Fostex MR-8CD - Manual (Page 41)

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MR-8HD/CD Owner’s Manual (Basic operations)
<Tip>: By sliding up or down the MR-8HD/
CD [ MASTER ] fader gradually, you can fade
in or fade out recording.
3) Adjust the recording level of the master recorder
while rehearsing mixdown.
See the manual of the master recorder for
details about how to adjust the recording level.
4) After rehearsing mixdown and adjusting the
recording level, locate the MR-8HD/CD to the
beginning of the song.
5) Start the master recorder recording and then start
the MR-8HD/CD playing back.
6) After finishing recording, stop both recorders.
1) Connect the [STEREO OUT (L, R)] connectors of
the MR-8HD/CD to the input connectors of an
analog master recorder.
2) While playing back the MR-8HD/CD, rehearse
mixing down the recorded sounds by adjusting
the level and panning of each track, applying
effects to tracks 1 through 4 and applying the
mastering effects to the L/R stereo mix, etc.
The output levels from the [ STEREO OUT (L,
R) ] connectors can be controlled by the
[ MASTER ] fader.
Adjust the levels appropriately so that the
highest segments of L and R meters do not light.
See " Using effects " on page 57 for details about
the delay/reverb and mastering effects.
You can also mix sound sources connected to
[
INPUT A ] through [ INPUT D ] during mixdown.
See page 73 for details.
The following describes how to make mixdown recording to an external analog recorder.
MIN MAX LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC
PHONES VOL
L
STEREO OUT
R
2
PHONES
1
MAX MIN
BAL BAL BAL
TRIM
UNBAL
PEAK
TRIM
UNBAL
PEAK
TRIM
UNBAL
PEAK PEAK
DISTORTION
GUITAR
/GUITAR
INPUT A SELECT
INSERT
BAL
UNBAL
TRIM
INPUT A INPUT B INPUT C INPUT D
ON/
OFF
POWER TO STEREO BUSS
ON/
OFF ON/
OFF ON/
OFF
Analog master recorder
MR-8HD/CD
This section describes basic mixdown which is the final process of multitrack recording. Mixdown
mixes recorded materials on tracks 1 through 8 down to stereo. The mixdowned material can be
recorded to an external master recorder.
The MR-8HD/CD is equipped with the [
DIGITAL OUT ] connector, so you can record a mixdowned
signal to a digital master recorder (DAT, MD, etc.) which can accept an S/P DIF digital signal in
digital domain. With the MR-8HD/CD, you can also record a mixdowned signal internally to a
new song of the MR-8HD/CD using the track bouncing function, without the need of an external
master recorder (see "
Track bouncing " described later).
Mixdown to an analog recorder
[STEREO OUT L, R]
Track 1 (Playback)
Mastering ef
fects
STEREO OUT (R)
Mixing
STEREO OUT (L)
D/A
DIGITAL OUT
Delay or Reverb
Analog signals
Digital signal
Track 2 (Playback)
Track 3 (Playback)
Track 4 (Playback)
Track 5 (Playback)
Track 6 (Playback)
Track 7 (Playback)
Track 8 (Playback)
Basic mixdown