Fostex VF80 owner manual Midi clock sync system, Connecting external equipment, Connector

Advanced Operations

Recording the VF80 stereo output signals digitally onto an external digital device

You can record the stereo output signal digitally onto an external digital device via the [S/P DIF/DATA OUTPUT]

connector.

You do not have to carry out any special operation for outputting an S/P DIF digital signal from the [S/P DIF/ DATA OUTPUT] connector, because it is always output there.

All you have to do for mixing down to an external digital device digitally is to connect the device to the [S/ P DIF/DATA OUTPUT] connector. You can perform the digital mixdown during the mixdown process described in "Mixdown" of the "Basic recording/playback" chapter as well as in the mastering mode described in "Master- ing mode" of this chapter.

POWER	PHANTOM		S/P DIF / DATA	MIDI
	ON OFF	OUTPUT INPUT		OUTPUT	INPUT

MIDI clock sync system

By setting any desired meter at any desired point of the programmable tempo map contained in the VF80, and by output of a MIDI clock and song position pointer according to the setting, a hardware type MIDI sequencer can be synchronized as a MIDI clock slave. Consequently, in this system, the VF80 will be the master and the MIDI sequencer the slave.

MIDI clock & song position ponter

MIDI IN

MIDI Sound Source

MIDI IN MIDI OUT

MIDI Sequencer

INPUT				MIDI OUT
INPUT A			INPUT B		PHONES
BAL		BAL
GUITAR			GUITAR
LINE	MIC		LINE	MIC	MIN	MAX
UNBAL	TRIM	UNBAL	TRIM

CH ON/OFF	CH ON/OFF
PEAK			PEAK
TRACK STATUS
	RED	REC	GREEN	PLAY
		TRACK STATUS / TRACK SEL

1 2 3 4 5

	ST OUT L, R
ST OUT	FOOT SW
L	R
TRACK	MIX PARAMETER
EDIT	SCENE SCENE SEQ.

DIGITAL MULTITRACKER

PGM	FADER	MAP
PAN	EQ	EFFECT
		ON/OFF
	2TRK MODE			ACCESS
BOUNCE	MASTERING	TRAINING
				PHANTOM
REC EFF		F1	F2	F3
OFF	MUTE	STATUS
		/SEL

JOG SHUTTLE

6 7/8 2TRK MASTER CURSOR

EXIT /NO

EJECT

Master Recorder

+6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6

ENTER /YES

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SETUP	TIMEBASE	UNDO
	SEL	/REDO

-10	-10		-10		-10		-10		-10		-10		-10		F1	F2	F3	SHIFT
															AUTO		VARI	WAVE FORM		LOCATE
-20	-20		-20		-20		-20		-20		-20		-20		PUNCH	LOOP	PITCH	SCRUB
-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30		-30	EDIT	EDIT	EDIT		MARK	DELETE
-40		-40		-40		-40		-40		-40		-40		-40	RECORD		STOP	PLAY	REWIND	F FWD
-∞		-∞		-∞		-∞		-∞		-∞		-∞		-∞
																	LOCATE ABS 0
																	LOCATE REC END

Connecting external equipment

1Connect the VF80 MIDI OUT to MIDI IN of the MIDI sequencer.

2Set the MIDI sequencer for “external sync mode (EXTERNAL SYNC) by MIDI clock.”

Refer to the Owners Manual of the equipment in use for details.

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