User manual FOSTEX MR8HD

[. . . ] 8588062100 (428387) Owner's Manual Digital Multitracker MR-8HD Owner's Manual (Safety instructions/Contents) CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT. ATTENTION: CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. POUR EVITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES, INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET POUSSER JUSQU' AU FOND. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. "WARNING" "TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. " SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. [. . . ] If you want to redo track bouncing, use the undo function to go back to the condition before carrying out track bouncing, and try again. Meters 1 through 4 Meters 5/6 Meters L and R Playback levels of tracks 1 through 4. Monitor output levels of STEREO OUT (L, R). 2) By raising the [PHONES VOL] control, you can hear the signals bounced to tracks 5/6. Use the [5/6] fader to control the monitor output levels, and use the [MASTER] fader to adjust the recording levels of the bounced signals appropriately while checking meters 5/6. You can apply the delay/reverb to tracks 1 through 4 and the mastering effects to the stereo L and R signals. See "Using effects" on page 57 for details about the delay/reverb and mastering effects. 3) 4) <Panning control> You can freely adjust panning for tracks 1 through 4 using the PAN controls. 5) After finishing rehearsal, press the [STOP] key to stop the recorder and locate it to the beginning of the song. Do not move the controls and faders after finishing rehearsal. <Auto punch in/out of track bouncing> You can bounce only the desired part (between the IN and OUT points) using the auto punch in/out function (see page 74). <Track bouncing while mixing signals from [INPUT A] through [INPUT D]> When you bounce tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5/6, you can also mix signals from [INPUT A] through [INPUT D] together (see page 72). Actual track bouncing After finishing rehearsal, let's carry out actual track bouncing. Make sure that the recorder stops at the beginning of the song. 1) Before carrying out actual track bouncing, make sure that the bounce mode is selected to "1-4>5/6". Press the [PLAY] key while holding down the [RECORD] key. Track bouncing starts with the effect/level settings made in the rehearsal mode. The mixed signals are recorded onto tracks 5/6. 2) 3) After track bouncing completes, press the [STOP] key to stop the recorder. Stopping the recorder automatically turns off the input monitoring mode of tracks 5/6. 67 MR-8HD Owner's Manual (Track bouncing) Bouncing tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7/8 You can bounce tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7/8. As described earlier in "Bouncing tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5/6", you can rehearse track bouncing as many times as you like before executing actual track bouncing. Rehearsal of track bouncing Before executing track bouncing, you can rehearse it. While rehearsing track bouncing, you can control the playback level, panning and reverb (or delay) send setting of each source track, as well as apply the mastering effect to the mixed L/R signals. We recommend to make rehearsal thoroughly until you are satisfied with the sound. The following assumes that the song you are going to execute track bouncing is loaded. INPUT A SELECT D I G I TA L M U LT I T R A C K E R INPUT A BAL INPUT B BAL INPUT C BAL INPUT D BAL L STEREO OUT R UNBAL /GUITAR PHONES INSERT UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL 1 2 DISTORTION TRIM TRIM TRIM TRIM PHONES VOL MIN MAX LINE PEAK ON/ OFF MIC LINE PEAK MIC LINE PEAK MIC LINE PEAK MIC MIN MAX GUITAR ON/ OFF TO STEREO BUSS ON/ OFF ON/ OFF POWER DYNAMIC CONDENSER TUBE MIC SIMULATION EFFECT REVERB / DELAY TIME RHYTHM GUIDE TIME BASE SELECT CONTRAST INPUT A BRIT STACK US METAL 60'S COMBO AMP SIMULATION MIN ROOM MAX HALL 1-4 > 5/6 1-6 > 7/8 NEW 1-8 >SONG STEREO 7/8 >WAV FILE BOUNCE 4 4 MAX MENU / ENTER EFFECT SEND 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 PLATE DELAY ABC1 POWERFUL DEF2 NATURAL GHI3 BRIGHT MASTERING PAN L R L R L R L R JKL4 MNO5 LOCATE 1 4 AUTO PUNCH PLAY MODE A / IN B / OUT STORE UNDO/REDO REC SELECT 1 2 3 4 5/6 7/8 MASTER PQR6 MAX STU7 VWX8 YZ9 +-_0 DELETE RECORD STOP PLAY REWIND F FWD MIN MIN LOCATE REC END LOCATE ABS ZERO A-B PLAY 2, 4 1) Use the [1-4 > 5/6, 1-6 > 7/8] key to select the "1-6 > 7/8" bounce mode. Selecting this bounce mode automatically arms tracks 7/8 and changes the monitoring mode for these tracks to input monitoring mode. The display looks like this: 4 3) 5 3 Press the [PLAY] key to start playback from the beginning of the song. While playing back the song, adjust playback levels of tracks 1 through 6 using the track faders. You can also adjust panning for tracks 1 through 4 and apply the reverb or delay to these tracks, as well as apply the mastering effect to the mixed sound. During rehearsal and actual track bouncing, the track faders and [MASTER] fader control the following signals. 4) Lighting Lighting Flashing Faders Playback levels of tracks 1 through 1 through 4 4 for bouncing. Fader 7/8 Monitor levels of tracks 7/8. 2) Raise the [5/6] fader and [MASTER] fader to the " " position. Set all the other track faders down to the minimum position. [MASTER] Recording master level of tracks 7/8. fader 68 MR-8HD Owner's Manual (Track bouncing) During rehearsal and actual track bouncing, the level meters on the screen show the following signal levels. Checking the bounced signals on tracks 7/8 You can check the bounced signals while the bounce mode is active. 1) Press the [REWIND] key while holding down the [STOP] key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song. Press the [PLAY] key to start playback from the beginning of the song. Use the [7/8] fader to control the playback level of the bounced signals. By playing back the recorder while the bounce mode ("1-6 > 7/8") is active, only tracks 7/8 can be monitored. In this condition, you can not monitor playback signals of tracks 1 through 6 even if you raise their faders. [. . . ] When you set the switch to any other position, you can use the amp simulation effects for insert effects. Troubles for USB connection <Trouble 1> Cannot export a WAV file to a personal computer. <Trouble 2> The MR-8HD drive icon is not shown on the personal computer screen. · Is the USB cable connected correctly? Check the connection, as well as the USB cable. · · Is the personal computer meets the requirement? The MR-8HD can export a WAV file to a personal computer which runs on any of the following OS systems. Windows Me, 2000 or XP Macintosh 0S X or higher It may take some times for showing a removable drive depending on a personal computer. It may take some times for reading the drive data. On a Windows machine, the MR-8HD is shown as "removable drive". On a Macintosh machine, it is shown as "MR-8HD". 134 MR-8HD Owner's Manual (Troubleshooting) Other troubles <Trouble 1> I cannot hear the rhythm guide click. <Trouble 2> I want to hear the rhythm guide click based on the "Signature" and "Tempo" settings on the rhythm guide setting screen but the rhythm guide click based on the conductor map is output. · Is the [RHYTHM GUIDE] key is illuminated? When the [RHYTHM GUIDE] key is not illuminated, the rhythm guide function is not active and you cannot hear the rhythm guide click. · Is the "Conductor Map" setting on the rhythm guide setting screen set to "On"? As shown on the screen below, if "Conductor Map" on the rhythm guide setting screen is set to "On", the rhythm guide click based on the conductor map is output. [. . . ]