Quick Operation Guide
Model
Digital multitrack recorder
Welcome to the VR800
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Table of Contents
Notes on operating the VR800
Recording media
Damages
Using an E-IDE hard disk
Recording media
Notes on handling a E-IDE hard disk
Installing an E-IDE hard disk in the VR800
Install the hard disk with brackets to the
removing six screws using a screw driver
Install the included brackets on the hard disk
Using a SCSI drive
Connecting a SCSI drive to the VR800
Notes on handling SCSI drives and disks
SCSI ID number setting
Note on connection
1 Turn on the power to the connected SCSI drive and the VR800
Formatting initializing a disk
2 Insert a disk in the SCSI drive
3 When SURE? appears, press the EXECUTE/YES key
4 Use the JOG dial to select the desired record mode
Record mode
6 Press the EXIT/NO key to quit the setup mode
5 Press and hold down the RECORD button and press the EXECUTE/YES key
1 Program
2 Time Base
1 Press the SETUP key to change to Setup mode
Checking available recording time on a formatted disk
Checking the record mode of the formatted disk
Formatting the disk again
Before turning off the power to the VR800
Ejecting a removable disk from the SCSI drive
2 Turn the JOG dial to select Format ? and press the EXECUTE/YES key
3 Use the JOG dial to select the desired record mode
Notes on using two current drives
However, note the following points when you use two current drives
“SCSI” lights up
VR800 Quick Operation Guide
Connecting a mixer
Connecting a digital mixer equipped with adat I/O
Notes for using a digital mixer
Connecting an analog mixing console
About changing the digital-in clock setting
About using a disk that has been used on a different model
VC-8
Initial settings
Basic recording
About sampling frequency
Basic recording procedure
Adjusting the recording level
Digital Mixing Console
Selecting a recording track
2. To cancel the undo operation, press the UNDO/REDO key again
Undo and redo recording
Starting recording
Stopping recording
Multitrack recording using overdubbing
4. When you finish rehearsing, locate the top of the
6. When you finish overdubbing, stop the VR800, locate
Ping-pong recording
4. Play the program from the beginning and adjust the
8. When mixdown is completed, stop the master recorder and the VR800
Mixdown
Recording in a new program
Basic Locate function
Selecting the desired program from multiple programs
Locating the top of the program
Locating the end of the recorded area of the program
Playback using the Vari-pitch function
Procedures vari pitch function
4. Set the desired pitch data using JOG dial
5. Adjust the monitor sound level with the mixer
Owner’s manual reference pages
Reference pages
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