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Fostex MR-8HD Musical Instrument User Manual

1. PEAK LED The analog signal received at each input INPUT A through INPUT D is sent to the TRIM control by which the signal level fed to the A D converter of the MR 8HD is controlled You can check this level by the PEAK indicator If the level is too high the PEAK indicator lights while you may hear the sound distorted or noisy This distortion noise generated at this stage cannot be eliminated therefore adjust the TRIM control properly so that the PEAK indicator does not light at the loudest part of the input signal N Proper level The level is too high Clipping level Clipping level 15 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first 16 OOO OOOO oo MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions Names and functions This chapter describes the names and functions of the controls keys connectors etc on the MR 8HD top panel and rear panel as well as details of the display See this chapter whenever you want to know the function of a control key etc 17 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions Top panel 1 087 Oe B E 18398 18A 7 8 AE 13 12 1 INPUT A input connectors XLR 3 connector and phone jack Both the BAL XLR connector and UNBAL GUITAR phone jack are provided You can connect a guitar microphone keyboa
2. TRK 1 FADER TRK 1 PAN out D SIMULATION A D FX TRK 1 EFF TRK 2 FADER TAK PAN TRK 2 EFF INPUT B REVERB DELAY TRK3FADER tag pay TRK 3 EFF TRK4FADER Tax 4 pan INPUT C REVERB DELAY TIME TRK 4 EFF TRK 5 6 FADER MASTER FADER MASTERING FX INPUT D TRK 7 8 FADER S STOUTL Sa STOUT R 140 o MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications When using the bounce mode 1 6 gt 7 8 mode TO STEREO BUSS L R TO STEREO BUSS INPUTA aN J D INPUTA RECORDER INt DISTORTION TRK 1 FADER me TRK 1 PAN Dy SIMULATION A D FX TRK 1 EFF TRK2FADER ya pan TRK 2 EFF INPUT B REVERB DELAY TRK3FADER tax 3 PAN TRK 3 EFF TRK4 FADER Tey 4 pan INPUT C REVERB DELAY TIME TRK 4 EFF TRK 5 6 FADER MASTER FADER MASTERING FX INPUT D TRK 7 8 FADER S STOUTL Sa STOUT R When using the bounce mode 1 8 gt New Song mode TO STEREO BUSS L R TO STEREO BUSS INPUT A PAN y INPUTA DISTORTION RECORDER INi OUTI Dy TRK 1 FADER TRK 1 PAN SIMULATION An FX TRK 1 EFF TRK2FADER tayo pan TRK 2 EFF INPUT B REVERB DELAY TRK3FADER Tax 3 paN TRK 3 EFF TRK4 FADER Tey 4 pan INPUT C REVERB DELAY TIME TRK 4 EFF TRK 5 6 FADER NEW SONG TR
3. HeFartii z Back T Erase Part a Copy PastePartr Copy Part Faste Part F Mowe Part F 121 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Change Part gt in the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the source track s and destination track s of the exchange operation Initially lt lt Back is highlighted MkPartt2 2 3 koharnsePar t 44back ae Rap kd bdeko Tk Change Part Source Track Pest Track CEHTER CCANCEL uw ee Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Source Track and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the exchange source track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks eet Bge d ese lk Change Part 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTER CCAHCE aseeBage d cack lk Change Part 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTER CCAHCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the source track s to be exchanged and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now Select the exchange destination track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks lt Note gt You cannot select the same track s for the exchange source and destination MR 8HD Owner s Manual Par
4. 5 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode Track Edit Fart Edit Ehathm Guide FF FL MkSystemtl 23 Back T Fre koll Time Fostkoll Time Delas Type L F Midi Sync Out off MTC Frame Fate 25 4 65 1 85 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Resolution on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The current option by default Off flashes You can now set the desired option 127 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions i i 7 Phantom power on off The MR 8HD can supply phantom power 48 V to the XLR balanced connectors of INPUT A through INPUT D So you can connect condenser microphones which require phantom power You can turn on or off phantom power to the XLR connectors via the menu mode lt Note gt The phantom power can be supplied to the XLR balanced connectors of INPUT A through INPUT D Therefore to connect a sound source which does not require the phantom power use any of the unbalanced phone input jacks on INPUT A through IN PUT D If any plug is inserted to the unbalanced phone input jack the phantom power is not supplied to the balanced XLR connector on the same channel The phantom power setting returns to Off default when you turn off the MR 8HD power lt Notes on using phantom power gt Confirm that the connected microphone needs 48 V phantom power Turn on the phantom power after making microphone connection Mute the outpu
5. You can convert all track data from ABS ZERO to REC END or data of a specified part be tween the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points lt Note gt If you want to convert a part of track data you have to set the LOCATE A and LO CATE B points in advance Enabling the file conversion You can enable or disable the WAV file con version function by pressing the 7 8 gt STE REO WAV FILE key 1 4 gt 5 6 NEW STEREO 1 6 gt 7 8 18 gt sona 78 gt WAV FILE ABC1 DEF2 7 8 gt STEREO WAV FILE key Each press of the 7 8 gt STEREO WAV FILE key enables or disables the conversion func tion The key lights when the conversion func tion is enabled Procedure of file conversion The following assumes that the song whose track data you want to convert is loaded 1 While the recorder is stopped press the 7 8 gt STEREO WAV FILE key to enable the file conversion function The display shows the 7 8 gt STEREO WAV FILE screen on which ABSO Rec End is highlighted Te STEREO WA FILE Convert WAU File MODE ABSE Rec End HAME Sonaskig SEU Enter RECtEWTER Kew Exit STOP Key 2 Press the MENU ENTER knob ABSO Rec End starts flashing and you can now Select the conversion range between ABSO Rec End and LOCATE A LOCATE B T2 STERED WAY FILE Convert_ WAU File MODE PERD oea HAME Sonsb4 SESS SREB So EET PECET Es CEEE EEE eE E SEL MENU dial Exit STOP Key
6. Song02 ol oy Each song is independent on a disk and you can record play back or edit a song without affect ing other songs You can give a desired song name for managing recorded songs see page 99 Recorded track data is stored in a song as mono WAV files The MR 8HD can convert the two WAV files recorded on tracks 7 and 8 L and R to a stereo WAV file see page 90 You can export the converted stereo WAV file to your USB connected personal computer and use the file by a music software application or make an original audio CD using a CD burn software application see page 92 Remain recordable space left on the disk Remain shows how much time you can further record audio data to the available space left on the internal hard disk As described earlier the MR 8HD stripes ABS time from OmO0sOO0Oms to 99m59s999ms at maxi mum for each song However the remaining time available recording time left depends on the available space on the hard disk in actual use The remaining time is shown as in the screen example below during recording or record standby Note that it shows the remaining time for recording onto a mono track 2 bar 1 a 0 0 0 clk Remain vave mp Rema l Shsbms3s Pee 0 unnnnnnnn A mono track means a single track Therefore you can calcu
7. Used to connect with an unlatched type footswitch see page 53 unlatched type footswitch 22 DIGITAL OUT connector Toslink optical connector Used to connect with an external digital de vice using an optical cable see page 42 al nector when the unit is io shipped Remove the cap when you use this connec tor If you do not use this connector attach the dust protection cap lt Note gt The dust protec tion cap is inserted to the DIGITAL OUT con If you need to connect the unit to a digital device which only provides a coaxial type digital connector typically an RCA pin jack use the Fostex COP 1 96k coaxial optical converter shown right Model COP 1 96k Use an optical digital cable with Toslink plugs on both ends MIDI OUT jack DIN 5 pin connector Used to connect to a MIDI IN jack of an ex ternal MIDI device such as a MIDI se quencer see page 86 USB HOST connector USB A type Prepared for the future expansion lt Caution gt Do not connect your personal computer to the USB HOST port USB port USB B type Used to connect with a personal computer using a standard USB cable for song file data transfer between the MR 8HD and the per sonal computer see page 92 LCD display The following describes details about the LCD display including screen contents and operation Home screen When turning on the MR 8HD the display shows the startup sc
8. 5 6 7 LOCATE A LOCATE B Point Point LOOP END point point You can select between 0 1s and 10s in 0 1 second steps fkSystentl 2okFre Roll 44Back Pre Roll 4 46 PostRoll Time 1 45 Delas Tore L E Midi Sync Out off MTC Frame katez 25 MeSustemtil 2akPre Roll 44Back Pre Foll Time FostRoll Time Delas Tore pe Midi Sync Out Dr HTC Frame FRate 25 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the pre roll hold time and press the MENU ENTER knob The pre roll time setting is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen To set the post roll time follow the procedure below Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Post Roll Time and press the MENU ENTER knob The currently selected post roll time by default 1 0s flashes You can now set the desired post roll time You can select between 0 1s and 10s in 0 1 second steps Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the post roll hold time and press the MENU ENTER knob The post roll time setting is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode SS ee MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions Beat resolution mode on off While the time base is set to the bar beat mode if you set the Beat resolution item in the menu to On the LOCATE A and B points are set in beat resolution When Beat resolution is set to On the clock digit in the bar beat cl
9. 2 Set the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see page 49 You can check the edited part s by playing back between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see page 44 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the Clipboard i menu selection screen where lt lt Back is Virtual highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen Orin MEHU CL Back T aback TRK 1 System Sona F TAKE Track Edit gt TRK 3 Fart Edit TRK 4 Rrathm Guide Fk TRK 5 TRK6 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select TRK7 Part Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the part edit menu TRK 8 screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MEMUCi 2akPart Edit lt Note gt If you paste the part s to the same time 44Back position of the other track s we recommend us System ing the method described above in Copying past Ta Edit ing the desired part s 1 because it works faster Rhathm Guide lt Note gt You cannot copy paste track data of a song protected Release the protection before making MePartele23 Back the copy paste operation 7 eee Pare 7 Cors PasteParth lt Note gt If you turn off the MR 8HD after copying e t 4 the part data to the clipboard the data on the Howe Part clipboard is lost Also note that you cannot undo copyin
10. MEMUCi 2akPart Edit lt Note gt If you want to paste the copied part s to the desired time position of other track s other than the position between the LOCATE A and LO CATE B points use the method described later in Copying pasting the desired part s 2 1 Load the song you want to edit 2 Set the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points for specifying the desired part s see page 49 You can check the part s by playing back between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see page 44 114 d4 Back System d Sona F Track Edit ld gt j F MkPartel 2orBback Y Erase Part Copy Pas teP art Cory Part Paste Part Mowe Fart FEF 5 6 7 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob ito select Copy PastePart gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the source track s and destination track s of copy paste lt lt Back is initially 8 highlighted MePartci 29 RCroPstPar t 44 Back Erase Part Eal Pa or d P as ter ar tk Cory Part a Faste Fart k Mowe Part a tktBar a doko Lpeu Pat Part Source Track 1 Dest Track 1 CEMTER CCANCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Source Track and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the copy source track s 9 You can select the copy source track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are
11. fkSonskSia Mar 44 Back 4Bar 4 4 Sia CEHTER COELETEI 79 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Sig 4 4 and press the MENU ENTER knob 4 4 starts flashing and you can now set the time signature MkSonakSig Mar 44 Back Bar 4Bar CENTER COELETES fikSonskSis Mar 44 Back Bar 4Bar Sis E CEMTER CELETE Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired time signature and press the MENU ENTER knob In this procedure example enter 3 4 The display returns to the previous screen fkSonskSia Mar 44 Back Bar Sia CEHTERI COELETEI fkSonskSia Mar 44 Back Bar CEHTER COELETEI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select ENTER at the bottom and press the MENU ENTER knob The new time signature event is set and the display shows the screen as below In this condition the song is played in 4 4 from bar 1 to bar 3 and in 3 4 from bar 4 fikSonskSias Mar 44 Back Bar 4Bar Sia 374 eae COELETEI MeSonsgkSia Marcie 13 4q Back iBar 47 ERZ Repeat steps 5 through 9 until creating all nec essary events MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function Editing a time signature event You can edit a time signature event 1 On the time signature map screen rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select
12. knob In this procedure example enter 180bpm The display returns to the previous screen MkSonskTeneotar 44 Back Bar Beat Temra CENTER DELETE ftkSongkTemeohiare 44 Back Bar 4Bar Beat Zd AD CENTER DELETE Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select IENTER at the bottom and press the MENU ENTER knob The new tempo event is set and the display shows the screen as below In this condition the song is played in 120 bpm from the beginning to bar 4 beat 1 and in 180 from bar 4 beat 2 to the end MkSonsk Teneohlar 44 Back Bar Beat Temra 4Bar Zd 1Shbem HHA COELETEI AkSonskTemeotlar i 13 44 Back 1Bar id 126hem 186bem Bar d bPm Repeat steps 4 through 11 until creating all necessary tempo events MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function e Editing a tempo event You can edit a tempo event 1 2 3 4 On the tempo map screen rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the event you want to edit and press the MENU ENTER knob As with the description on the previous page the display now shows the screen for setting the event For example let s select 12Bar 14 gt 120bpm MeSongkTemeotar il 23 4q Back iBar id 128bem 4Bar 2d 1S8bem Bar aa A S8ben 1BBar 4d gt 256bem AkSonak Temeohar Bar i Bar Beat id Tempo 1280rFi CENTER COELETE J To change the bar numb
13. Follow the procedure below for listening to the demo song In the following procedure it is assumed that the MR 8HD is turned on and a pair of headphones or a monitor speaker system is connected 3 fm MR S Ee DIGITAL MULTITRACKER FEUBE TMEBAPE contrast B 18398 M1 8NENG 78 RAVAGE MN MAX OM Hint 1 Hint 2 v Z _4 1 3 1 Raise the MASTER fader to the position Set the track faders at the lowest position lt Note gt The demo song is protected and you can 2 Press the PLAY key to start playback not overwrite or erase it Therefore you cannot make recording in this condition 3 Raise the track faders 1 through 8 gradually to If you want to make new recording while keep adjust the playback level and balance ing the demo tape on the hard disk see Creat Also raise the PHONES VOL control gradually ing a song for recording on the next page to adjust the headphones level If you are If you do not keep the demo song carry out ei using a powered monitor speaker for ther of the following operations monitoring adjust the level control of the powered speaker 1 Release the song protection see page 101 Then start recording overwrite recording from the beginning of the demo song or delete the demo song from the hard disk If you delete the demo song 4 When th
14. Memory on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the confirmation screen for initializing 44 Back FeakHold Time d Fesolution Disk Format ratnit Memory i 3s off ka il il MrSustemkInit Mem Initialize Memory Initialize System Settings Are You Sure Yes RECORD EWHTER Keys HotSTOP Key Press the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the RECORD key The settings are immediately initialized The initialize is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen To cancel the initialization press the STOP key MeSystemt2 23kInit Mem a4 Back FeakHold Time Resolution Disk Format 3s off a il il Init Hemor Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode MR 8HD Owner s Manual Troubleshooting Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem while operating the MR 8HD check the following for the possible cause of the problem before contacting our service station or dealer 131 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Troubleshooting Troubles for recording lt Trouble 1 gt cannot record the sound source connected to INPUT B to track 1 lt Trouble 5 gt The meter shows very low level and the recording level is too low e When recording a sound source to a mono track you can only use the INPUT A section Connect the source to INPUT A lt Trouble 2 gt cannot record the sound sources co
15. On the time signature map screen rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the event you want to delete and press the MENU ENTER knob As with the description on the previous page the display now shows the screen for setting the event For example let s select 8Bar gt 4 4 MeSongkSia Marcle dd Back 1Bar 4 4 4Bar SBar i2Bar 58 i6Bar 4 MeSonskSia Mar Bar SBar Sia 4 4 CEHTER COELETEI 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select DELETE at the bottom and press the MENU ENTER knob The event is immediately deleted and the display returns to the signature map screen MkSonakSia far 44 Back Bar SBar Sia 4 4 CENTER geSRSaese MeSonakSisa Maeci i3 44 Back 1Bar 4 4 4Bar 2rd 16Bar a4 Bar gt lt After deleting gt MeSonakSis Maeci 23 44 Back 1Bar 4 4 4Bar 3 4 Shar dre 12Bar 578 16Bar 3 4 lt Before deleting gt To exit the menu mode press the STOP key Pl LD MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function Editing the bar offset By default the bar beat value at the beginning ABS ZERO of the song is set to bar 2 beat 1 This offset the bar beat value at ABS ZERO is called bar offset You can change the default bar offset to the desired value 1 On the second page of the song editing menu screen highlight Bar Offset and press the You can see the bar offset va
