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Fostex MR-8CD User Manual

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MR-8HD/CD

Owner’s Manual (Safety instructions/Contents)

Input connection ..................................................................................................................33

Input channel ..............................................................................................................33
INPUT A SEL switch .....................................................................................................33
Recording track combinations and available input channel(s) ..........................34

Recording onto a single track ............................................................................................35

Preparation for recording .........................................................................................35
Starting recording ......................................................................................................36
Playing back the recorded track ...............................................................................36
Undoing recording (undo/redo) .............................................................................36

Overdubbing basics ............................................................................................................37

Preparation for recording .........................................................................................37
Adjusting the recording levels while listening to track 1 .....................................38
Starting recording ......................................................................................................38
Playing back recorded track .....................................................................................38
Undoing recording (undo/redo) .............................................................................38

Recording onto four tracks simultaneously ....................................................................39

Preparation for recording .........................................................................................39
Starting recording ......................................................................................................40
Playing back recorded tracks ....................................................................................40
Undoing recording (undo/redo) .............................................................................40

Basic mixdown .....................................................................................................................41

Mixdown to an analog recorder ...............................................................................41
Mixdown to a digital recorder ..................................................................................42

Advanced playback and locates functions .........................................................................43

3 x cueing ..............................................................................................................................44

Playback between LOCATE A and B points .....................................................................44

Play mode ..............................................................................................................................45

Selecting a play mode ................................................................................................45
Auto play mode ...........................................................................................................46
Auto return mode .......................................................................................................46
Loop mode ...................................................................................................................46

Loop function in auto punch in/out mode ........................................47

Locate function ....................................................................................................................48

Time locate ..................................................................................................................48

Locating to the beginning (ABS ZERO) of a song ...............................48
Locating to the recording end point (REC END) of a song ...............48

Locating to the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point ........................................................49

Setting the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point ..........................................49
Locating ...................................................................................................50

Punch in/out .............................................................................................................................51

Punch in/out using the keys on the top panel ..................................................................52

Punch in/out using the footswitch .....................................................................................53

Auto punch in/out .................................................................................................................54

Setting the punch-in and punch-out points ...........................................................54
Rehearsal for auto punch in/out ..............................................................................55
Actual auto punch in/out ..........................................................................................56