Basic Recording/Playback

Basic recording (recording onto two tracks)

After recording onto track 1 as described in the previous section, let’s make recording of a stereo sound source onto tracks 3 and 4.

Stereo source

1

INPUT A

INPUT B

PHONES

ST OUT

 

FOOT SW

BAL

BAL

 

L

R

 

 

 

 

TRACK

MIX PARAMETER

 

 

 

EDIT

SCENE

SCENE SEQ.

GUITAR

 

 

GUITAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PGM

FADER

MAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAN

EQ

EFFECT

LINE

MIC

 

LINE

MIC

MIN

MAX

 

 

 

UNBAL

TRIM

UNBAL

TRIM

 

 

 

 

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2TRK MODE

CH ON/OFF

 

CH ON/OFF

 

 

 

BOUNCE

MASTERING

TRAINING

5

PEAK

 

 

PEAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC EFF

 

 

TRACK STATUS

RED

REC

 

GREEN

PLAY

OFF

MUTE

STATUS

TRACK STATUS / TRACK SEL

/SEL

2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7/8 2TRK

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+6

+6

+6

+6

+6

+6

+6

+6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-20

-30

-30

-30

-30

-30

-30

-30

-30

-40

-40

-40

-40

-40

-40

-40

-40

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

DIGITAL MULTITRACKER

ACCESS

PHANTOM

F1

F2

F3

JOG SHUTTLE

CURSOR

EXIT /NO

EJECT

ENTER /YES

SETUP

TIMEBASE

UNDO

SEL

/REDO

F1

F2

F3

SHIFT

 

 

AUTO

 

VARI

WAVE FORM

 

LOCATE

PUNCH

LOOP

PITCH

SCRUB

 

 

EDIT

EDIT

EDIT

 

MARK

DELETE

RECORD

 

STOP

PLAY

REWIND

F FWD

LOCATE ABS 0

LOCATE REC END

7

10

7

3

4

8

6

9

Preparation for recording

1Connect the [INPUT A] UNBAL and [INPUT B] UNBAL jacks to the L and R outputs of the stereo source re-

spectively.

2Press the [TRACK STATUS/TRACK SEL] keys ofTracks 3 and 4.

The keys lighting in green change to flashing in red, showing Tracks 3 and 4 are now armed. (The “Remain” time is shown on the screen.)

The [CH ON/OFF] keys of INPUT A and B automatically light in green.

4Press the [RECORD] key.

The [RECORD] key starts flashing in red, while Tracks 3 and 4 (which are armed) changes to the input monitor mode.

5Use the [TRIM] knobs of INPUT A and B while playing the stereo source to get proper gain.

Set the gain at maximum within the range in which the [PEAK] indicator does not turn on.

You can monitor both the input level of Tracks 3 and 4 from the bar-graph meters on the screen.

3

Raise the faders of tracks 3 and 4 and [MASTER] fader

 

to “0” position.

This is preparation for monitoring sound. If both of these faders are set at the minimum position, no sound can be monitored.

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Fostex VF80 owner manual Basic recording recording onto two tracks, Stereo source, To 0 position

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