16. Tracks 7 8 are record armed and the REC SELECT key for tracks 7 8 starts flashing 4 Set track faders 1 and 7 8 and the MASTER fader to the nominal position marked by On the home screen the remaining time is shown while 7 and 8 for the track numbers change to A and B respectively 37 Raising these faders allows you to monitor the input sound If these faders are not raised you cannot monitor the sound via headphones MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations lt Note gt Track 1 and 7 8 faders are used to adjust the monitor level To adjust the re cording levels use the TRIM controls of the INPUT A and INPUT B channels 5 Press the RECORD key once the key indicator starts flashing The armed tracks 7 8 now enter the input monitor mode while EHA is shown on the home screen 12345660A Adjusting the recording levels while listening to track 1 6 L FaK Llo lal i MOH lt lt Press the PLAY key to play back the song from the beginning Though tracks 7 8 are in the input monitor mode you can hear the track 1 signal by rotating the PHONES VOL control clockwise while the meter for track 1 shows the playback level 7 While playing the keyboard adjust the recording levels using the TRIM controls of the INPUT A and INPUT B channels Adjust the levels appropriately so that the PEAK indicators for these input channels do not light The home s
17. While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen MEHU 1720 Back F System Sona F Track Edit F Fart Edit F Ehathm Guide F r Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the system menu screen where lt lt BACK is highlighted initially HEHU 1 25 kSastem Fart Edit b T F Track Edit F a Ehathm Guide F MkSustemnti 25 Back T Pre koll Time 4 45 Fost RollTime 1 85 Delay Ture L E Midi Sunc Gui Off ATC FrameRate 25 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Midi Sync Out and press the MENU ENTER knob The current option the default is Off flashes You can now select the desired option the available options are Off CLK and MTC HkSustemi i z kMidi Syne 44Back Fre Roli Time 4 65 Fost RollTime L s Delas Tyre UFER ATC FrameRkate L R 25 MeSustemkMidissn 44 Back Fre koli Time Fost kollTime Delas Tyre Midi Sync Out HTE Framerate ta I Uf 8 4s F 25 Off No signal is output from the MIDI OUT connector This is the default CLK MIDI clock with Song Position Pointer is output from the MIDI OUT connector MTC MI
18. 6 Monitor levels of tracks 5 6 MASTER Recording master level of tracks fader 5 6 5 During rehearsal and actual track bouncing level meters on the screen show the following signal levels Meters Playback levels of tracks 1 through 1 through 4 4 Meters 5 6 Recording levels of tracks 5 6 Meters Monitor output levels of STEREO LandR OUT L R 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 out put levels and use the MASTER fader to ad just the recording levels of the bounced sig nals appropriately while checking meters 5 6 You can apply the delay reverb to tracks 1 through 4 and the mastering effects to the ste reo L and R signals See Using effects on page 57 for details about the delay reverb and mas tering effects lt Panning control gt You can freely adjust panning for tracks 1 through 4 using the PAN controls For example a guitar to left a vocal to center etc 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 Actual track bouncing After finishing rehearsal let s carry out ac tual track bouncing Make sure that the re corder stops at the beginning of the song 1 2 3 Before carrying out actual track bouncing make sure that
19. A E 48 Timelocat sineira eaa ae aaa hactetaleseteateweeslSidesdetealeasdesseseaseliocseeds 48 Locating to the beginning ABS ZERO Of a song s s sesesssessssesesesesesssee 48 Locating to the recording end point REC END of a song 48 Locating to the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point s eseseseseseseseesesesesessseesesesesoseesesesese 49 Setting the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point ssesessessessssoseeseesessesessesses 49 LOC AUN iere oevers seseris YE E ESEVE EEN AE OENE ete 50 Punch in out Punch in out using the keys on the top panel s unsnsnunununnunnnnnnnnununenunenunenunenunnnunnnunnnnnnnne 52 Punch in out using the footswitch sssasnssusuunununnununnunenununnununnnnununnnnunnnnunununnununnnnnnnnnnn annen 53 PALL PUGH NOUN Sanan aE E E T E E E 54 Setting the punch in and punch out points eesesessessesesseseseeseesesseseseesessessesesesse 54 Rehearsal for auto punch in out essesesesesessesesesesesossereserosesessesesesosossereserosesessesesesese 55 Actual auto punch OUE aeaa ae ea ear ena eo a SE O eaS E TEA 56 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents O CM Using effects Using TNE insert effects iii sedsicuctcti cesssasaiduvennassncastucdanstucsnannstwasevtateedaucstusausudesennestuddavdundsanuatee 58 Mic simulation effects eer nei te re Ava Pe Te env PEN NS Mn RN SEIS 58 Amp simulation effects sccsccsccscessescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescese
20. Basic operations About power The MR 8HD operates by AC power Before you start using the MR 8HD you must connect the supplied power cord Power connection Connect between the AC IN connector on the MR 8HD rear panel and an AC outlet using the sup plied power cord The MR 8HD enters the standby mode when the power cord is connected AC IN connector f C outlet _ gt Supplied power cord About the standby mode The standby mode is the condition when the power cord is connected and the POWER switch is set to OFF In the standby mode a small amount of power is consumed and the indicator of the POWER switch flashes slowly lt Note gt When you do not operate the MR 8HD for a long period of time we recommend disconnecting the power cord Turning on the unit You can turn on or off the MR 8HD power using the POWER switch pointed by an arrow below To turn off the power press and hold down the POWER switch for a few seconds POWER switch When you press the POWER switch to turn on the power for the first time the MR 8HD starts up and the display shows the screen as below note that it takes some time until the screen as below is shown This screen shows that the demo song is loaded and stopped at the beginning ABS 0 of the song named FOSTEX_FEVER 2 bar 1 a 0 0 0 clk FOSTES_FEVER unnnnnuunnnnnuunnnnnnnnnnnn D eee Gone 1 Follow the pr
21. During rehearsal and actual track bouncing the track faders and MASTER fader control the following signal levels Faders Playback levels of tracks 1 through 1 through 8 8 for bouncing 4 MASTER Recording master levels of bounc fader ing 70 hear the bounced signals Use the track faders 1 through 8 to control the track output levels and use the MASTER fader to adjust the master recording levels of the bounced signals appropriately while check ing meters L R See Using effects on page 57 for details about the delay reverb and mastering effects 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 Actual track bouncing After finishing rehearsal let s carry out actual track bouncing 1 2 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing y MR S F DIGITAL MULTITRACKER While the recorder is stopped press the 1 8 gt NEW SONG key The 1 8 gt NEW SONG key lights up and the display shows the screen below If you execute track bouncing press the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the RECORD key If you cancel track bouncing press the STOP key Bounce 1 87 Hew Sona Bounce All Tracks amp Analos Ineuts Are You Sure Wes RECORD EHTER Kew Ho STOP Kes
22. MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing 5 6 MkTrack 1 13 bCRuPStTRE 7 44 Back Erase Track Cor Faste Trekt Move Track k Chanae Track F HeTrack FCRy Pst Track Cey Pst Track Source Track 1 Dest Track 1 CEWTER CCAMCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Source Track and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired copy source track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks MeTrack FCey Pst Track Crey Pst Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTERI CCAHCEL i 1 J MeTrack FCey Pst Track Cru Fst Track d4 Back Source Track Dest Track CEWTER CANCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the source track s to be copied and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired copy destination track s MeTrack FCey Pst Track Cry Fst Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CENTER CCAMCELI MeTrackRCey Pst Track Cry Fst Track 44 Back Source Track Best Track 1 CENTER CANCEL You can select the same number of tracks as 9 the copy source track s For example if you select a mono track for the source you can only select a mono track for the destination lt Note gt You cannot select the same track s for the copy source
23. Position Pointer from the MR 8HD 85 Synchronization using MTC The following describes how to synchronize a sequencer to the MR 8HD which supports MTC MIDI Time code Connection Connect the MIDI OUT connector of the MR 8HD to the MIDI IN connector of an external MIDI sequencer using a MIDI cable Note that no MIDI cable is supplied with the MR 8HD Use a commercially available MIDI cable MR 8HD Owner s Manual MIDI synchronization USB HOST MIDI sequencer etc MIDI IN Settings of the MR 8HD and MIDI sequencer 1 1 Set the Midi Sync Out item in the System menu of the menu mode to MTC and the MTC Frame Rate to an appropriate frame rate See MIDI sync MTC frame rate settings described below for details 2 Enable the external MIDI sequencer to synchronize to MTC See the operation manual of the sequencer for details 3 Press the PLAY key of the MR 8HD to start 2 playback The sequencer automatically starts playback while synchronizing to the MR 8HD MIDI sync MTC frame rate settings While the MR 8HD is stopped you can set the reference of MIDI synchronization to MTC and the MTC frame rate appropriately to match the sequencer lt MTC start time gt The MTC from the MR 8HD has one hour offset to the ABS time the offset value is fixed There fore when you start the MR 8HD from the be ginning of a song ABS ZERO the MTC starts 3 from 01hO0Om00sOOf 86
24. Press the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the RECORD key Track bouncing starts The mixed bounced signals are recorded to tracks 7 8 of a new song The screen example below shows that tracks 1 through 8 of Song0O2 whose name is Moonlit is now being bounced to tracks 7 8 of the new song Song04 Meters 1 through 8 show the playback levels of tracks 1 through 8 while the L and R meters shows the recording levels of tracks 7 8 of Song04 2 bar l BOUNCE 1 2 SOHGA4 lt Note gt To stop track bouncing press the STOP key Pressing the STOP key also turns off the bounce mode If you stop track bouncing in the middle the new song is automatically deleted 71 lt Note gt When you are going to execute track bouncing if there is not enough space on the hard disk or 99 songs already exist on the disk a warning message appears and the operation is canceled When track bouncing to a new song completes the recorder automatically stops and the dis play shows the home screen of the new song The song name of the new song is given by the name of the original song with is a two digit number You can check the result by following the pro cedure described in Checking the bounced signals on tracks 7 8 on page 69 lt Track bouncing while mixing signals from INPUT A through INPUT D gt When you bounce tracks 1 through 8 to tracks 7 8 of the new song you can
25. Removable disk T ESTen r drive the contents of the MR 8HD hard disk Sana are shown in which you can see all the song Track Edit F folders Fart Edit Rhathm Guide F Open the 2 MIX folder in the desired song 3 Highlight USB by rotating the MENU ENTER saya eesecent ag Stereo WAV Tle Hien Cony knob then press the MENU ENTER knob i The display shows the USB menu screen While copying data the RECORD key HEHA 75 FUSE indicator of the MR 8HD lights flashes etei showing that the hard disk is being accessed i o b When data copy completes the indicator turns a off lt Note gt After copying a WAV file in the folder to a computer the original file remains How ever if you execute move to another MPUSECL 1 bBack folder the original file on the disk is lost Wisk Protect DA 8 When the data export completes disconnect the USE Deyice hodet MR 8HD from the personal computer lt Note gt To disconnect the MR 8HD from the personal computer after completing the data export make sure that the RECORD key 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to USB Device Mode and press the MENU ENTER knob The MR 8HD enters the USB mode and the 9 display shows the screen as below 93 indicator is not lit and follow the procedure for hardware disconnection of Windows Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer Protecting the hard disk
26. S p A ADD Zona Via Alla Ruenia 37 43 64027 Sant Omero Teramo Italy TEL 39 0861 81241 FAX 39 0861 887862 lt THE NETHERLANDS gt NAME IEMKE ROOS AUDIO B V ADD Kuiperbergweg 20 1101 AG Amsterdam The Netherlands TEL 31 20 697 2121 FAX 31 20 697 4201 lt NORWAY gt NAME Siv Ing Benum AS ADD P O Box 145 Vinderen 0319 Oslo Norway TEL 47 2213 9900 FAX 47 2214 8529 lt PORTUGAL gt NAME Caius Tecnologias Audio e Musica Lda ADD Praca do Bom Sucesso No 61 Bom Sucesso Trade Center Escritorio 701 702 4150 1460 Porto Portugal TEL 351 22 608 06 10 FAX 351 22 608 06 29 lt SPAIN gt NAME Letusa S A ADD C Laguna 10 28923 Alcorcon Madrid Spain TEL 34 91 4862800 91 4470898 FAX 34 91 6414597 lt SWEDEN gt NAME Sennheiser AB ADD John Ericssonsgatan 10 P O Box 22035 SE 104 22 Stockholm Sweden TEL 46 8 566 16400 FAX 46 8 566 16490 lt SWITZERLAND gt NAME Audio Bauer Pro AG ADD Bernerstrasse Nord 182 CH 8064 Zurich Switzerland TEL 41 1 4323230 FAX 41 1 4326558 lt UK gt NAME SCV London ADD 40 Chigwell Lane Oakwood Hill Industrial Estate Loughton Essex IG10 3NY U K TEL 44 20 8418 0778 FAX 44 20 8418 0624 144 FOSTEX CO 3 2 35 Musashino Akishima shi Tokyo Japan 196 0021 FOSTEX AMERICA 13701 Cimarron Avenue Gardena CA 90249 U S A PRINTED IN CHINA JU
27. Songs are recorded on a hard disk along with the ABS time from OOmOOsOOOms to 99m59s999ms g n N X O J 3 5 inch hard disk drive The ABS time shows the absolute time on a hard disk and you can start recording from any desired time within the range between 00mO0Os000ms and 99m59s999ms ABS time The beginning of a song Om00s000ms 15m00s000ms ABS ZERO 05m00s000ms 10m00s000ms REC END 99m59s999ms You can start recording from any desired time within the range between 00m00s000ms and 99m59s999ms ABS time As the MR 8HD does not consume the disk space when no audio is recorded you can record audio effectively while the recordable time for a tape recorder depends on the tape length Non recorded area shown in white Om00s000ms 99m59s999ms 5 minute recording 5 minute recording Non recorded area remain Recorded area shown in gray 12 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first About song To understand songs imagine separated rooms as shown below Each room can be regarded as a song With the MR 8HD you can create up to 99 rooms songs on the hard disk although the available space may limit the number of songs Song01 o AOO Recorded track data is stored in a song as mono WAV files as shown below I Track 1 Track 2 Track 8 Song03 o 9 Song01 F y nie WAV files 7 H
28. The display now shows the song editing screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MENU 1 23 Sona 4Back MkSonakSig Marci i3 ie System b Track Edit oS F Fart Edit F Eha thm E2 MeSonati 2 Back T Select Sona Fenane Sona Delete Sona Protect Reserved The procedure example below shows how to add the following events to the signature map Vo a 78 4 5 6 Bar 1 through bar 3 4 4 7 Bar 4 through bar 7 3 4 Bar 8 through bar 11 4 4 Bar 12 through bar 15 5 8 Bar 16 through the last bar 3 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Bar gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for setting the new time signature event where lt lt Back is highlighted MkSonakSis Marcie13 440 Bac Bar 3 dd 8 MkSonsakSis Mar Bar 7Bar Sig 4 4 CENTER COELETEI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Bar 2Bar and press the MENU ENTER knob 2Bar starts flashing and you can now set the bar number fkSonskSia Mar 44 Back Sig 44 CEHTER OELETEI fikSonakSias Mar 9 44 Back CENTER COELETEI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to enter the desired bar number and press the MENU ENTER knob In this procedure example enter 4Bar The display returns to the previous screen fkSonskSia Mar 44 Back Bar RRISS ie Sia 4d CEHTER COELETEI
29. To convert all track data select ABSO Rec End To convert a specified range select LOCATE A LOCATE B 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the conversion range and press the MENU ENTER knob The selection is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen NAME shows the name for the con verted file and you can enter a desired name Initially it shows the name of the source file therefore if you do not change the name the same file name is given The following assumes that the file name is not changed For details about how to edit a name see Editing a file name on the next page When you convert data in the same song more than once you have to give a different name for each converted file See the lt Note gt on the next page 4 Press the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the RECORD key The file conversion starts and the percent number on the screen counts up as the MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer lt Editing a file name gt You can edit a file name by the following procedure conversion progresses To cancel the conversion in the middle press the STOP key 7 O gt STEREO WAU FILE Convert WAU File 1 After selecting the range of track data to be converted rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to Name and press the MENU ENTER knob The rightmost character of the file name starts flashing
30. and MAMAA lights on the home screen bar 1 000 clk Flashing Press the AUTO PUNCH key to activate the auto punch mode When the auto punch mode is active MA lights on the home screen z Bers 1 J 0 0 J clk 5 6 Press the RECORD key while holding down the PLAY key The ET icon is shown and the recorder starts playback It automatically starts recording bouncing when it reaches the punch in point Punch in point Punch out point LOCATE A point LOCATE B point TRK 1 TRK 2 TRK 3 TRK 4 TRK 5 TRK 6 TRK 7 TRK 8 laybacl Recordin lt ces track bouncing Piaypack The recorder stops recording bouncing at the punch out point and returns to playback while the auto punch mode exits and RET in the screen turns off lt Note gt During playback in the operation above you cannot monitor the sound You can monitor the sound bounced sound only during recording between punch in and punch out points Press the STOP key to stop the recorder Check the result by playing back the bounced tracks as described earlier lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to redo the operation MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function Rhythm guide function The MR 8HD offers the rhythm guide function which allows out putting the rhythm guide click during recording This chapter describes how
