Fostex VF160EX - Manual (Page 49)

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Chapter 3 Advanced mixer operations
This section describes practical operations of the mixer including functions that are not described in "Basic opera-
tions" as well as detailed information about settings.
Initial condition when the power is turned on
Fader
The fader for each channel (1 through 16) controls the
level of TRACK or INPUT signal fed to the stereo output or
the Rec busses. If two adjacent channels are fader-paired,
the fader on the odd channel controls both channel lev-
els. The master fader controls the total level of the stereo
output busses.
Channel mute and Solo function
In the Normal display, pressing a [ CH STATUS/CH SEL ] key
mutes the corresponding channel. The [ CH STATUS/CH
SEL ] key for the muted channel is unlit.
Pressing the key again releases muting and lights the key.
If two adjacent channels are fader-paired, pressing one of
the
[CH STATUS/CH SEL] key for the two channels mutes
both channels.
Also, pressing the
[CH STATUS/CH SEL] key while holding
down the [SHIFT] key alternates on and off of the solo for
that channel.
Master channel mute
While the Normal display is shown, pressing a [ CH STATUS/
CH SEL ] key for the master channel mutes the stereo out-
put signals. The [ CH STATUS/CH SEL ] key of the master
channel is unlit. Pressing the key again releases muting
and lights the key.
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ACCESS
PHANTOM
INPUT SEL SOURCE
REC ASSIGN BUSS DIRECT REC TRK REC TRK
AUTO RTN AUTO PUNCH START IN OUT END IN ALIGN SEL OUT
DISP SEL PGM SEL SETUP
INT MIXDOWN
A RTN A PLAY
SCENE SEQ.
TIME BASE CLIPBOARD
MARK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
HOLD/ STORE EDIT UNDO /REDO VARI PITCH LOCATE SCRUB
P.EDIT EVT MEM
F FWD REWIND PLAY STOP RECORD
CLIPBOARD PLAY LOCATE ABS 0 LOCATE REC END
PREV NEXT
JOG SHUTTLE
AUTO PUNCH
EXIT/NO
EJECT
ENTER/YES
FADER ADJUST
LEVEL ADJUST
SHIFT
CH PARAM EDIT
CH VIEW FADER
TRACK
LO-G PAN
PRE/POST
MID-G/F/Q AUX1/AUX2
COMP PRE/POST
EFF1/EFF2 HI-G/F/Q EQ/COMP
MUTE MUTE
EFF1 EFF2 EFF EDIT
MAP DIRECT RCL
CLEAR
STORE RECALL SCENE MUTE OFF PLAY GREEN REC RED INPUT ORANGE CH STATUS CH STATUS/CH SEL
1/9/A 2/10/B 3/11/C 4/12/D 5/13/E 6/14/F 7/15/G 8/16/H
PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC 0 10 0 10
PHONES MON OUT TRIM
INPUT 6/14/F 7/15/G 5/13/E 4/12/D 3/11/C 2/10/B 1/9/A
INSERT UNBAL BAL
8/16/H
BAL INSERT UNBAL R L PHONES MON OUT
MUTE OFF PLAY GREEN REC RED INPUT ORANGE CH STATUS CH STATUS/CH SEL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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15 G 16
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INPUT
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ACCESS
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CD PLAY
OPTICAL
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When you turn the power on, the VF160EX shows the start-up display (" FOSTEX " -> " Initial. ." -> " Current DR ", " IDE "
-> " Format Type " ["Standard" or "Quick"]), and then becomes ready. In this condition, only the [ CH STATUS/CH SEL ]
key, [ STOP ] key, [ EFF 1 ] key, and [ EFF 2 ] key light on the panel, while the display looks as shown below.
In this manual, we refer to this display as the " Normal display ", in which you can see the current recorder position
is at the beginning (ABS 00M 00S) of the program 1 (P01).
Operation while the Normal display is shown
Adat Mixer Mode
(Input monitoring of all tracks)
In the normal display mode, every time the [INPUT SEL]
key is pressed with the [SHIFT] key depressed down, the
Adat Mixer Mode will alternately switch on/off. The in-
put monitor (READY) of all tracks will simultaneously
switch on/off. The Adat Mixer Mode is a convenient for
example when recording by connecting a VF160EX to a
personal computer installed with an adat optical sound
card. In this way, the VF160EX can be used in four roles:
As an AUDIO track monitor mixer (using faders of ch1-8).
As an AD (the level adjusted by [TRIM] is possible in low
latency monitoring).
As a monitor mixer (using faders ch9-16).
As a 16MTR for simultaneous recording of all of these roles.
Refer to page 95.
• To use the VF160EX in the Adat Mixer Mode, the SETUP mode
digital input/digital output setting must be first set to "adat."
• Tracks set to "IN (Input)" by "INPUT SEL" cannot be changed
to READY.
• This function is effective only for executing DIRECT recording
and will not function for BUSS recording.
If you execute the above while in BUSS recording, the VF160EX
will want to select a different recording mode. "
Rec Mode Change! "
will be displayed and "Sure?" will flash. At this point, if the
[ENTER/YES] key is pressed, simultaneous with change in the
recording mode, the Adat Mixer Mode will switch on. If the [EXIT/
NO] key is pressed, the BUSS recording mode can be continued.