Fostex VR800 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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VR800 Owner’s Manual (Digital Recording)
Starting and quitting recording
1. Locate the top of the Program.
2. Make sure this [DIGITAL] indicator lights up on the display. Hold down the RECORD button and press the
PLAY button to start recording on the VR800.
3. Start playback on the external digital device.
Check to see if the level meter of the VR800 is moving, responding to the input signal.
4. When recording is complete, stop the VR800 and the external digital device.
Caution:
Do not connect or disconnect an optical cable to or from the DATA IN jack of the VR800 while a track is assigned as digital
input. Otherwise, noise may be induced to the VR800, affecting the connected digital device.
Note:
When setting up the digital input track, the tracks to be assigned to L and R cannot be the same, such as [L: 4] and [R: 4]. If
setup is executed by mistakenly selecting the same track numbers for L and R, the number setup for the L channel will be given priority
and “ - ” (no assign) will be setup automatically.
Note:
The [DIGITAL] indicator lights up on the display if the selected digital input track setting (AdAt or any two tracks) matches the
type of the incoming digital signal (adat or SP DIF) and if the signal is correctly input. The [DIGITAL] indicator flashes to warn you if the
track setting does not match the signal type or if the signal is not input correctly. In this case, check the connection and settings before
you start recording.
Selecting a recording track
1. Press the RECORD TRACK select key of the recording track to set that track in ready mode.
Note:
You may record four tracks simultaneously on the current drive if it was formatted in [Master 4ch] mode. If you try to record adat
digital signals by setting the digital input track to [AdAt], only the RECORD RACK select keys of tracks 1-4 are enabled. (The RECORD
TRACK select keys of tracks 5-8 will not function.) That is, only channels 1-4 of the adat digital signals will be recorded. If you are using
an MO disk as the current drive, you may record up to two tracks simultaneously, regardless of the record mode of the drive.
Note:
Data in the additional track cannot be directly digital recorded externally. In order to digital output the data in the
additional track, it must first be transferred to a real track (use the track exchange function). For an explanation of the
track exchange function, refer to page 66.
Digital recording to an external device
This chapter describes how to digitally record data from an external MD, DAT, CD-R or adat that is connected to
the VR800 containing the recorded songs. Two voluntary tracks from real tracks 1-8 can be freely assigned to the
L and R od the digital output for digital output to an external device. Further, the data of all 8 tracks can also be
output (when [adat] is selected). The current program is the program that can be digitally recorded. Note that
the “Digital Output Track Setting” is effective for all programs though there may be several programs set at the
time.
< Note >
Output a digital signal with a sampling frequency of 44.1kHz from the VR800.