31. are located in the 2 MIX folder in the Song folder as shown below So you can export only a ste nA reo WAV file in the 2 MIX folder indicated by 1 an arrow HHHROO1 wav Note that if you export a yii WAV file which is located Ts in a folder other than the ae 2 MIX folder the MR 8HD may malfunction USB Mode DISK PROTECTED STOP Key Exit lt Note gt By default the disk protect func tion is enabled In this condition when the MR 8HD enters the USB mode lt DISK PRO TECTED gt is shown in the USB screen as above lt Note gt While the MR 8HD is in the USB mode all keys except the STOP key are ineffective Pressing the STOP key exits the USB mode i 5 Connect the MR 8HD to a personal computer using a USB cable 1 Turn on the power of the personal computer and 6 Open My computer on the computer screen the MR 8HD You see the Removable disk drive added on the computer The first time you connect the 2 Press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu MR 8HD the device driver is installed mode automatically The display TOW shows the fir at page of the 7 Open the added Removable disk drive and a ria where lt lt back is select the stereo WAV file in the desired song folder then copy to the computer HEHU 1 2 3 Back When you open the added
32. cre ated by the procedure above It is a good idea to create more than one song before you start recording After creating a song or songs for recording connect the sound source to the MR 8HD see the next page and start recording lt Note gt After creating a new song by ex ecuting procedure steps 1 through 3 the following song selection screen appears This screen is used for loading the desired song from the list as well as creating a new song For example by rotating the MENU ENTER knob to highlight SO1 FOSTEX_FEVER and pressing the MENU ENTER knob you can load the demo song MkSonakSelectSonatlelo Back FOSTES_FEWVER gt cHe Sona Hew Sang Sona Hame M_r J For details about how to select the desired 2 song see Song management on page 97 CEHTER CAHCEL lt Note gt If you want to cancel creating a song rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to CANCEL and press the MENU ENTER knob 32 Input connection The MR 8HD provides four input channels INPUT A INPUT B INPUT C and INPUT D Each channel provides both the XLR and 1 4 phone connectors MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations INPUTA INPUTB INPUTC INPUTD roan ea eerie eee MiR 8S Gj Li DIGITAL MULTITRACKER STEREO OUT O E UNBAL GUITAR INSERT O DISTORTION TRIM PHONES VOL MIN MAX LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC UNE MIC MIN
33. entry of V W X v w x and 8 see pages 32 and 99 PLAY MODE STU7 key Selects a play mode You can select from among normal auto play auto return and loop see page 45 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of S T U s t u and 7 see pages 32 and 99 AUTO PUNCH PQR6 entry key Turns on or off the auto punch mode see page 55 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of P Q R p q rand 6 see pages 32 and 99 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions Rear panel 1 AC IN connector Connect the supplied power cord to this con nector see page 28 INPUT A SELECT switch This switch must be set appropriately accord ing to the input source of the INPUT A chan nel see page 33 Either of the BAL XLR and UNBAL GUITAR phone connec tors can be used Set the switch to this position when the source is an external microphone or line level source MIC LINE Either of the BAL XLR and UNBAL GUITAR phone connec tors can be used You can adjust the input level and distortion using the TRIM and DISTORTION controls respectively You can also use the amp simulation insert ef fect GTR DIST Either of the BAL XLR and UNBAL GUITAR phone connec GTR CLEAN tors can be used You can adjust the input level using the TRIM control You can also use the amp simulation insert effect FOOT SW jack TRS phone jack
34. first see page 101 lt Note gt The LOCATE A point must be earlier than the LOCATE B point If not you cannot carry out the auto punch in out or loop function correctly lt Tip gt While the time base is set to the bar beat mode if you set the Beat resolution menu item in the menu mode to On you can store the LOCATE A or B point in beat resolution In other words the clock digit of the Bar Beat Clk value is automatically rounded down or up so that the clock digit is always 000 See page 127 for details about how to make the beat resolution active or inactive a Mr S DIGITAL MULTITRACKER STORE key LOCATE A IN key STORE key LOCATE B OUT key To set the LOCATE A point When the recorder is playing back or stopped press the LOCATE A IN key at the desired point while holding down the STORE key The display briefly shows Store LOCATE A and the point when pressing the LOCATE A IN key is stored as the LOCATE A point To set the LOCATE B point When the recorder is playing back or stopped press the LOCATE B OUT key at the desired point while holding down the STORE key The display briefly shows Store LOCATE B and the point when pressing the LOCATE B OUT key is stored as the LOCATE B point 49 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions A M Locating While the recorder is
35. from three effect types by pressing an appropriate key see page 62 In the menu mode the POWERFUL key is used for character entry of J K L j k land 4 while the NATURAL key is used for char acter entry of M N O m n o and 5 see pages 32 and 99 UNDO REDO DELETE key Used to undo or redo recording or editing see pages 36 38 40 Each press of the key alternates undo and redo In the menu mode this key is used for deleting a character see pages 32 and 99 STORE _0 key Stores the current recorder position time data as the LOCATE A IN or LOCATE B OUT point see pages 49 and 54 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of _ and O see pages 32 and 99 LOCATE B OUT GHI3 key Pressing this key while holding down the STORE key sets the LOCATE B point or punch out point see page 49 and 54 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of G H I and 3 see pages 32 and 99 Transport keys PLAY key Starts playback of the recorder Pressing this key while holding down the RECORD key starts recording of the armed record ready track s Pressing this key during recording exits re cording STOP key Stops the recorder By pressing the PLAY REWIND or F FWD key while holding down the STOP key you can locate to a specific point or repeat play back as below STOP PLAY A B PLAY Repeats playback between the LOCATE A and
36. gradually you can fade in or fade out recording After finishing recording stop both recorders OOOO O MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions Advanced playback and locate functions This chapter describes advanced playback functions including cue ing partial playback between points A and B special play modes as well as the locate function 43 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions A M By holding down the F FWD or REWIND key during playback the recorder enters cueing mode and you can monitor playback at 3 x speed It may be useful for searching a specific position By holding down the F FWD key during play back the recorder starts cueing forwards at 3 x REWIND key F FWD key speed During forward cueing gt gt is shown on the display LOCATE REC END LOCATE ABS ZERO A B PLAY By holding down the REWIND key during play back the recorder starts cueing backwards at 3 X speed During backward cueing lt lt is shown on the display Playback between LOCATE A and B points When the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points are set you can playback between these points once This function is always available regardless of the play mode setting see Play mode on next page This function allows you to check the editing part between LOCATE A and B points for copy paste erase etc See Part editing descr
37. guide click turn off the RHYTHM GUIDE key Setting the time signature and tempo You can set the default rhythm guide time signature 4 4 tempo 120 output level etc using the Rhythm Guide menu in the menu mode 1 2 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen MEMUC 172 kB ack T System F Sona a Track Edit F a d Part Edit Rhatam Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Rhythm Guide and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for setting the rhythm guide where lt lt Back is highlighted 76 MEHI 1723 FRhathm Guide 44Back System b Sona b Track Edit F Fart Edit a WEhathm Guide F HkEhathm 1 13 Back khatam Guide Conductor Mar Off Sisna ture Temra 12 bFrm Int Click Leyvel 88 Tip While the home screen is shown and the recorder is stopped long press of the RHYTHM GUIDE key directly brings up the screen for setting the rhythm guide 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired item and press the MENU ENTER knob The current setting of the selected item starts flashing On the screen examples below the Rhythm Guide item is highlighted see the upper screen and the MENU ENTER
38. k Rename Sons F Delete Sona F Track Edit Protect Part Edit Reserved REhathm Guide F HeSornat i z kProtect MeSonaci 2 3 Back 44 Back Select Song Select Sona p Rename Sora Rename Sons p E Delete Sona F Delete Sang PaPro tect Protect Off Reserved Reserved To release the protection carry out the same pro 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select cedure above but select Off and press the Protect then press the MENU ENTER knob The current option On or Off flashes The default option is Off 101 MENU ENTER knob in step 5 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Song management lt Note gt You cannot make recording or editing to a protected song If you want to make recording or editing to a protected song you must release the protection first lt Note gt When you set the protection to On all the recording related keys such as the REC SELECT and BOUNCE keys are turned off 6 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Tips gt When the protected song is loaded iM is shown in the upper left corner of the Home screen in dicated by the arrow in the screen example be low When this icon is shown you cannot make re cording or edit the song i 000 000 n me Demo_ Sona Song 102 SS O MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing Track editing This chapter describes how to edit whole data of a selected mono or stereo track Track editing does not cons
39. menu screen is shown you can go up the menu screen level or directly exit the menu mode by the following operations 1 Select lt lt Back on a menu screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the REWIND key The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the STOP key The menu mode exits and the display shows the home screen 97 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Song management Selecting the desired song The following describes how to select the desired song from the disk when more than one song is created on the disk You can also create a new song by the similar procedure See Basic operations page 31 for details about how to create a new song 1 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU i259 Feack Back OoOO 4 Sys tem b Sora F Track Edit i Part Edit H Eh athm Guide F Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the song menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MENU 1723 kona 44Back 7 System Part Edit Tra
40. needed PLAY MODE x 7 STU7 LLL While the recorder is stopped each time you press the PLAY MODE key the play mode switches among Off Auto Play Auto return and Loop The current mode is shown on the screen as follows when Off is selected there is no indication Play mode off Auto play mode Bae iv B 0 B clk bar L B QO B clk iHa_ Sarna EN a CI lt Lighting 12345618 LF iZ34S5678 LF Loop mode Auto return mode 45 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions A M Auto play mode In the Auto play mode when locating to the ABS ZERO REC END LOCATE A or LOCATE B point the recorder automatically starts playback from the point The following shows the auto play function after locating to the LOCATE A point see page 48 for the locate function a gt The point where you LOCATE A point The point where you execute the locate function execute the locate function Locate SS i Locate CEE OEE E EE EEE Playback When locating to the LOCATE A point the recorder automatically starts playback immediately Auto return mode The auto return mode is active when the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points are set In the auto return mode when reaching at the LOCATE B point during playback the recorder automatically locates to the LOCATE A point and stops C gt LOCAT
41. out points while the loop function starts at the LOCATE A point minus the pre roll time and ends at the LOCATE B point plus the post roll time as shown below The pre roll time is initially set to four seconds while the post roll time is set to one second lt Note gt If you set the LOCATE A point to the beginning of a song ABS ZERO or set the LOCATE B point to the recording end point REC END of a song the pre roll or post roll time is ignored LOCATE A point LOCATE B point _ 4 sec P 1 sec lt lt LOOP START point LOOP END point Using the loop function in the auto punch in out mode reduces the number of key presses allowing you to concentrate on playing LOCATE A point LOCATE B point Punch in point Punch out point CEEEELTTT A A Gia D 5 q POOLE hae LOOP START point LOOP END point You can change the pre roll and post roll time within the range between 0 1 and 10 0 seconds in 0 1 second steps in the menu mode see page 126 47 Locate function The following describes the locate functions which allow you to immediately skip to a specified point in a song Time locate Regardless of the current recorder position you can locate to the beginning ABS ZERO of the song or the recording end REC END of the song MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions Locating to the beginning ABS ZERO of a song While the recorder is stopped press the REWIND key whil
42. rehearse mixing MR 8HD to the digital input connector of a digital master recorder using an optical cable lt Note gt The DIGITAL OUT connector of the MR 8HD is the Toslink optical type If your digital recorder provides only the coaxial type connector use the Fostex COP 1 96 kHz coaxial optical converter Contact Fostex or our dealer for details about the Model COP 1 96 kHz 4 5 Model COP 1 96kHz Set the master recorder to accept the digital input Make sure that the recorder accepts the digital 6 signal output from the MR 8HD which is 44 1 kHz 16 bit S P DIF signal Generally a digital recorder cannot adjust the digital input level 42 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 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 72 for details Use the MASTER fader of the MR 8HD to adjust the output level Adjust the level appropriately so that the level meter of the master recorder shows 0 when the MR 8HD outputs the biggest signal If the level meter exceeds 0 the sound may be distorted Start the master recorder recording and then start the MR 8HD playing back lt Tip gt By sliding up or down the MR 8HD MASTER fader
43. signals from INPUT A through INPUT D gt 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 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing ee 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 MR S F DIGITAL MULTITRACKER 1 Use the 1 4 gt 5 6 1 6 gt 7 8 key to select the 3 Press the PLAY key to start playback from the 1 6 gt 7 8 bounce mode beginning of the song Selecting this bounce mode automatically arms tracks 7 8 and changes the monitoring mode 4 While playing back the song adjust playback levels for these tracks to input monitoring mode of tracks 1 through 6 using the track fad
44. song name Only the current song can be edited 1 2 3 4 Load the desired song of which you are going to edit the song name While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU 1 259 Back T System Sons a Track Edit F d Fart Edit Enathm Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the song menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 172 FSona 44Back nes teil Track Edit Part Edit Rhsthm Guide Fr MeSonati 23 kBack Select Sana Rename Sons Delete Sons Protect Reserved ll FFF off Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Rename Song gt then press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for song name editing of the current song on which the rightmost character of song name flashes MeSonati 25 kRenameSons 44Back Select Song ld T Delete Soars F Protect Reserved off MeSorskFename Sona Rename Sons Sona Hame Caskey J CENTER CANCEL 5 6 7 8 99 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Song management Use the character entry keys to enter the desired character to the flashing point Y
45. the Rhythm Guide menu set correctly If the Int Click level item is set to 00 or a small value you cannot hear the rhythm guide click HkEhathmi 1 13 Back khatam Guide On Conductor Mar On Siasna ture Temra bFrm Int ClickLevel 68 Set Conductor Map to Off see page 77 135 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Troubleshooting 136 i MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications MR 8HD Specifications 137 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications Specifications Inputs Outputs OdBu 0 775Vrms OdBV 1 0Vrms Reference level 12dBfs Analog input INPUT A INPUT D Connectors XLR 3 31 type 2 hot balanced 1 4 inch phone type Input level 48dBu MIC to 4dBu LINE 1 5kQ or more 400kQ or more When the INPUT A SEL switch is set to GTR P48V Phantom power ON OFF is selected in the Input menu of the MENU mode Input impedance Phantom power Insert INSERT input A only Connector 1 4 inch TRS phone type Tip output Ring input Norminal output level 10dBV Load impedance 10kQ or more Norminal input level 10dBV Input impedance 10kQ or more Stereo analog output STEREO OUT L R Connectors 1 4 inch phone type Norminal output level 10dBV unbalanced Load impedance 10kQ or more Headphones output PHONES 1 2 Connectors 1 4 inch stereo phone type Max output power 30mW or more at 32Q load Loa
46. the balance with the bounced track levels Also you can adjust panning of each input for stereo mix See the next page for details about how to set panning Bouncing STEREO OUT L R TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key setting To mix the input signal of an input channel any of INPUT A through INPUT D to the L R stereo buss turn on the corresponding TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF switch TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key When the TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key is turned on the key illuminates in green That is when the key illuminates input signal is sent to recording tracks Note that when the key flashes the corresponding input is as signed to any recording track lt Note gt If you press the TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key when make recording other than track bouncing the key lamp may flash This shows the input signal is routed to the armed track That is the input signal will be recorded to the armed track in stead of mixed to the stereo buss T2 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Panning setting for INPUT A through INPUT D You can independently set panning for each of INPUT A through INPUT D Each input signal is positioned in the mix according to the panning setting here 1 While the recorder is stopped press the 3 MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen MEM 12 RB ack Sys
