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MR-8 Owner’s Manual
Input monitor and repro monitor
TRIM controlRemain display
"Remain" shows how much time you can further
record audio data to the available space left on
the current CompactFlash
TM
card. As described
earlier, the MR-8 stripes ABS time from
0m00.000s to 60m00.000s at maximum for each
song, however, the remaining time (= available
recording time left) depends on the available
space on the CompactFlash
TM
card. The remain
time is shown as in the screen example below
during recording or record standby. Note that it
shows the remaining time for recording onto a
mono track.
A mono track means a single track. Therefore, to
know the remaining time for recording to more
than one track, divide the displayed time by the
number of tracks. Note that the remaining time
shown on the screen is an approximate time.
Each of the MR-8 tracks has two output modes:
repro monitor and input monitor.
In the repro monitor mode, the track playback
signal is output.
In the input monitor mode, the input signal fed
to the track is output, therefore, you can check
the level of the input signal to be recorded.
To enter a MR-8 track to input monitor mode,
press the appropriate [REC SELECT] key to arm
the track (i.e. make the track record-ready), then
press only the [RECORD] key to enter the
"RECORD READY" mode or press both the
[RECORD] and [PLAY] keys simultaneously to start
recording.
Pay great attention to the TRIM control adjust-
ment.
The signal received at the [INPUT A] or [INPUT
B] jack is routed to the appropriate TRIM con-
trol, by which the signal level fed to the A/D con-
verter of the MR-8 is controlled.
You can check this level by the PEAK indicator. If
the level is too high, the PEAK indicator lights,
while you may hear the sound distorted or noisy.
This distortion (noise) generated at this stage
cannot be eliminated, therefore, adjust the TRIM
control properly so that the PEAK indicator does
not light at the loudest part of the input signal.
Signal input in the recorder
Signal output from the recorder
track 1
track 5
track 6
track 3
READY
track 4
READY
Playback sound (Playback monitor)
Playback sound (Playback monitor)
Playback sound (Playback monitor)
Input signal (Input monitor)
Input signal (Input monitor)
track 2
Playback sound (Playback monitor)
track 7
track 8
Playback sound (Playback monitor)
Playback sound (Playback monitor)
Clip level
Clip level
Appropriate gain Excessive gain