Fostex FD-8 - Manual (Page 27)

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Before Starting
<Notes on digital recording>
During analog recording, “0 files” are not created since silence does not create “data 0.” However, during S/P DIF and adat
digital recording, the FD-8 records “data 0” (this is called “mute recording”). When one second of consecutive data 0 is input
to the FD-8, it creates a “0 file” and limits the consumption of disk space. However, repeating this operation will eventually
increase the number of events, leading to “event number overflow.”
Audio File 1 Audio File 2 Audio File 3 Audio File 4 0 File 1 0 File 2
ABS 0 REC END
Recorded area Silence
Usually, an event is created by one recording or edit. The number of events increases or decreases depending on
the number of edit points or the amount of disk free space. (FD-8 disk management operates in such way that the
number of events will decrease.) The number of events does not affect usual music production. However, if a
small amount of single-track data is written in many different sections on the disk, the maximum number of
events may be reached. To avoid this “event number overflow,” you need to check the number of events for each
track. The FD-8 provides an event check menu in Setup mode for this purpose.
Audio file and event
<About an audio file>
During recording, the FD-8 consecutively records an independent audio file (recorded area) in each track of each
Program. However, you can record data on the FD-8 at any point within 24 hours of ABS time, and you can
intentionally create silence between two audio files. In this case, a silent part is counted as a 0 file.
Therefore, audio files and 0 files are consecutively created as shown in the diagram below.
The total number of these audio files and 0 files is called “the number of events.” The maximum number of
events is 512 per track (tracks 1-24). After the number of events reaches 507, new data will not be recorded.