47. the track fader is fed to the EFFECT SEND control and adjusted then fed to the effect processor input The effect processor s stereo output signals wet signals and stereo L R signals dry sig nals are merged together and then output from the STEREO OUT jacks As you can see in the flowchart below the signal sent to the effect processor is affected by the track fader i e a track fader must be raised to send track signal to the effect pro cessor The signal which passes through a fader is generally called a post fader signal lt Signal flow from a track to the effect processor only Track 1 4 gt Playback Dry sound Track 1 E Adjusts the track AA playback level Adjusts the send level to the effect processor STEREO BUSS SS MR 8HD Owner s Manual Using effects i PP Using the mastering effects The MR 8HD provides the dedicated mastering effects for the L R stereo buss You can use the mastering effects when bouncing more than one track to stereo tracks or when mixing down tracks 1 through 8 to stereo and sent to an external master recorder for recording r lt Bouncing tracks 1 through 4 to track 5 6 gt lt Bouncing tracks 1 through 6 to track 7 8 gt Mastering effects Mastering effects Trk 1 Playback z Trk 1 Playback Trk 2 Playback gt a
48. to output the rhythm guide set the time signature tempo and create the conductor map 75 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function Using the rhythm guide function The MR 8HD provides the metronome function which can output the rhythm guide click during recording You can easily output the guide click from the STEREO OUT jacks by pressing the RHYTHM GUIDE key on the top panel Two types of the rhythm guide are available one has the constant time signature tempo throughout a song while the other has the programmed time signature tempo map To output the rhythm guide click turn on the RHYTHM GUIDE key By default the guide click is output at time signature 4 4 tempo 120 You can output the rhythm guide click according to the desired constant time signature and tempo as well as the pro grammed rhythm guide click based on the conductor map J When recording starts the MR 8HD simultaneously starts feeding the rhythm guide click from the STEREO OUT L R jacks at the selected level the default is 80 Note that the rhythm guide click is not output during track bouncing The output level of the rhythm guide click is shown on the L and R level meters Note that you can monitor the rhythm guide click via headphones or a monitor speaker s You cannot record the rhythm guide click to any MR 8HD track s If you do not want to output the rhythm
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50. you want to edit 5 2 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen MEHU 1720 Back System Sona Track Edit Fart Edit Rrvsthin Guide FFF YF 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Track Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the track edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 1721 Track Edit 44Back 6 System Sona mh Fart Edit b Ehathm Guide P 7 MkTrack l lokBack F Erase Track k Corpys Faste Trek Mowe Track a Chanae Track F 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Erase Track gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the track s to be erased 104 fkTrack i iikErase TRE 44Back Erase Track a Cors FPaste Trk F Mowe Track F Change Track MkTrack Erase Track Erase Track Erase Track 1 CEHTER CCANCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Erase Track and press the MENU ENTER knob The currently selected option flashes and you can now select the desired option by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks
51. 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks BKB a cabo Lk Cey Pst Part 44 Back Source Track Dest Track i CEHTER j CAHCELI ASKER ae Lk Ceu Pst Part 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTERI CCAMCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the source track s to be copied and press the MENU ENTER knob You can select the destination track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks ASKER ate Lk Ceu Pst Part 44 Back 10 Source Track Dest Track 1 CEMTER CAHCEL 11 KB a kabhi Lk Cey Pst Part 44 Back Source Track 1 Dest Track CEHTER CAHCEL 115 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing lt Note gt You cannot select the same track s for the copy source and destination Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous screen Bar a sto Lk Crey Pst Part 44 Back Source Track Dest Track 1 CENTER CCANCELJ wR Sr ob o lk Cry Pst Part 44 Back Source Track 1 CEHTER CCAMCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER at the bottom of the screen then press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately fol
52. 14000clk Bar beat mode Input monitor and repro monitor Each of the MR 8HD tracks has two output modes repro monitor and input monitor In the repro monitor mode the track playback signal is output So if you want to listen to the track playback sound select the repro monitor mode In the input monitor mode the input signal fed to the track is output So you can check the level of the input signal to be recorded To enter a MR 8HD track to input monitor mode press the appropriate REC SELECT key to arm the track i e make the track record ready then press only the RECORD key to enter the RECORD READY mode or press both the RECORD and PLAY keys simultaneously to start recording Input signals for Output signals from recorder tracks recorder tracks Playback signal repro monitor Playback signal repro monitor Input signal input monitor Input signal input monitor Playback signal repro monitor Playback signal repro monitor Playback signal repro monitor Playback signal repro monitor Track 3 reapy Track 4 reapy Co So SS MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first TRIM control You must pay great attention to the TRIM control adjustment when recording to the MR 8HD BAL BAL BAL BAL UNBAL GUITAR INSERT UNBAL UNBAL UNBAL DI STORTON mm TAM aM TaM TRIM control e e e e eo je o e bay aX LINE oo sia i 5 ui u PEAK _ PEAK _ PEAK _ PEAK _
53. 800 series tube guitar amp head Simulates a popular US high gain metal guitar amplifier BRIT STACK US METAL You can choose from three guitar amp simu lation effects BRIT STACK US METAL and 60 s 60 s COMBO COMBO the selected key lights up Simulates a popular tube combo guitar amplifier 58 Pe MR 8HD Owner s Manual Using effects Applying external effects During recording you can apply external effects to a sound source connected to an input con nector in the INPUT A channel The INPUT A channel has the INSERT connector phone jack You can connects an external effect unit typically a compressor limiter to this connector using a Y cable as shown below EFFECTOR COMP LIMITER etc Input Output Sound source The source dry signal fed to the INPUT A channel is sent to the external effect unit connected to the INSERT connector and the wet effect signal re turns to the INPUT A channel Thus you can apply effects to the INPUT A signal by connecting an external effect unit EFFECTOR Sound Dry original sound source INPUT A Wet effect sound See the manual of your effect unit for details about how to use it A Y cable is not supplied with the MR 8HD therefore purchase an appropriate Y cable available in the market 59 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Using effects mi
54. 9 Heat The appliance should be situated away from heat manufacturer sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other 23 An appliance with a protective earth terminal should be appliances including amplifiers that produce heat connected to a mains outlet with a protective earth 10 Power Sources The appliance should be connected to a connection power supply only of the type described in the operating 24 An appliance should be placed in a position where an AC instructions or as marked on the appliance plug inlet can be easily pulled out by hand MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Pro
55. DI time code is output from the MIDI OUT connector Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select MTC and press the MENU ENTER knob Midi Sync Out is now set to MTC while Midi Sync Out is highlighted on the screen MR 8HD Owner s Manual MIDI synchronization 5 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select MTC FrameRate and press the MENU ENTER knob The current option the default is 25 flashes You can now select the desired frame rate the options are 24 25 30nd and 30df MeSustemtl 23kFrame F 44Back Pre Roll Time 4 45 Fost RollTime 1 5 Delay Tyre L R Midi Sync Out ie Framerate i HeSystemnkFrame 44Back Fre Roll Time Post RollTime Delas Tyre F Midi Sync Out ff HTC Framerate a Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired frame rate and press the MENU ENTER knob The selected frame rate is now effective while MTC FrameRate is highlighted on the screen 7 5 un gTr Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode Synchronization using MIDI clock The following describes how to synchronize a sequencer to the MR 8HD using MIDI clock Use this method if the sequencer does not support MTC MIDI Time code lt Notes gt To synchronize a sequencer to the MR 8HD using MIDI clock you have to make the signature tempo map in the MR 8HD The MIDI clock is output based on the signature tempo map in the MR 8HD When you record
56. E A point LOCATE B point playback When reaching at the LOCATE B point during playback the recorder automatically locates to the LOCATE A point and stops X A As with the auto return mode the loop mode is active when the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points are set In the loop mode when reaching at the LOCATE B point during playback the recorder automatically locates to the LOCATE A point and starts playback The recorder repeats this behavior until you stop the recorder You may find it very convenience to use the loop function together with the auto punch in out function see the next page r LOCATE A point LOCATE B point 4 Playback When locating to the LOCATE A point the recorder automatically starts playback BEEBE BBB BRE BRB RBBB RPP When reaching at the LOCATE B point during playback the recorder automatically locates to the LOCATE A point 46 OOOO O O MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions Loop function in auto punch in out mode When the loop mode is active while the auto punch in out mode is inactive the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points are used as the loop start and end points When the auto punch in out mode is active while the loop mode is inactive the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points are used as the punch in and punch out points When both the auto punch in out and loop modes are active the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points are used as the punch in and punch
57. HONES VOL control is raised Are the track fader for the recording track and the MASTER fader raised Both of these faders as well as the PHONES VOL control have to be raised in order to monitor the recording signal via headphones We recommend to raise both the track fader for the recording track and the MASTER fader to the position Is the recording track in the input monitor mode Make sure that the RECORD key flashes and CA is shown on the display If not press the RECORD key to set the armed track to the input monitor mode lt Trouble 7 gt During overdubbing cannot monitor the playback sig nal of the recorded track Is the track fader for the playback track raised During overdubbing raise the faders for both the playback and recording tracks appropriately Otherwise you cannot make overdubbing while listening to the recorded track s lt Trouble 8 gt cannot execute auto punch in out Is MAAT shown on the screen If it is not press the AUTO PUNCH key to make the auto punch in out function active Are the punch in and punch out points set correctly To check each point press the LOCATE A IN or LOCATE B OUT key The recorder locates to the punch in or punch out point while the screen shows the appropriate time data If the punch out point is earlier than the punch in point set these points appropriately so that the p
58. K7 INPUT D TRK8 TRK 7 8 FADER MASTER FADER MASTERING FX STOUTL STOUTR 141 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications MDM MIDI Implementation Chart lt Digital multitracker gt Date Model MR 8HD Version V1 00 imois Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed Default Mode Message Altered KR KK KKK KKK RRR KR RK RRR RRR RRR Note X Number True Voice kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key s Touch Channel s Pitch Bend XI XK KK KK Kx X XxX XxX XxX XxX Xx Control Change Program X Change True E e e KI RIK IK e e e e KR KR KIKI KIRK IK System Exclusive Orem 1 Quarter Frame Song Position Song Select Tune Common System Clock Real Time Commands Local ON OFF Aux All Notes OFF Message Active Sense x x x KXIOO lx xOO lt x X X XIX X X XxX XxX x x x x Reset rem 1 MTC rem 2 START STOP CONTINUE Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO O Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO X No 142 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications lt A gt AMP SIMULATION iiiter aerdata tii 58 A TO KETUM sian rannnn a ana 45 Aut play irinna 45 ABS ME 2 ciee ikea eee ie 14 Archiving a SONG eeeseeseceseeeeseereseeeeeeaeeeeateetatneaeaneneaees 95 Analog MIxdOWN 2 cecceceeceseeeeeceeeeeeeaeeaeeeeeeseteeeaee
59. LA MEHO 172 Back T Susten a Sora b 4 Track Edit Fart Edit Rhythm Guide lt Note gt By selecting lt lt Back and press ing the MENU ENTER knob the display returns to the previous screen You can also return the display to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the song menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially MENU i 29 Foor 44Back Susten d Track Edit F Fart Edit F 5 Rinsthin Guide amp MkSongti 2 gt kBack 7 Select Sona Rename Sona Delete Sona Protect Reserved I F F off 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Select Song and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the song selection screen You can see the list of the song numbers names on the hard disk Currently only the demo song is created and S01 FOSTEX_FEVER and New Song are shown New Song is used to create a new song 31 MeSornaci 25 kSelect 44Back Select Sona Fenamne Sana Delete Sona Protect Reserved oF a Off MkSonakSelectSonaciel3 S61 FO0STEX_FEVER i thew Sora Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select New Song and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for entering a new song name The rightmost character
60. LOCATE B points see page 44 STOP REWIND LOCATE ABS ZERO Locates to the beginning ABS ZERO of the current song see page 48 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions 21 35 36 37 STOP F FWD LOCATE REC END Locates to the recording end of the current song REC END see page 48 RECORD key Pressing the PLAY key while holding down the RECORD key starts recording of the armed record ready track s By pressing only the RECORD key when any track s is armed in record ready the in put signal s of the armed track s can be monitored i e input monitor mode see pages 35 through 40 F FWD key Pressing this key fast forwards the recorder During playback pressing this key starts 3 x cueing see page 44 While holding down the STOP key press ing this key locates to the recording end of the current song REC END see page 48 REWIND key Pressing this key rewinds the recorder During playback pressing this key starts 3 x reverse cueing see page 44 While holding down the STOP key press ing this key locates to the beginning ABS ZERO of the current song see page 48 This key is also used to go up the menu screen layer while a menu screen is dis played LOCATE A IN VWX8 key Pressing this key while holding down the STORE key sets the LOCATE A point or punch in point see page 49 and 54 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter
61. MIDI sounds synchronize the sequencer to the MIDI clock fed from the MR 8HD Generally a sequencer supporting MIDI song position pointer as well as MIDI clock can synchronize to the MR 8HD when you start playback of the MR 8HD from the middle of a song It locates the current song position and chases the MR 8HD However note that some sequencer may not synchronize to the MR 8HD Connection As with the connection for MTC synchroniza tion connect the MIDI OUT connector of the MR 8HD to the MIDI IN connector of an ex ternal MIDI sequencer using a MIDI cable Settings of the MR 8HD and MIDI sequencer 87 Set the Midi Sync Out item in the System menu of the menu mode to Clk See MIDI sync MTC frame rate settings described above about how to set Create the signature tempo map by setting Signature Map and Tempo Map items in the Song menu of the menu mode appropriately See Using the rhythm guide function on page 76 for details about how to set these items Enable the external MIDI sequencer to synchronize to MIDI clock See the operation manual of the sequencer for details Press the PLAY key of the MR 8HD to start playback The sequencer also starts playback in sync with the MR 8HD MR 8HD Owner s Manual MIDI synchronization 88 Po O MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer Data export to a personal computer This chapter describes how to export song data on tra
62. MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Recording onto a single track You can record onto any one of tracks 1 through 4 When making recording to a single track you can record a signal fed to the INPUT A channel The following describes the procedure for recording an acoustic guitar onto track 1 via a micro phone We assume that SongO2 is loaded and no sound is recorded to Song02 See Creating a song for recording on page 31 for details about how to create a song INPUT A SEL DIGITAL MULTITRACKER Preparation for recording 3 1 Connect a microphone to the BAL or UNBAL GUITAR input connector of the INPUT A channel lt Note gt You can supply the phantom power to a condenser microphone connected to the BAL XLR connector see page 128 Note that you cannot supply the phantom power via the GUITAR UNBAL phone con nector 2 Set the INPUT A SEL switch to MIC LINE lt Note gt You can apply the mic simulation 4 as insert effects when the INPUT A SEL switch to MIC LINE see page 58 35 Press the REC SELECT key for track 1 Track 1 is record armed and the REC SELECT key for track 1 starts flashing On the home screen the remaining time is shown while 1 for the track number changes to A Set track fader 1 and MASTER fader to the nomina
63. MR 8HD stops disk access MeSyustemkFormat Disk Format Formattind a MkS ys temkFormat Disk Format Come le ted Pres EHTER Kew Press the MENU ENTER knob The MR 8HD exits the menu mode The display changes to the home screen for Song01 song name Song0O1 which is automatically created after formatting m Dar 1 melee clk Sonal MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions Peak hold time setting The level meters shown on the display have the peak hold function When it is enabled the meter peak value during recording is held for the specified time The default meter peak hold time is three seconds You can disable the peak hold function or change the peak hold time 1 2 3 Ve bar 1 a 0 0 0 clk Femai mao yak i Peak hold indication By default it is held for three seconds While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially You can select between 0 1s and 10s in 0 1 second steps MEM C129 Back T Fart Edit Ehathm Guide F b Track Edit 4 la Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the system menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 1 25 System cd Sona F 4 Tra
