Fostex VR800 Cue & Review Function, Cue & Review function using the Rewind and F FWD buttons

VR800 Owner’s Manual (Cue & Review Function)

Cue & Review Function

This chapter explains how to use the “Cue & Review” function with the REWIND button, the F FWD button, and the SHUTTLE function, and also explains “Digital Scrubbing” with the scrub mode function. During Cue/Review and Digital Scrubbing you will hear the sound recorded on the disk, which makes it easy for you to swiftly locate the desired point without failure while listening to the sounds.

The prerequisite of the following operation is that the time base is ABS, however, the operation can be executed in any time base. To execute this function with a non-ABS time base there is a need to priory switch over to the desired time base.

Cue & Review function using the REWIND and F FWD buttons

You may cue & review the audio data at three-times speed while the recorder is playing.

1.Press the PLAY button to play the audio data.

2.Press the F FWD button during playback.

[FWD>] appears on the display, and the VR800 cues in the forward direction at three-times speed.

DIGITAL44.1kHz

ABS

MSF

	PGM
SYNC OUT	DRIVE
CLK	SCSI
AUTO	A.PUNCH

3.Adjust the monitor sound of the track to monitor on the mixer.

4.Press the PLAY button again to restore the original play back speed.

5.Press the REWIND button instead of the F FWD

button.

[<RWD] appears on the display, and the VR800 cues in the reverse direction at three-times speed.

	DIGITAL	44.1kHz
ABS
M	S	F
		PGM
	SYNC OUT	DRIVE
	CLK	SCSI
	AUTO	A.PUNCH

6.Press the PLAY button to restore the original playback speed.

Cue & Review function using the SHUTTLE feature

You can use the SHUTTLE mode for 1-time~64-times Cue/Review while playing back the recorder section.

1.Press the PLAY button to start playback.

2.Hold down the SHIFT key and turn the JOG dial

clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Turning the JOG dial clockwise qqwill change the cueing speed. Turning the JOG dial counter-clockwise will change the reviewing speed.

The VR800 displays the selected cue or review speed, which you can select from normal, two-times, four-times, eight-times, 16-times, 32-times, and 64-times speed.

As long as you are holding down the SHIFT key, playback continues at the selected speed.

		DIGITAL	44.1kHz
	ABS
Display of 16-times review	M	S	F
			PGM
		SYNC OUT	DRIVE
		CLK	SCSI
		AUTO	A.PUNCH
		DIGITAL	44.1kHz
Display of 32-times cue	ABS
	M	S	F
			PGM
		SYNC OUT	DRIVE
		CLK	SCSI
		AUTO	A.PUNCH

3.Adjust the monitor sound of the track to monitor on the mixer.

4.Release the SHIFT key to cancel the cue and review

operation.

The VR800 resumes playback at the original speed.

Note: The cue and review operation does not affect pitch. Because the VR800 performs this function by skipping part of data during playback.

Note: When the beginning of the disk is reached during the review operation, the VR800 starts qnormal playback, even if you are still holding down the SHIFT key. When the end of the disk (ABS time: 23H 59M 59S) is reached during the cue operation, the VR800 stops and the PLAY button lamp flashes.

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