Fostex VR800 owner manual Connecting a mixer, Connecting a digital mixer equipped with adat I/O

VR800 Quick Operation Guide

Connecting a mixer

The VR800 is a digital multitrack recorder that provides 8-track recording, and is designed to connect to a digital mixing console equipped with adat digital I/O. You can connect adat I/O connectors from a digital mixer to the DATA IN/OUT connectors on the VR800 using optical cables. You can also connect an analog mixer via an optional Model VC-8 (ADAT/ANALOG converter).

<Note>

Be sure to turn off the power to all devices before connecting the mixing console.

Connecting a digital mixer equipped with adat I/O

Connect adat I/O connectors from a digital mixer to the DATA IN/OUT connectors on the VR800 using optical cables.

CAUTION

Word in

adat out

adat in

METER

OL

-3

-6

-9

-12

-18

-24

-36

-40

L

R

ST BUSS/SOLO

PAGE SELECT

1-8 ANALOG IN

9-16 ADAT IN

17-20 EFF RTN

SETUP

EQ/LO

EQ/LO-MID

EQ/HI-MID

EQ/HI

SELECTED EQ

EFF EDIT

SYSTEM

MIDI

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

EQ ON

EFF1

EFF2

EQ LIBRARY

EFF LIBRARY

CURRENT SCENE STATUS

FREQ

Q

FREQ

Q

FREQ

Q

FREQ

Q

RECALL

STORE

RECALL

STORE

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

EQ EDIT

KEY MODE

ROUTING/

PAIR/

PHASE

GROUP

REC BUSS

SCENE MEMORY

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

SOLO

RECALL

STORE

MMC SEND

CHANNEL/

CH VIEW

METER

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

									/-1	+1/
									EXIT
+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	+10	0		DATA
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-20
								-30	ENTER
-20	-20	-20	-20	-20	-20	-20	-20
								-40
-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30
-40	-40	-40	-40	-40	-40	-40	-40	-60
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

			DATA			MIDI
WORD OUT SCSI	OPTICAL	OUT		IN	OUT	IN	AC IN	POWER

VR800

Current Drive

AC outlet

Digital Mixer

<Notes for using a digital mixer>

*If a digital mixer has a WORD IN connector, be sure to connect the WORD OUT connector on the VR800 to the WORD IN on the digital mixer as shown in the figure above.

*The default clock setting for the VR800’s digital-in is “asynchronous (ASYnC).” To make recordings on the VR800 connected to a digital mixer, you should usually set the VR800’s clock to “asynchronous” and the digital mixer clock setting to “word (or digital-in).” If the VR800 is connected to WORD IN on the mixing console, set the clock to “WORD.”

If the console is not equipped with WORD IN, select “digital-in.”

In this connection example, the Vari-pitch function of the VR800 is also enabled.

To edit the digital-in clock setting, use the “Digital input track setting” menu in SETUP mode. (Refer to the <Note> on the next page.)

VR800

Digital-in clock:

Asynchronous (default)

clock

Digital Mixing console

Clock setting:

Word (or digital-in)

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