64. Manual Song management If you delete all songs on the hard disk by repeating the procedure above New Song is shown Then create a new song see page 31 fkSonakbeletesonaciel3 Protecting a song You can protect a song to prevent an accidental erasure The protection can be released when ever you want To keep a recorded song safely we recommend protecting it You can make protection setting only for the current song 1 Load the song you want to protect MeSonat lee kProtect 44Back 2 While the recorder is stopped press the Select Sona P Rename Sons F MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode Delete Sona b The display now shows the first page of the Een menu selection screen where lt lt Back is Reserved highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen MrSonskProtect HEHU 1 25 kB ack 44Back T Select Sora System b Rename Sons F Sona f Delete Song F Track Edit Protect Part Edit d Reserved Fhathm Guide F 5 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select On 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song and press the MENU ENTER knob and press the MENU ENTER knob The current song is now protected The display now shows the song menu screen The display returns to the previous screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MkSonakProtect HEHU 1 23 k Sona 44 sck 44Back Select Sona System
65. Max GUITAR PEAK gt PEAK PEAK PEAK Input channel Either of the XLR balanced con nector or phone unbalanced jack can be used if both connectors are plugged the phone jack is ef fective INPUTA INPUT B INPUT C INPUT D M PHONE plug XLR 3 12C type When you use the INPUT A channel set the INPUT A SEL switch on the rear panel appropriately If you use a condenser microphone use the XLR balanced connector The MR 8HD can supply the phantom power see page 128 INPUT A SEL switch When you use the INPUT A channel you must set the INPUT A SEL switch on the rear panel appropriately MIC LINE position Both the BAL XLR and UNBAL GUI TAR phone connectors can be used Set the switch to this position when the source is an external microphone or line level source INPUT A SEL O MIDI OUT GTF I Gad J PSH INPUT A SEL switch GTR DIST position INPUTASEL GTR CLEAN position INPUTASEL 33 Both the BAL XLR and UNBAL GUI TAR phone connectors can be used You can adjust the input level and dis tortion using the TRIM and DISTOR TION controls respectively You can also use the amp simulation insert ef fect Both the BAL XLR and UNBAL GUI TAR phone connectors can be used You can adjust the input level using the TRIM control You can also use the amp simulatio
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67. NTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the part copy operation MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing To cancel the part copy operation move the cursor to CANCEL at the bottom of the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob Ped ae es ccc lk Cory Part 44 Back Cory Track 2 CCAHCELI MePart Pors Part Cory Part Please Wait HeFart Corsa Part Cory Part Come leted Press ENTER Kes The display now returns to the part edit menu screen where Copy Part gt is highlighted The procedure example below shows how to paste the copied part data on the clipboard to the LOCATE A point of the selected track Pasting clipboard data The following procedure is assumed that the LOCATE A point the paste destination is set 1 2 117 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Paste Part gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the paste destination track s lt lt Back is initially highlighted HeParttil 2obPaste Part 44Back Erase Part F Cors FasteFartt Cory Fart a k gt E E Mowe Fart tet Bar tad ei Lk Paste Part Faste Track 1 ENTER CAHCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Paste Track and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired paste destination trac
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69. Owner s Manual Digital Multitracker Fostex 8588062100 428387 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION POUR VITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE ere INSTRUCTIONS Read Instructions All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated 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 Grounding or Polarization The precautions that should be taken so that the grounding or polarization means of a
70. PUT A gt Electric guitar INPUT B gt Electric bass INPUT C gt Microphone vocal INPUT D gt Drum machine lt Note gt If you connect a condenser micro phone to the BAL XLR connector of the IN PUT C channel you can supply the phan tom power to the microphone see page 128 2 Set the INPUT A SEL switch to GUIT DIST You can add distortion of the internal effects to your guitar sound 4 lt Note gt You can apply the amp simulation as insert effects when the INPUT A SEL switch is set to GUIT DIST see page 58 39 Press the REC SELECT key for tracks 1 through 4 Tracks 1 through 4 are record armed and the REC SELECT keys for tracks 1 through 4 start flashing On the home screen track numbers 1 through 4 changes to A through D respectively showing that each input is assigned to the appropriate track The remaining time of the hard disk is shown bar 1 000 Remain kk A tz Set the track faders 1 through 4 and MASTER fader to the nominal position marked by Raising these faders allows you to monitor the input sound If these faders are not raised you cannot monitor the sound via headphones MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations lt Note gt Track faders 1 through 4 are used to adjust the monitor levels To adjust the recording level use the TRIM controls for INPUT A through INPUT D 5 Press the RECORD key once the ke
71. Part B Cops PastePar tr 1 through 8 mono track Cory Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks Paste Part F Howe Fart a 119 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing i CM wEtEar a asi lk Mowe Part d4 Back HeFart Hore Part Source Track Dest Track 1 Mowe Part CENTER CCAHCEL Comrleted Fress ENTER Kes adockBage Had ttg lk P a Part 10 Press the MENU ENTER knob Source Track 1 The display now returns to the part edit menu Dest Track screen where Move Part gt is highlighted LENTER CANCEL 11 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode PEE e e lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 111 8 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the screen where Dest Track is highlighted wEtEar a asi lk Mowe Part 44 Back Source Track i Dest Track 4 CEHTER CCANCELI dbo a adeno lke Mowe Part d4 Back Source Track i Dest Track 4 CEHTER CCANCELI 9 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the move operation If you want to cancel the move oper
72. SING sive inssiivinvnnsdesuitadnauevistniasiecassdevisudddusdiueiwruiecinenaunnitiuviasdennisaiueie 11 ADOUL DOWEL SUP PLY cs ssni teienei iet a a t aa tiia eiS 11 Precautions upon installing the MR 8HD eseeseesseseseossessesossessessesessessesessesseesesesse 11 Notes on PEP Ali orreik ie o e ee iE ETES ES i EELEE SEn ET aai 11 ADOULCOPYIISIUES cc5 ccsscscccecscccesacesd louise sescessuccsedecessesedce se o n a 11 About damage Sasnnn este aeee ee Eea a aE aeea Ees 11 Note on audio interruption esesseseesesseseseeseesessesesessesseseesesesseseeseesessesesessessessssesessese 11 Notes on USB connection With Mac OS eeeseesessesessesesseseesesseseseoseesessesesessessessesesesse 11 The basics of the MR SAD a a aa a a a sesestavenacvendtasslanschausuasaniventesbenvaavverussuedsasvastascue 12 Recording MEMO siidccdeccadiiveasiesacsuieensdecessespencsscascevvosslewssseinevtese e 12 ANOO E LESTO a Gio odes cess EEE EEE NEEE EAEE EEE E EEEN 13 Remain recordable space left on the disk esesesssessseesesesssessesesesesessseesesesssesseees 13 Time Hassi oiie e RANA AN 14 Inputandtepr MOTION ve vers sccecsccess annunin eoin 14 TERIM CORTO tenies an eei aa ea d utevcatects Oca e eeens e rae 15 Names and functions eaae r A E E AT 18 TOP panel 2 asticeassasnicenstdassastceasedidsaattdetenveduaniaustenvuduasanveisuvectavaniedeuunsbdedmetuinntdeenaiiaunnebandilee 20 Rear panel sic ssiiscecscncieassecsanansieansedsuand daioni anaamin
73. The MR 8HD internal hard disk is protected by default The protection is effective only in the USB mode in which the MR 8HD is used with a personal computer You can make the hard disk read only protected or read write enabled unprotected The default is read only As mentioned earlier in Disk protection on page 92 if you transfer song data from a computer to the MR 8HD improperly the data may be damaged To avoid such an accident we recommended enabling hard disk protection To disabling the disk protection follow the procedure below 1 2 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially MEHU 1 2 kback T System b Sona a Track Edit 4 la Part Edit Rhythm Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select USB on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the USB menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted Selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen You can also return to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key MEM C229 HUSE 4q Back Tneut a a MFUSBCi 13rEack T Disk Protect On USE Device Moder Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to highlight Disk Protect and press the MENU ENTER knob The current setting the default is On fla
74. Trk 2 Playback 2 A Trk 3 Playback a Le 2 Trk 3 Playback Le Trk 4 Playback a Trk 4 Playback ar a i i i Trk 5 Playback gt g INPUT A INPUT D Trk 6 Playback Ua case bouncing INPUT A INPUT p ____tttt Trk 6 Record a Trk 7 Record rT bouncing lt Bouncing tracks 1 through 8 to the New song gt Trk 8 Record lt Mixing down tracks 1 through 8 gt Reverb or Delay Mastering effects L g Mastering effects rey vA Trk 1 Playback P Trk 2 Playback Trk4 Playback gt J ES r a STEREO OUT L R Trk 3 Playback 5 STEREO OUT L R a A ai pi Trk 5 Playback gt Q i a Trk 4 Playback 2 A 0O Trk 6 Playback gt es Trk 5 Playbak gt 2 a 0O Trk 7 Playback gt Trk 6 Playback T Trk 8 Playback _ __ gt Trk 7 Playback gt a Playback gt gt INPUT A INPUT D tttt Trk 8 Playbac DIGITAL OUT pakiss ieina INPUT A INPUT o Att Trk 7 Record Trk8 See Track bounce on page 63 for details about track bounce which allows mixing multiple tracks to stereo See Mixdown on page 41 for details about mixdown Selecting the desired effect type Three mast
75. You can now start editing 2 S gt STEREO WAU FILE Convert WAU File MODE ABSH Rec Erig HANE Sonsb4 Hoek k Enter RECt EMTER Kes Exit STOF Keu T m Conver tind na Aid s Cancel STOP Key lt Note gt If you cancel the conversion in the middle no file incomplete file is created When the conversion is completed the display shows Completed S25 TEREO WAU FILE Convert WAL File 7VS25TEREO WAU FILE Convert WAM File MODE ABSA Fec Erd HAME Sonak shoo n c E n a TE E E EE E SEL MENU dial Exit STOP Key Come leted Flashing Press ENTER Kea 5 Press the MENU ENTER knob The MR 8HD quits the conversion function and the display returns to the home screen While the rightmost character is flash ing pressing the UNDO REDO DE LETE key repeatedly deletes the cur lt Note gt If you convert data with the same name rent file name as previously converted data the following screen appears on the display This screen warns you that the WAV file with the same name already exists and asks you to carry out the conversion by overwriting the ex isting file or cancel the conversion TSRSTEREO WAU FILE Convert WAN File Same file name exists Qverurite Preu File CHOI YES Enter a new name using the character entry keys Pressing a different character entry key automatically moves the cursor right If two successi
76. ach press of the key alternates ON and OFF When ON the key illuminates in green When OFF it is unlit When the corresponding input is as signed to a recording track the key flashes in green A long press of the key enters the input menu of the MENU mode in which you can set phantom power on off panning etc see page 128 PEAK indicators Each indicator lights when the input signal is overloaded see page 15 You should ad just the input gain using the TRIM control so that the PEAK indicator does not light DISTORTION control Controls the amount of the distortion effect for a guitar connected to the XLR connec tor or UNBAL GUITAR jack phone type on the INPUT A channel This control is effective only when the IN PUT A SEL switch is set to GTR DIST see pages 35 through 40 TRIM controls Each control adjusts the input gain of the corresponding input channel see page 15 and 35 through 40 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions Top panel 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 22 23 24 25 RHYTHM GUIDE key Switches on off of the rhythm guide func tion see page 76 Each press of the switch alternates on and off A long press of the key enters the rhythm guide menu in which you can set the rhythm guide parameters see page 76 BOUNCE 1 4 gt 5 6 1 6 g
77. aeeaes 41 lt B gt BOUNCO naa a N ee 63 B aBeat r a aaa 14 24 127 Beginning a Song 2 csceccececesseeeeseteeseeeeeteeeensseeeeee 14 48 Bar Off Setiya rnad 81 lt C gt Ea A EET A ET T Clipboard Click level iiiar iiras ariani wiediiii aise CLOCK EEEE A E E EEEE Reie AAEE TRE hailing aka buthle COPY E NE EEE EEN EET COpYrights seasea aiias erneieren ra a ieie an Conductor map Changing track Character entry Key s sssssssseseiseseisresesreresrsresrsreereree 32 99 Creating a SONG iee eiric aeiiioiken 31 lt D gt Delay csiietaniniinndga chhnanind aan DISIOMION aian R Display aaaea aii daaar Demo Song sinks ae ae Digital mixdown Delete song Damage 2 dicnesey te eciiandeiecednanceereinen eee lt E gt EM OCHO EEE EAT 57 Effect send Erasing tack ssnin 104 Erase pari assen aan 113 AE E T EE 78 to 84 Exchange the track sescsessesssesssessesseesseeserseeesensees 108 Exchange the parts 00 eeseesssssseesseeseeteeneeeseeeeeeeeaees 121 lt F gt Formatosi trea a a 124 FOOUSWITCM ninrhene aparana 53 lt G gt Gain swe sie ee eee 15 36 38 40 lt H gt Hard disk sisicsehcirien ceca eeaiine 12 124 Hidden filers s aa aa 95 100 lt l gt Insert effect iiiver eninde 58 Input A select switch oo sees es eeseeseeeeereeeetaeeeteeseeeteeaees 33 Input monitor Insert Input Initialize 143 lt L gt Loop Locate lt M gt Master recorder Ma
78. also mix signals from INPUT A through INPUT D together see page 72 lt Exporting bounced data to a PC gt Song data bounced to tracks 7 8 of the new song can be exported to a PC You can use the exported data as a source when burning an original audio CD using a CD RW drive or use it with a computer s music software see page 90 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Mixing signals of inputs A through D The MR 8HD can mix input signals of INPUT A through INPUT D The following diagram shows an example of mixing signals of INPUT A through INPUT D when bouncing tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7 8 As you can see the signals of INPUT A through INPUT D are mixed to the L R stereo buss together with the bounced signals Trk 1 Playback m Trk 2 Playback p Trk3 Playback Trk4 Playback Trk5 Playback Trk 6 Playback Ei ret Q Z y E x a apa y 8 c a hg A oer INPUT C INPUT D INPUT A m TRIM INPUT B O A Trk 7 Record Trk 8 Record Li Connecting sound sources to INPUT A through INPUT D Before starting track bouncing connect the desired sound source s to any desired input s between INPUT A and INPUT D if TRIM control Wae PEAK C PEAK Adjust the input level of each input using the TRIM control to match
79. and destination 106 C Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob Dest Track is now highlighted on the screen MbTrackFCey Pst Track Cry Pst Track d4 Back Source Track 1 Dest Track ER CEHTER CCANCELI MeTrack FC y Pst Track Cey Pst Track d4 Back Source Track Dest Track CENTER CCAWCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER at the bottom of the screen then press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the copy paste operation lt Note gt If you want to cancel the copy paste operation move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob MkTrackFCrs Pst Track Cey Pst Track d4 Back Source Track Dest Track LEHTERI CCAHCEL MeTrack RCey Pst Track Cru Pst Track bJ Ld Please Wait MbTrackFCry Pst Track Cry Pst Track Come le ted Press ENTER kes lt Note gt If a destination track has recorded data pasting the copied data overwrites the previous data Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the track edit menu screen where Copy Paste Trk gt is highlighted Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult pre
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81. anual of your personal com puter Importing data from a personal computer When importing data from a personal computer to the MR 8HD there is the danger that the MR 8HD file system may be destroyed Especially deleting or adding files many times may cause the fragmentation of FAT32 resulting in sound jump caused by performance deteriora tion Therefore before loading data from a personal computer to the MR 8HD save all neces sary folders to the personal computer and format the MR 8HD hard disk 1 Format the MR 8HD internal hard disk see page 124 2 Disable the disk protection see page 94 3 Connect the MR 8HD to a personal computer via USB see page 93 4 Copy the desired song folder on the personal computer to the root folder of the MR 8HD hard disk lt Note gt Do not use move operation as with saving data to a computer 5 Repeat step 4 as many times as required lt Note gt Usually the song order follows the copied order However it may be dif ferent depending on a computer OS 6 After making copy of all necessary folders exit the USB mode 95 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer 96 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Song management Song management This chapter explains the following five operation procedures for song management 1 Selecting the desired song 2 Editing a song name 3 Deleting an unnecessary song 4 Protecting a song lt Notes gt While a
82. ar amplifier Note that you cannot get exactly the same sound as the original microphone guitar amplifier by using simulation effects Mic simulation effects You can use mic simulation effects when the INPUT A SELECT switch on the rear panel is set to MIC LINE DYNAMIC CONDENSER TUBE MIC SIMULATION INPUT A SEL lt Q Set to the MIC LINE position in iN it FCO ea ANP SIMULATION DYNAMIC CONDENSER TUBE By pressing the appropriate key you can Details of each mic simulation effect choose from among three mic simulation ef Simulates he suona ai eepopular die fects DYNAMIC CONDENSER and TUBE the DYNAMIC namic microphone indi r of the key ligh Blearonon ene Key HENS HN CONDENSER Simulates the sound of a popular con denser microphone for professional use Simulates the sound of a popular tube TUBE i microphone for professional use Amp simulation effects You can use mic simulation effects when the INPUT A SEL switch on the rear panel is set to GTR DIST or GTR CLEAN Only when the switch is set to GTR DIST you can also use the distortion adjusted by the DISTORTION control as well as the insert effects BRIT STACK US METAL 60 s COMBO INPUTASEL C tases q MIC SIMULATION l_ AMP SIMULATION BRIT STACK US METAL INPUTASEL pla a is set to Amp simulation effects details Simulates a popular British
