the program to record.

Setting the digital input

1.Set the VF160EX digital input as shown below, from the "Digital In" menu in the SETUP mode.

For more details on setup procedures refer to the "SETUP Mode" on page 141.

<When recording S/P DIF digital signals>

Set the "Digital In" (SPDIF) of the SETUP mode, as shown as an example below. With this setting the LEFT channel of the S/P DIF digital signal is recorded on track 1 and the RIGHT channel is recorded on track 2.

As shown in this case, when selecting a S/P DIF digital signal it is possible to set odd and even tracks next to each other.

This setting records the adat digital signals on ch1-ch8 on tracks 1-8. In other words, the ch1 signals are recorded on track 1, ch2 signals on track 2, and so on. Simply put, the digital signal is recorded on tracks corresponding to the adat digital signal channel.

2.When the "Digital In" settings are completed, press the [EXIT/NO] key to escape from the SETUP mode.

The LCD shows the Normal Display.

Either “ ” or “ ” lights up on the display, when proper digital signals (S/P DIF or adat) from an external digital device is input in DATA IN.

If either “ ” or “ ” flashes on the display it means that the digital signal input is incorrect. In such case check the connection cable and digital output setting of the external device.

<Caution (IMPORTANT)>

Do not make connections such as for input of S/P DIF digi- tal signals into the VF160EX DATA IN connector when “Digital In” is set to “adat” . It could result in abnormal symptoms such as reduction in operating speed of VF160EX and also create noise.

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