Fostex FD-8 - Manual (Page 112)

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Changing the initial setting (SETUP mode)
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Setting the MIDI device number (“Device ID ?” menu)
The “Setting the MIDI device number” menu enables you to set the FD-8 device ID number required to control the
unit from a sequence software using MMC (MIDI Machine Control) or FEX (Fostex System Exclusive Message).
The transmit device ID links to this setting. You can set the device ID from 00 to 99.
However, if the device ID number of the message the FD-8 receives is [7F], the FD-8 will recognizes it to perform
the corresponding operation, regardless of its device ID setting.
• Initial setting: [00]
• Device ID: [00] ~ [99]
* This setting is shared by all Programs in the same disk.
* The settings cannot be saved and loaded as part of the song data.
* The settings are maintained after you turn off the power to the unit.
Setting the MIDI device ID
1. While the FD-8 is stopped, press the SETUP key to
enter SETUP mode.
2. Turn the JOG dial to select [Device ID?] ([?] flashes),
then press the EXECUTE/YES key.
The current MIDI device ID number appears on the
display. Pressing the EXECUTE/YES key turns off the
flashing [?] character, and the MIDI device ID number
flashes. With the initial setting, [00] flashes as shown
below.
3. Use the JOG dial to set the desired MIDI device ID
number.
Turning the JOG dial clockwise increments the value, and
turning it counter-clockwise decrements the value.
4. Press the EXECUTE/YES key.
The MIDI device ID number is stored, and [?] flashes.
To cancel the operation, or to restore the setting
obtained prior to the EXECUTE/YES key press, press
the STOP button or the EXIT/NO key. Each time you
press one of these keys, the FD-8 returns to the previous
hierarchy level of the menu, and finally exits SETUP
mode and displays the previous Time Base.
Checking the number of track events (“NOs Event ?” menu)
The “Checking the number of track events” menu enables you to check the number of events on each track.
Each track (including Additional tracks) of FD-8 Programs consists of consecutive audio files (and “zero” files).
The number of events represents the total number of audio files and 0 files. Each track can contain up to 512
events.
If you are editing a song of typical length (about six minutes), repeated editing operation does not usually cause
this maximum number to be exceeded. (Exceeding this limit is called “event number overflow.”) Even a 20-
minute song will not cause event number overflow. This is because the FD-8 system always optimizes the data
structure by keeping the number of events low. However, if a recording on a track is scattered in different areas
of the disk, or if you have made a very long recording on a single track and performed many edits, you should be
wary of “event number overflow.” To avoid this problem, use the “Checking the number of track events” menu
to check the number of events on each track prior to recording or editing.
SETUP
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