83. ation Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode and copy the desired data to the clipboard before carrying out the paste operation 5 6 118 Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the part edit menu screen where Paste Part gt is highlighted Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 111 SS y MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing Moving the part s You can move the desired part s of the desired track s to the other desired track s The part move operation can be made only within the current song After the part move operation is carried out the source part s becomes silent a pant 5 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Move Part gt and press the MENU ENTER TRK 1 E knob TRK 2 The display now shows the screen for TRK3 selecting the source track s and destination TRK 4 track s of the move operation ig Initially lt lt Back is highlighted TRK7 i HeFarti iezi toue Part TRK8 __ i id 4d4Back Erase Part d Corfy Pasterar tk lt Note gt You cannot move data of a song protected Cory Part Release the protection before moving data Paste Part a 1 Load the song you want to edit kktEar ta ttz lk Houe Fart 2 Set the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see 1 Source Track page 49 Dest T
84. ation move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob wkkBar ta eee Lk Mowe Part 44 Gack Source Track 1 Dest Track 4 MSEMA COAMCEL HeFart Houe Part Mowe Part Please Wait 120 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing Exchange the part s You can exchange the parts between the desired tracks The part exchange operation can be made only within the current song LOCATE A LOCATE B 5 point point REC END ABS ZERO lt Note gt You cannot exchange data of a song pro tected Release the protection before exchanging parts 1 Load the song you want to edit 2 Set the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see page 49 You can check the parts by playing back between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points 6 see page 44 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU i720 FB ack F System Sona Track Edit Part Edit Rhythm Guide FS 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Part Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the part edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MEMUci 2okPart Edit 44Back System F Sona F Track Edit b F F 7 EE Ehathm Guide
85. below However you can bounce only the desired part by using the track bouncing and punch in out functions together The following assumes that the song you are going to execute track bouncing is loaded and you finished rehearsal of track bouncing The following procedure shows the example of bouncing the desired part of a song in the Bounce 1 6 gt 7 8 mode lt Note gt In the 1 8 gt NEW SONG mode you cannot bounce the desired part of a song by using the track bouncing and auto punch in out functions together 1 2 3 4 Fa Typical bouncing Fig 1 ABS ZERO REC END TRK 1 Sra TRK 2 ae TRK3 TRK 4 2 TRK5 TRK 6 TRK 7 TRK8 Bouncing the desired part Fig 2 Punch in point Punch out point LOCATE A point LOCATE B point TRK 1 TRK 2 TRK 3 TRK 4 gt i ia TRK5 TRK 6 l TRK7 i j TRK 8 S Lighting gt B0UHCE 1 6 7 5 Set the punch in and punch out points see page 54 By pressing the PLAY key while holding down the STOP key you can play back the part between the punch in and punch out points see page 44 Locate the recorder to a position before the punch in point Press the 1 4 gt 5 6 1 6 gt 7 8 key to set the bounce mode to 1 6 gt 7 8 When setting the bounce mode to 1 6 gt 7 8 tracks 7 8 automatically enter the input monitor mode
86. cannot bounce the desired part of a song by using the track bouncing and auto punch in out functions together 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 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing MI SE DIGITAL MULTITRACKER LEE i I 1 Raise the MASTER fader to the position Set all the track faders down to the minimum position During rehearsal and actual track bouncing the level meters on the screen show the fol lowing signal levels Meters Playback levels of tracks 1 through 1 through 8 8 Output levels of STEREO OUT recording levels of bouncing 2 Press the PLAY key to start playback from the beginning of the song Meters Land R 3 While playing back the song adjust playback levels of tracks 1 through 8 using the track By raising the PHONES VOL control you can 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
87. ck Edit Rhuthm Guide MeSona 1 2 rBack Select Sons Rename Sora Delete Sona Protect Reserved 5 I e F off Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Select Song gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the song list screen HeSonati 2orSelect 44Back gt BS EE Rename Sons Delete Sona Protect Reserved ll 3 WF al MkSongkSelectSongt 1 13 GEI seeks cok SIRE bok SS deta Selb seo itHew Sona The screen example above shows that four songs are currently created on the hard disk The song list is shown on a single page 98 When more songs are created the song list screen has more than one page and you can scroll the list by rotating the MENU ENTER knob New Song at the bottom of the screen is used when you create a new song Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired song number song name and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the song menu screen where Select Song gt is highlighted MeSonakSelectSonst lid 44Back TAL Ekk Be r EHE E c Ea Ea ca a a ok Sig seks i Hew pona MeSonati 2oeSelect 44Bsck PaSelect Sona 4 Fename Sora Delete Sona Protect Reserved ll F a off Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode The display shows the home screen of the selected song Editing a song name You can edit a current song name save the edited
88. ck Edit F Fart Edit Rirgthm Guide MkSysteme 1 239 Back T i 5 Fre Roll Time 4 85 PostRoll Time 1 45 Delas Tyre L F Midi Snc Out Off NTC Frame Rate 25 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select PeakHold Time on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The currently selected peak hold time by default 3s flashes You can now make the desired peak hold setting 125 MeSustemt 22 akPeakHold 44Back ae ee d Resolution Disk Format F Init Hemor F i MkSystemkPeakHold 44Back FeakHold Time oe d Resolution Off Disk Format Init Hemor F You can select from 3s 3 seconds default 1s 2S 5 Eg and off When Off is selected the peak hold function is disabled the peak value is not held Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired hold time and press the MENU ENTER knob The peak hold setting is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode The peak hold setting is effective to all songs MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions Pre roll post roll time setting As described earlier on page 47 when both the auto punch in out and loop modes are active the pre roll and post roll are effective in the loop function You can set the pre roll and post roll time value by the following procedure 1 2 3 When both the auto punch in out and loop modes are active the lo
89. ck s for the exchange source and destination Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob Dest Track is now highlighted on the screen MeTrackrChangse Track Change Track 44 Back Source Track 1 En Dest Track CEWTER CCAHCELI MriTrackkChange Track Chanse Track dd Back Source Track 1 CEMTER CAHCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the exchange operation lt Note gt If you want to cancel the exchange operation move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob MkTrack hange Track Change Track 44 Back Source Track 1 Dest Track 4 MSEMA C CAHCEL MkTrack FChanse Track Change Track Please Wait MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing MeTrack Chanae Track Change Track Come leted Press EHTER Key 9 Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the track edit menu screen where Change Track gt is highlighted 10 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 103 110 SS ee MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part ed
90. cks 1 through 8 are shown When a track is record armed the track number indication changes to the source input channel any of A B C and D 23 Stereo buss L and R level display During recording or playback the output lev els of the L R stereo buss are shown Song status display Lights up the following status icons when the appropriate modes functions are active At least one of the tracks is in the eldii igi input monitor mode see pages 36 38 and 40 Se The auto punch mode is active AUTO FUHCH see page 55 The auto return mode is active AUTO RTH see page 45 The loop mode is active see page LoorF 45 The auto play mode is active see page 45 Song number display Shows the song number of the song currently loaded Also H is lit when the phantom power is on MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions O CM Selecting a time base mode When the display shows the home screen pressing the TIME BASE SELECT key switches the time base a Payers 1 000 1 FOSTEA_ foes mode between ABS and bar beat S a DIGITAL MULTITRACKER lL23456 7146 LE ma of bar beat display 12345618 LF TIME BASE SELECT key Example of ABS display Adjusting the display contrast You can adjust the display contrast by rotating the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the CON TRAST key Rotating the dial clockwise heightens the cont
91. cks 7 8 toa personal computer To export the desired song data to a personal computer you must convert the song data to a stereo WAV file You can export the converted WAV file to the personal computer and create an audio CD using a CD burning function on the per sonal computer lt Notes on USB connection with Mac OS gt When making USB connection with a Macintosh computer note that only Mac OS X or higher is supported Do not connect to a Macintosh computer with the earlier version The song data on the MR 8HD may be damaged 89 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer WAV file conversion By converting track data recorded on tracks 7 8 which consists of an L R pair of mono WAV files to a stereo WAV file you can export the data to a personal computer The following describes how to convert data on tracks 7 8 which may be bounced from other tracks or simply recorded in stereo to a stereo WAV file See page 92 for details about how to export a converted WAV file to a personal computer N a Two mono WAV files recorded on tracks 7 8 are converted to a stereo WAV file as shown below Note that only files recorded on tracks 7 8 can be converted to a stereo WAV file IN IN IN Track 7 Track 8 Stereo L ch R ch L R lt Note gt If you are going to make conversion when no WAV data exists on tracks 7 8 the error message Track 7 8 Empty appears and the operation is canceled
92. creen shows the playback level of track 1 and the input levels of tracks 7 and 8 as well as the stereo L and R output levels E 4 lt Note gt Adjust each TRIM control prop erly so that the corresponding PEAK indi cator does not light at the loudest part of the keyboard sound lt Tip gt When receiving a line level signal set the TRIM control to left LINE to get the appropriate level When receiving a micro phone signal set the TRIM control to right MIC to get the appropriate level 8 After adjusting the recording levels properly press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song 38 Starting recording 9 While holding down the RECORD key press the PLAY key to start recording The recorder records the keyboard while playing back track 1 guitar 10 When recording completes press the STOP key to stop the recorder lt Note gt We recommend to press the REC SELECT key for tracks 7 8 to unarm tracks 7 8 Playing back the recorded track 11 Press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song 12 Press the PLAY key to start playback You can adjust the monitor level using the track faders as well as the MASTER fader and PHONES VOL control lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult use the undo redo function to cancel the r
93. csesteneeeseeeeeeseeeeneeeneeseneeneeseneeseeeeseeneseneenennees 76 Setting the time signature and tempo ceccsccsscssseseessecsecsecssseseesssessecsecssceesenes 76 Creating the conductor Map ssssssnsnenunuennnununnnnunununnnnunnnnnnunununn cadet autiunduaasblaicdeluuevibuntereus 78 Setting the signature map essesesseseeseesesessessessesesseseeseesesessessessesesreseeseesesessessessesesee 78 Editing a time signature event esesesseseesessesessessessesesreseeseesessesessesses 80 Deleting an unnecessary time signature event sesseseseeseesessesesses 80 Edi no the Dar OLSel aer roari rie ET AEA EESE EEES 81 Setting the tempo Maps ssssessencssvscd ccsdsaddoesliciabeseesnestedlecsadacetaeedss ceased gevsavcedesioeseeieveasiee 82 Editing TEMPO CVENE ccci cscsessccctgscestsscsetgcsesbsscsctesscsssssdelecsessdesectessenies 84 Deleting an unnecessary tempo event ccceccescsscescsscesceccesceececerees 84 6 OOO O OOO MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents MIDI synchronization Synchronization using MTC sassssunnenununnenennnnnnunnnnununnnnununnununnnnnnunnnnununnnnnnunnennnnnnennnnnn nnen 86 Connection sanin n aae Ea E dead aut ea aaa aaeain A aaa 86 Settings of the MR 8HD and MIDI sequencer cssessessessessessessessessessessessessessenee 86 MIDI sync MTC frame rate settings sesesseseresesseecseresesosesesesosessseeseresesosesesseroseseseese 86 Synchronization
94. d destination track s of the move operation Source Track selects the move source track s while Dest Track selects the move destination track s 107 5 6 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing iFT Rack 1 15 44 Back Erase Track a Cofy Paste Trk EME a Chanae Track F MeTrack Foye Track Move Track Source Track 1 Dest Track 1 CENTER CCAMCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Source Track and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired move source track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks MeTrack Houe Track Mowe Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTER CCAMCELI MkTrack FMoywe Track Move Track 4q Back Source Track Dest Track 1 CENTER CCAMCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select source track s and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired destination track s MkTrackrFMove Track Mowe Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTER CANCEL l F i l MeTrack Houe Track Mowe Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track 1 CENTER CCANCEL MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing 7 8 You can select the same number of tracks as the move source track s For example if you select a mono track for t
95. d impedance 16Q or more MIDI output MIDI OUT Connector DIN 5 pin Format Conformed to the MIDI standard Digital output DIGITAL OUT Connector Toslink optical type Format IEC 60958 S P DIF Footswitch FOOT SW Connector 1 4 inch phone type Level TTL level USB Connector B type standard USB HOST Connector A type standard Record playback Recording medium 3 5 inch hard disk drive Sampling frequencies 44 1kHz Quantization 16 bits linear non expanded File format FAT32 138 Audio recording type Conformed to AES 31 The number of tracks 8 the number of simultaneously recordable tracks 4 ADC 24 bits delta sigma DAC 24 bits delta sigma Frequency response 20Hz to 20kHz Dynamic range 90dB or more TYPICAL Total harmonic distortion 0 06 or less TYPICAL General Weight net Approx 3 0 kg Dimensions 312 W x 264 D x 88 H mm Power supply 120VAC 60Hz 230VAC 50 60Hz Power consumption 14W Supplied Accessaries Power cord Owner s Manual Changes in specifications and features may be made without notice or obligation Pin assignment of XLR connectors 2 w l 1 GND SZ 2 HoT 3 COLD Pin assignment of USB port 1 VBUS BE 3 D 4 GND 1 VBUS DOOG ab it ft 3 D 4 GND MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications Physical dim
96. d signals Trk 7 Reoora H Trk 3 RNT U STEREO OUT L R 1 8 gt NEW SONG mode see page 70 In the 1 8 gt NEW SONG mode tracks 1 bids through 8 are played back mixed down to stereo and bounced to tracks 7 8 of anew Gaye song which is automatically created So this fka rai x bouncing mode allows you to internally k3 e z n record a stereo master without the need of my oo z pe amp srrcoourn an external master recorder oe x e e 3 Trk 5 Playback mA E m o In this mode you can apply a reverb or T T Trk 6 Playback myt Q delay to tracks 1 through 4 as well as the gt g r Playback mastering effect to the mixed signals You can also mix signals from the INPUT A through INPUT D channels during track bouncing Tik 7 feos From headphones or monitor speakers Sike em you can hear the signals bounced to tracks ee 7 8 of the new song mr Trk 8 Playback Al INPUT A INPUT D titi 65 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Bouncing tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5 6 You can bounce tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5 6 Before executing track bouncing you can rehearse track bouncing as many times as you like Rehearsal of track bouncing Before executing track bouncing you can rehearse it While rehearsing t
97. e Om00s000ms or 2bar 1AU 00clk In this condition you cannot execute loop playback Also if the LOCATE B point is earlier than the LOCATE A point you cannot execute loop playback MR 8HD Owner s Manual Troubleshooting Troubles for effect lt Trouble 1 gt cannot apply the effects Are the EFFECT SEND control for the track you want to apply the effect and track fader raised appropriately J ale etre etre s t 2 EFFECT SEND 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 Raise the EFFECT SEND control s for the track s 1 through 4 you want to apply the effect to send signal s to the internal digital effects Also make sure that the fader s for the track s you want to apply the effect is are raised lt Trouble 2 gt cannot apply the mic simulation effects Is the INPUT A SEL switch on the rear panel is set to MIC LINE position To apply the mic simulation effects to INPUT A the INPUT A SEL switch on the rear panel must be set to MIC LINE position When you set the switch to any other position you can use the amp simulation effects for insert effects X Troubles for USB connection lt Trouble 1 gt Cannot export a WAV file to a personal computer e Is the USB cable connected correctly Check the connection as well as the USB cable e Is the personal computer meets the requirement The MR 8HD can export a WAV file to a perso
98. e 2000 and XP comput stroying the MR 8HD song data ers as well as Macintosh computers with OS X or higher can be used with the MR 8HD Other com You can enable or disable this function how puters cannot be used ever we recommend using the MR 8HD by Check your computer before making connection setting it to On If you use the MR 8HD by setting the disk protect function to Off read Archiving a lt Notes on USB connection with Mac OS gt song on page 95 before using See page 94 for details about how to make the disk pro When making USB connection with a Macintosh ase j tection setting computer note that only Mac OS X or higher is supported Do not connect to a Macintosh com puter with the earlier version The song data on the MR 8HD may be damaged lt Note on backup gt When exporting song data on the hard disk to a personal computer for backup always export the whole song folder You cannot export individual track data See page 95 for details See Archiving a song on page 95 for details about song data backup 92 Exporting a WAV file to a personal computer The following describes the procedure for exporting a WAV file to a Windows ME com puter MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer MARUSB C113 kbeyice 44Back Disk Pratect Off USE Device Moder lt Important note gt MMISERDewi ce Song Converted stereo WAV files
