Fostex X-12 User Manual

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Model X-12 Owner's Manual

You can position the sound on tracks 1-4 anywhere in stereo image on
mixdown.
This is where your creatively is important. Try for a sound that is pleasing
to you!

You can record your favorite music on a boom box or cassette deck and overdub your
performance or vocal, accompanying your musician's performance to make your own
original tape. Follow the procedure below to make this type of tape.

Track 4

Track 3

Track 2 (R channel)

Track 1 (L channel)

Record your favorite song to Tracks 1 and 2 on the

boom box or cassette deck.

Do not record now. Later, you will record your

performance or vocal here on the X-12.

2. Insert the recorded tape in the X-12, and follow the "Overdubbing"

procedure described previously to record your performance or vocal
to Tracks 3 and 4.

Note that the law prohibits recording copyrighted or broadcast music, except for
recordings intended only for personal use.

After finishing the level adjustments, rewind

the tape to the "000" point.

Now you can begin mixdown.

First start recording on the master recorder,
then press the

[PLAY]

button on the X-12 to

start playback.

After mixdown is complete, stop the X-12 and

the master recorder.

Play back the tape on the X-12.
While monitoring the sound via the headphones,
use the playback

fader

and the playback

[PAN]

knob of each track to adjust the output level
and balance of the tracks.
Gradually raise the headphone volume using
the

[LINE OUT/PHONES]

knob. This knob also

adjusts the output level at the X-12's

[LINE OUT

L, R]

jacks. Set the level so that the level meter

of the master recorder will respond moderately.

Be sure to record on only one side of the tape (side A or B).
That is, use Track 1 and 2 to record on the jam box or the cassette deck, and keep
Tracks 3 and 4 empty. (See the diagram below.)

Using a tape recorded on a boom box or cassette deck

1. Record your favorite music source on the boom box or cassette deck.