99. e Dest Track selects the ex change destination track s 7 MbTrack 1 13 kChangeTRE 44Back Erase Track k Corfy Faste Trk Move Track d MEER MFTrackkChanse Track Change Track Source Track 1 Dest Track 1 CEHTER CCAMCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Source Track and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired exchange source 8 track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks MkTrack Chanae Track Change Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEHTER CCAMCELI 1 MkTrack Chanae Track Change Track 44 Back Source Track Dest Track CEMHTERJ CAHCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the source track s and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the desired destination track s 109 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing HbkTrackkChange Track Chanse Track dd Back Source Track 4 L Dest Track CEHTER CCAHCEL HeTrack Chanae Track Chanse Track dd Back Source Track Dest Track 1 EH CENTER CAHCEL You can select the same number of tracks as the exchange source track s For example if you select a mono track for the exchange source you can only select a mono track for the exchange destination lt Note gt You cannot select the same tra
100. e demo song ends press the STOP key create a new song see the next page and to stop the recorder make recording to the new song lt Hint 1 gt While listening to the playback sound adjust panning setting of tracks 1 through 4 as well as try to adjust the inter nal effects reverb delay see page 60 lt Hint 2 gt To listen to the demo song again When the recorder is stopped after listen ing to the demo song press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key The Format the hard disk see page 124 and make recording Because a new song is automatically created after formatting the disk you can start recording without the need of creating a new song manually recorder instantly moves back to the be ginning of the demo song see page 48 Then pressing the PLAY key starts play back from the beginning of the demo song 30 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Creating a song for recording This section describes how to create a new song for recording on the hard disk while keeping the demo song In the following procedure it is assumed that the MR 8HD is stopped at the begin ning ABS ZERO of the demo song 1 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially Poar l melee clk FOSTES FEVER 0 Peeeeeeeeet Tona 1 12345618
101. e exported data can be played back or edited using a computer s music software application or used as a source when burning an original audio CD using a CD R RW drive You can also use this exporting capability for backing up data to a personal computer when the remaining space of a hard disk becomes small USB cable PC Windows Me 2000 XP machine supporting USB connection Notes on exporting a file Connection to a personal computer Connect the USB port of the MR 8HD to the y l AV fil USB port of a personal computer using a USB Bea r A eee anea P P P 8 which is converted from a pair of mono WAV cable as shown above files on tracks 7 8 as described earlier in WAV A USB cable is not supplied with the MR 8HD file conversion A mono WAV file or undo file cannot be exported to a personal computer lt Caution gt See the next page for details about the export Use the USB port able files for connection to a personal com z d lt Disk protection gt puter Do not con By default the disk protect function which nect the USB is effective in the USB mode is set to On HOST port to a In this condition the MR 8HD can export data personal com to a personal computer but cannot import data puter from a computer This is for protecting the MR 8HD internal hard disk from importing a file from a computer inappropriately and de lt Note gt Only Windows M
102. e holding down the STOP key TRUTASELEST The MR 8HD immediately locates to the beginning of the song ABS ZERO and stops ABS ZERO The current position REC END Locate SS Re x EFFECT SE STOP key REWIND key Locating to the recording end point REC END of a song While the recorder is stopped press the F FWD key while holding down the STOP key The MR 8HD immediately locates to the recording end of the song REC END and stops ABS ZERO The current position REC END BES 438 tatio ve Locate Sem LP W gt STOP key F FWD key 48 OOO O Oo MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions Locating to the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point You can set the desired point of a song as the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point The LOCATE A and B points can be used not only for locating but also for auto punch in out play modes and part editing etc Setting the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point You can set the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point while the recorder is running or stops at the desired point regardless of time base setting lt Note gt You cannot set the LOCATE A or B point for a protected song If you are going to do so the warning message This song is protected is shown To set the LOCATE A or B point for a protected song release the protection
103. e menu mode and the display shows the home screen where the edited song name is displayed MR 8HD Owner s Manual Song management Deleting an unnecessary song You can delete a song created on the hard disk lt Notes gt e You cannot delete a song which is protected To delete such a song release the protection of the song first see the next page e A deleted song file still remains as a hidden file on the hard disk So deleting a song file does not increase the remaining recordable space of the hard disk e You can export a hidden file to your personal computer via USB connection and use it on the computer see page 95 1 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU 1 23 FBack F System a Sona k Track Edit a Fart Edit Rnathm Guide F 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the song menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 172 eSona 44Back a gysten Track Edit Part Edit Ehathm Guide ao F MeSonati 23 Back Select Sona Rename Sora Delete Sons Protect Reserved I F F F off 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Delete Song and press the MENU ENTER kn
104. e not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 103 Exchanging whole track data You can exchange whole data from ABS ZERO to REC END between the desired track s ABS ZERO REC END lt Note gt You cannot exchange track data of a song protected Release the protection before exchang ing track data 1 2 3 Load the song you want to edit While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU 1 25 kKBack T System Sons F Track Edit 4 F Fart Edit Ehathm Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Track Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the track edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted 4 5 6 HEHU 2oakTrack Edit 44 Back System Sona Fart Edit p a Ehathm Guide P MrTrack 1 19 Back F Erase Track a Corpy FPaste Trk t Mowe Track a Chanae Track F Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Change Track gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for select ing the source track s and destination track s of the exchange operation Source Track selects the exchange source track s whil
105. ecording 4 5 6 52 lt lmportant note gt You cannot punch in by only pressing the RECORD key You need to hold down the PLAY key when pressing the RECORD key When the recorder reaches at the point you want to punch out press only the PLAY key The recorder status switches from recording to playback Press the STOP key to stop the recorder Rewind the recorder and play back the part you performed the punch in out recording to check the result If you are not satisfied with the result use the undo function to cancel the punch in out recording and try again Punch in out using the footswitch You can make hands free punch in out recording using an unlatched type footswitch 1 2 3 4 5 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Punch in out mpuraseL i rancor kena on z 5 USB HOST Unlatched type footswitch Press the footswitch Punch in 4 N Press the footswitch Punch out 4 Connect the footswitch to the FOOT SW jack on the MR 8HD rear panel Press the REC SELECT key for the track you are going to make punch in out recording The track is record armed in point and press the PLAY key to start play lt Note gt You cannot perform another punch To perform punch in out recording in an other part stop the recorder and perform Press the STOP key to stop the recorder Playback Recording Playback in out r
106. ecording and try again Undoing recording undo redo If you press the UNDO REDO key after finishing recording you can return to the condition before the recording started UNDO operation Therefore you can try recording again If you press the UNDO REDO key again after UNDO the undo operation is canceled and you can return to the condition when the recording finished REDO operation NA lt Notes gt The undo redo function is available for all kind of recordings however if you carry out any of the following operations after making re cording you cannot undo the recording e Carrying out new recording e Carrying out track or part editing e Turning off the power e Selecting another song or editing the song name MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Recording onto four tracks simultaneously You can simultaneously record up to four tracks See page 34 for the available combinations of four recording tracks The following describes the procedure for recording different sound sources simultaneously to tracks 1 through 4 You can make four track simultaneous recording with any available track combination in the same manner 2 INPUT A SEL I y MR DIGITAL MULTITRACKER AR Preparation for recording 3 1 Connect the following sound sources to the INPUT A through INPUT D channels IN
107. ecording successively the steps above again Locate the recorder to the point before the punch 6 7 back It may be a good idea to play the instrument along with the playback sound so that you can get the tempo and feel When the recorder reaches at the point you want to punch in press the footswitch The armed track is punched in i e starts recording When the recorder reaches at the point you want to punch out press the footswitch again The recorder status switches from recording to playback 53 Rewind the recorder and play back the part you performed the punch in out recording to check the result If you are not satisfied with the result use the undo function to cancel the punch in out recording and try again MR 8HD Owner s Manual Punch in out Auto punch in out By setting the punch in and punch out points in advance The recorder automatically makes punch in out recording for you You can rehearse punch in out recording as many times you like Setting the punch in and punch out points You can set the punch in and punch out points on the fly while playing back the recorder as well as you can set them while the recorder is stopped at the desired position Punch in point Punch out point lt Note gt You cannot make punch in out recording on a song which is protected Release the song pro tection before making punch in out recording 1 Start playback from the beginning of the son
108. eeees 85 Song protect 0 seeeeeceeeseseseseseeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeees 101 S P DIF aa epai RR 42 lt T gt Tra Kirene ar a r Ea E E 34 Trouble shooting cecceceeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeaeees 131 APU eaae E seen tees aad 15 35 to 40 Track fader 35 to 40 Time base 14 24 Tempo MAP oaii oneen anieri saet aai 82 lt U gt WANG Eeee A E E 36 38 40 103 113 S e E E 92 138 USB HOS Tisis 22 138 lt W gt WAV file oo cece ceeccscssesscsecsseseesecsecseesesseesessesseeseeseeees 13 90 WAV file conversion cesccccessesseesecsecesessseseesessaesaeeenees 90 Warming sis ccitcdie handed A danaiiaeaven 25 lt Y gt y Cables ccc rr er ra E NE aTa ETAC ETENEE 18 59 Declaration of EC Directive This equipment is compatible with the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Directive on approximation of member nation s ordinance concerning the electromagnetic compatibility and with the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC Directive on approximation of member nation s ordinance concerning electric equipment designed to be used within the specified voltage range The Affect of Immunity on This Equipment specification on this equipment are as shown below The affect of the European Specification EN61000 6 1 coexistence of electromagnetic waves common immunity affected by generation of noise in some cases In the electrical fast transient ourst requirements surge conducted disturbance
109. een Conductor Map Off item settings are effective You can make setting for each item similarly T he rhythm guide setting screen has the following Rhythm Guide Off a 4 items No output e a avi r map is p Mbps thine 171 PBack a Map on F7 Rhythm Guide Off Output Conductor Mare off Rhythm Guide On The tempo and The Signature Siana Lure ded time signature and Tempo gt Teneo 12HbFMm Conductor Map Off setting on this item settings are Int Click Level 86 screen is effec effective 6 tive 1 Rhythm Guide On off selection of the rhythm guide Rhythm Guide On Output The setting you make here is reflected to the RHYTHM GUIDE key the key is lit when ON while it is unlit when OFF Conversely when you turn on or off the rhythm guide using the RHYTHM GUIDE key the status is reflected to this screen See the table on the right for details 2 Conductor Map On off selection of the conductor map This item enables or disables the conductor map see Conductor map described later The default is Off See the table on the right for details 3 Signature Time signature setting The default is 4 4 You can select from among 1 4 through 5 4 and 1 8 through 8 8 The setting here is effective from the beginning to the end of the song when the Conductor Map item is set to Off i e the same time signature all through the song When the Conductor Map item is set to On the setting here is
110. en MkSongk Temeorlar 44 Back Bar EEE Beat ld Temreo 128bem CEHTER COELETEI MeSonsk Teneollar 44 Bac Beat il Teneo 126bem CENTER DELETE 10 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Beat 14 and press the MENU ENTER knob 1J starts flashing and you can now set the beat number You can enter the beat number between 1 and 8 fkSongkTemneorlar 44 Back Bar 4Bar Tempo 128bFm CEHTER COELETEI fkSongk Teme orlar 440 Back Bar 4Bar Beat EEF Temeo 1286bFm 11 CEHTER CCELETEI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to enter the desired beat number and press the MENU ENTER knob In this procedure example let s enter 24 The display returns to the previous screen fkSongk Teme orlar 44 Back Bar 4Bar Beat EFF Temreo 128bem CEHTER CDELETE kong k Teme orlae 44 Back Bar seer 128bem CDELETEI Temra CENTER Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Tempo 120bpm and press the MENU ENTER knob 83 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function 120bpm starts flashing and you can now set the tempo You can enter the tempo between 30 and 250 MeSonsakTeneohar 44 Bac Ear Best Za 126bem CENTER COELETEI MeSongkTemeotiar 44 Back Bar Beat Temra CEHTER COELETEI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to enter the desired tempo and press the MENU ENTER
111. en the hard disk drive has a problem This message is shown when you are going to edit a track or part but there is not enough space on the hard disk for executing the undo function Wlarnins Carn t Delete Protected Song Fress ENTER key s _ Wlarning HGD Error Fress ENTER kes llarnina HDD Full Can t Undo L Fress ENTER key 25 During recording this message is shown if there is no more space left on the hard disk for recording This message is shown when you are going to make recording or ed iting to a song which is protected This message is shown when you are going to create a new song while 99 songs exist on the hard disk r Warnings HDD Full Press EHTER kes Warning This Sone is Protec ted Fress ENTER kes llarnina Too Mars Sonas a Press ENTER key MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions 26 i MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Basic operations This chapter describes power connection power on off demo song playback etc as well as basic multitrack recording If it is the first time for you to use a Multitracker read this chapter carefully first so that you are familiar with the MR 8HD basic opera tions then read other sections which describe advanced operations 27 MR 8HD Owner s Manual
112. ensions oes 312 gt INPUT A SELECT MNR DIGITAL MULTITRACKER INPUT B INPUT C INPUT D BAL STEREO OUT BAL BAL BAL L R PHONES 5 0 09 DISTORTION TRIM miraria MAX LINE MIC R PEAK D E EUBA TMELBAPE contrast REVERS DELVE ea _ 4398 8B eA 264 MENU ENTER ABC1 DEF2 GHIS POWERFUL NATURAL BRIGHT E E KLA MNOS ATIN B OUT STORE UNDO REDO CE m nn ma Bee Be MAX H RECORD REWIND AUTO PUNCH PLAY MODE 139 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications i Block diagram When using the normal mode TO STEREO BUSS L R TO STEREO BUSS INPUTA PAN Ea D INPUTA EFF REC SELECT DISTORTION RECORDER INi OUTI D TRK 1 FADER TRK 1 PAN SIMULATION FX AID TRK 1 EFF TRK 2 FADER TRAN TRK 2 EFF INPUT B REVERB DELAY TRK3FADER TRK 3 PAN TRK 3 EFF TRK4FADER TAKA pan INPUT C REVERB DELAY TIME TRK 4 EFF TRK 5 6 FADER INPUT D TRK 7 8 FADER MASTER S STOUTL MAS eR MASTERING FX Sa ST OUTR When using the bounce mode 1 4 gt 5 6 mode TO STEREO BUSS L R TO STEREO BUSS INPUT A PAN A INPUTA DISTORTION RECORDER INt
113. er rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Bar 12Bar and press the MENU ENTER knob To change the beat number rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Beat 143 and press the MENU ENTER knob To change the tempo rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Tempo 120bpm and press the MENU ENTER knob As with the procedure described on the previous page you can now set the bar number beat number or tempo Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to edit the value and press the MENU ENTER knob In this procedure example let s enter 10 for the bar number Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select ENTER at the bottom and press the MENU ENTER knob The editing is confirmed and the display returns to the tempo map screen MkSongkTemeoMar l 23 iBar id 4Bar a SBar Sad 127Bar la 16Bar 4 4 25 6bem lt Before editing gt 178bFMm 188bem MkSonskTemeotlar i 23 44 Back Bar id 128bFm 4Bar Zd 186bem SBar 34 S8bem gt 18Bsar ld 128bem i6Bar 4a 258bFm lt After editing gt To exit the menu mode press the STOP key or select lt lt Back and press the MENU EN TER knob repeatedly Deleting an unnecessary tempo event You can delete an unnecessary tempo event 1 2 84 On the tempo map screen rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the event you want to delete and press the MENU ENTER knob As with the description on the previous page
114. erate normally or ACY exhibits a marked change in performance or E The appliance has been dropped or the enclosure damaged An appliance and cart combination should be moved with 17 Servicing The user should not attempt to service the care Quick stops excessive force and uneven surfaces appliance beyond that described in the operating instructions may cause the appliance and cart combination to overturn All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel 7 Wall or Ceiling Mounting The appliance should be mounted 18 The appliance should be situated away from drops of water to a wall or ceiling only as recommended by the or spray of water manufacturer 19 Objects containing liquid such as vase must not be put on 8 Ventilation The appliance should be situated so that its the appliance location or position dose not interfere with its proper 20 The appliance is not completely isolated from the power ventilation For example the appliance should not be situated supply even if the power switch is at off position on a bed sofa rug or similar surface that may block the 21 Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing ventilation openings or placed in a built in installation such and no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be as a bookcase or cabinet that may impede the flow of air placed on the apparatus through the ventilation openings 22 Only use attachments accessories specified by the
115. ering effect types are available You can select the desired type using the MAS POWERFUL Adds power to the sound Good for rock TERING keys POWERFUL NATURAL and BRIGHT NATURAL Slightly adds power to the sound Good for acoustic music POWERFUL NATURAL BRIGHT Add brightness to the sound Good for use BRIGHT N AN A when the mixed sound is dark U g vie lt Note gt By activating the mastering effect the out put level raises Therefore be careful of the level change when monitoring via headphones or moni tor speakers as well as when adjusting the record Each effect type has the following character ing level of an external recorder Select the appropriate type 62 SS MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Track bouncing This chapter describes track bouncing which is an important function in the recording process The track bouncing mixes several tracks and records onto other two tracks By using this function you can record more sound materials to the MR 8HD tracks Three track bouncing modes are available 1 Bouncing tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5 6 2 Bouncing tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7 8 3 Bouncing tracks 1 through 8 to tracks 7 8 of a new song In any mode you can apply a reverb or delay to tracks 1 through 4 when bouncing to two tracks in stereo Further more you can apply the mastering effect to the mixed signals You can also execute track bouncing whi
116. ers The display looks like this 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 Faders Playback levels of tracks 1 through Flashing 1 through 4 4 for bouncing Playback levels of tracks 5 6 for 2 Raise the 5 6 fader and MASTER fader to the Pader geie a bouncing position Set all the other track faders down to the minimum position Fader 7 8 Monitor levels of tracks 7 8 Ae Recording master level of tracks 7 8 ader 68 5 During rehearsal and actual track bouncing the level meters on the screen show the fol lowing signal levels Meters 1 through 4 Playback levels of tracks 1 through 4 Meters 5 6 Recording levels of tracks 5 6 Meters 7 8 Recording levels of tracks 7 8 Meters L and R Monitor output levels of STEREO OUT L R By raising the PHONES VOL control you can hear the signals bounced to tracks 7 8 Use the 7 8 fader to control the monitor out put levels and use the MASTER fader to ad just the recording levels of the bounced sig nals appropriately while checking meters 7 8 You can apply the delay reverb to tracks 1 through 4 and the mastering effects to the ste reo Land R signals See Using effec
117. eseeseess 58 Applying external effects scscsseesesssensesessensenessensenessensenesnensenesneneenesneneenesneneeerenenaeers 59 Using the reverb or delay nnnsnnnsunnsunn nonno nunn nnnm nnnm nnnn nnen mnnn nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen nnen 60 Selectin Gari ellect O a oN ee eee 60 SeleCting a delay CV Pe seann eaer e e r chebashacevshevusewtesweseceeses 60 Adjusting the delay reverb time eseeseesesseseoseesseseseessessressessesessessessesessessessesessees 61 Adjusting the effect send levels ccssesssssessesessessessessessessessessessessesessessesessessenses 61 Using the mastering effects sissiitsicsisieiedeauchucicstecnststiuacthcduasuatactuetcncadenuansaucadesasuardovedastucucaad 62 Selecting the desired effect type esessesesesessesesessesesescereseressesesseesosessesesosseressseeseseeess 62 Track bouncing Preliminary knowledge s ssusnsnunnnununnnnununnnnnnenenununnnnunununununnnnununnnnnnununununn ennn nnnnnmnennnnn menneen 64 Track BounGing xaMple aiscisccstescescedicsidecsscssdesthscescsdecsalgisseusiestisiesssdaslelgcbesteaestbsvessess 64 Signal flow of track bouncing cc eeesessecsersecessecseccecceccescescensescescescensencensenseseneees 65 Bouncing tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5 6 sssssecseeeesereecerseeeeneeneneeneeenneeeeeeeseeenseeeennses 66 Rehearsal of track bouncing ccsessessessessessessessessessessessesssssessessesssssesssssssssseeseees 66 Actulal
118. eutel 13kBack T Ineut A Pan CHT Input B Par CHT Input C Fan CHT Input G Fan CHT Fhantom Power Off Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Phantom Power and press the MENU ENTER knob The current option by default Off flashes You can now set the desired option Meineutei iakPhantom 44Back Treut A Fan CHT Ineut amp Par CHT Input C Fan CHT Input D Far CHT om Power Off MFT neutRPhantom 44 Back InFut A Par CHT Ineut E Pan CNT Tnmeut C Fan CHT Input D Fan CHT Prenton Fower EH Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select On and press the MENU ENTER knob The screen shows a warning message for few seconds and returns to the previous screen While the message is shown all input channels are muted When the message is dismissed the mute is released If you select Off from On a warning message appears and all channels are muted 129 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions Mk IneutkPhantom 44 Back InFut A Fan CHT Input B Pan CHT Ineut C Pan CHT Input D Par CHT Phantom Power i MeIneute iii Fhantom 44Back Input A Pan Input E Pan Input C Pan CHT Inkut D Pan A Ek Power After making Phantom Power setting press the STOP key to exit the menu mode The display returns to the home screen When Phantom Power is set to On H lights on the home screen as below MR 8HD Ow
119. fied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 111 SS ee MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions Other functions This chapter describes the following functions which are important for using the MR 8HD 1 2 3 4 5 6 lt Notes gt While a menu screen is shown you can go up the menu screen level or directly exit the menu mode by the following operations Hard disk formatting Peak hold time setting Pre roll post roll time setting Beat resolution mode on off Phantom power on off Initializing the MR 8HD 1 Select lt lt Back on a menu screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the REWIND key The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the STOP key The menu mode exits and the display shows the home screen 123 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Other functions Hard disk formatting You can reformat the MR 8HD internal hard disk by using the FAT32 file system By reformatting the hard disk all existing song data on the hard disk is erased while all setting data including the menu settings are initialized and a new song Song01 is automatically created 1 2 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now
120. fkTrackrFErase Track Erase Track 44 Back CENTER CCAMCELI MkTrackrFErase Track Erase Track 44 Back Erase Track EE CEHTER CCANCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired option and press the MENU ENTER knob Erase Track is now highlighted on the screen Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes erasing lt Note gt If you want to cancel the erase op eration move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob a MeTrackFErase Track Erase Track 44 Back Erase Track 1 ace C CAHCEL HeTrack Erase Track Erase Track Please Wait MkTrack Erase Track Erase Track Come le ted Press ENTER Key 8 9 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the track edit menu screen where Erase Track gt is highlighted Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the result press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 103 Copying pasting track data You can copy whole data from ABS ZERO to REC END of the desired track s of the song cur rently loaded and paste it to t
121. g 4 or from a point before the point where you want to make punching in by pressing the PLAY key 2 When the recorder reaches at the point where you want to make punching in press the LOCATE A IN key while holding down the STORE key The display briefly shows Store LOCATE A and the time data when you press the LOCATE A IN key is set as the punch in point LOCATE AUTOPUNCH PLAY MODE ALIN B OUT STORE UNDO REDO yz9 PaR6 STU7 y y DELETE 3 When the recorder reaches at the point where you want to make punching out press the LOCATE B OUT key while holding down the STORE key The display briefly shows Store LOCATE B and the time data when you press the LOCATE B OUT key is set as the punch out point AUTOPUNCH PLAY MODE ALIN B OUT STORE UNDO REDO PQR6 STU7 vwxe DELETE 54 Part replaced with a new recording lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the punch in or punch out point you set sim ply redo the operation above The new time data overwrites the previous one Stop the recorder after setting the punch in and punch out points and rewind the recorder to the beginning of the song or to a point before the point where you want to make punching in lt Hint gt To rewind the recorder to the be ginning of the song after setting the punch out point press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key To locate before the punch in point carry out
122. g data to 5 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the clipboard Copy Part gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the source track s lt lt Back is initially highlighted 116 6 7 8 MkPartel 2okCors Pari q4Back Erase Part F Cors PastePar te Sor Part Faste Fart ny Mowe Part b eek Bae ta c lk Lopu Part Cory Track 1 CEHTER CAHCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Copy Track gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the copy source track s You can select the copy source track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks wkt Bar d ei Lk Cory Part 44 Back Cors Track i CEHTER CCAMCELI KB a kab Lk Cory Part 44 Back Cory Track CEMHTERI CCANCELIJ Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the track s to be copied and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous screen wkkEar ad ee Lk Cory Part e 44 Back Cory Track EE CENTER CCAHCEL ak BS ed hah Lk Cory Part 44 Back CofFy Track CEMTER CAHCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER at the bottom of the screen then press the MENU E
123. g flashes In the screen example below Input A Pan is selected and the default CNT is flashing MkIneutcie lokiInd Fan 44 Back Pa Input B Pan Input Pan CHT Input D Pan CHT Fhantom Power MkIneutkIneut A Pan 44 Back InFut A Pan Input B Pan CHT input C Pan CHT Input D Par CHT Fhantom Fower Off You can select the desired panning value from among RO1 through R10 and LO1 through L10 as well as CNT center Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired value and press the MENU ENTER knob The panning is set and the display returns to the previous screen In the screen example below Input A Pan is set to R10 MekIneutkIneut A Fan 44 Back Input A Pan Fi Input Par CHT Input C Fan CHT Input D Fan CHT Fhantom Fower Off HkIneutkIneut A Fan 44 Back Sa THFut A Input Par E i MELE Input C Pan Input amp Fan CHT Fhantom Power off You can also make panning setting of another input in the same manner as above Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode By selecting lt lt Back and pressing the NETER key the display returns to the previous screen Therefore you can also exit the menu mode by repeating this operation MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Bouncing the desired part of a song Typically bouncing is executed from the beginning to the end of a song as shown in Figure 1
124. h cannot turn off the power completely When this switch is up the MR 8HD enters standby mode i e the power does not completely turned off Therefore if you do not use the MR 8HD for a long time we recommend unplugging the power cord from the AC outlet It is very dangerous to use a power cord that is frayed or damage In such a case stop using the MR 8HD immediately and ask your dealer to repair the cord lt Important gt Model name power requirement serial number and other information for the MR 8HD are shown at the bottom of the unit FOSTEX moDELmMR 8HD DIGITAL MULTITRACKER FOSTEX CO 100 230V SERIAL NO JIRFJADAYNRZ 14W 60Hz MADE IN CHINA Precautions upon installing the MR 8HD Do not install the MR 8HD in locations subject to the following Extremely high or low temperature or significant changes in temperature Excessive humidity or dust Excessive changes in power supply voltage Unstable or significantly vibrating or shaking surfaces Near a strong magnetic field such as a TV or speaker 11 Notes on repair The MR 8HD does not use any parts that user can repair easily Contact your dealer or the nearest Fostex service station to ask about repairs Use the original packing carton of the MR 8HD when you transport or send the MR 8HD to the dealer or Fostex service station for repair If you have discarded the packing carton pack the MR 8HD using
125. he file in small size to a personal computer This method is useful for exporting data to a PC software application for multitrack recording For details about how to use the WAV Manager see the owner s manual supplied with the WAV Manager You can download the WAV Manager from Fostex web site http www fostex co jp 2 Using drag amp drop technique You can copy a song folder using drag amp drop technique This method allows saving all data in the folder including the history data etc Exporting data to a personal computer 1 Connect the MR 8HD to a personal computer via USB and open the root folder You can copy each song folder in the root folder to the personal computer 2 Copy a desired song folder to the personal computer using drag amp drop technique 3 After making copy exit the USB mode lt Note gt When drag amp drop the folder on your personal computer use the copy func tion If you use the move function not only the song on the MR 8HD is deleted but also other songs on the MR 8HD may be destroyed We recommend to enable the disk protection the default is enabled when executing data copy Using this method you can also copy the hidden folder which includes hidden files deleted by the MR 8HD song management operation Copied hidden files can be used as a normal song files by turning off the hidden attribute by the computer lt Note gt If you cannot see the hidden folder consult the m
126. he move source you can only select a mono for the move destina tion lt Note gt You cannot select the same track s for the move source and destination Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob Dest Track is now highlighted on the screen MeTrack FMove Track Moye Track 44 Back Source Track 1 Eag Dest Track CEWTER CCANCELI MeTrack FMowe Track Mowe Track dd Gack Source Track CENTER CANCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the move operation lt Note gt If you want to cancel the move opera tion move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob 9 10 HeTrack hHouve Track Mowe Track 44 Back Source Track 1 Dest Track 3 CCAHCEL 1 HeTrack Howe Track Mowe Track Flease Wait MeTeack Foye Track Moye Track Completed Press ENTER Key lt Note gt If a destination track has recorded data moving data overwrites the previous data Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the track edit menu screen where Move Track gt is highlighted Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you ar
127. he other desired track s The data on the source track s still remains after the copy paste operation Copy paste operation can be done within the currently loaded song ABS ZERO REC END lt Note gt You cannot copy paste track data of a song protected Release the protection before copying pasting track data 1 2 Load the song you want to edit While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU 1 25 kBack F System F Sons a Track Edit F Fart Edit F Ehathm Guide F 105 3 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Track Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the track edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 172i kTrack Edit 44Back System Sona Fart Edit gt Lies a Fhathm Guide F MkTrack 1 15hBack T Erase Track b Copy Faste Trkk Mowe Track a Chanae Track F Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Copy Paste Track gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the source track s and destination track s of copy paste operation Source Track selects the copy source track s while Dest Track selects the paste destination track s
128. he recorded track 9 Press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song 10 Press the PLAY key to start playback You can adjust the monitor level using track faders 1 through 4 as well as the MASTER fader and PHONES VOL control lt Tip gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult use the undo redo function to cancel the recording and try again Undoing recording undo redo If you press the UNDO REDO key after finishing recording you can return to the condition before the recording started UNDO operation Therefore you can try recording again If you press the UNDO REDO key again after UNDO the undo operation is canceled and you can return to the condition when the recording finished REDO operation NES MENU ENTER T STORE UNDO REDO MASTERING LOCATE BIOU 0 q4 UNDO REDO key za 0 DELETE PLAY REWIND FFWD lt Notes gt The undo redo function is available for all kind of recordings however if you carry out any of the following operations after making re cording you cannot undo the recording e Carrying out new recording e Carrying out track or part editing e Turning off the power e Selecting another song or editing the song name Basic mixdown This section describes basic mixdown which is the final process of multitrack recording Mixdown mixes recorded materials on track
129. i tananana aaa anaia iniaa aa aa abina Kaiia anaandaa 22 EGE CNS NAY r a ua eect ate ne e tae nanat ASEA Aeaee nAn AEEA NEA en 23 Home Screen nisaran e i ee ieor eae riea ee ra ae ai eeaeee 23 Selecting a time base MOE cescsssessssscecsscssscescesceessccsscessecseecseesesessecsecseesseeesees 24 Adjusting the display contrast csssscsscessecsecsssessecsscesssssecseesssececeseesseceesessecssceeees 24 MENU MOE screen oniani aseina deeeessansscaledevaaehstadasectedensseaasclere 25 Warning messageri aea eaa a desea ead ado Dias ats eee 25 Basic operations PDOUT POWER aAA T TTT TTT 28 Power connecHOMe enoe e ee a annan ae an eaaa aae a eea r Meant 28 About the standby mode nsensesesseseosessessssessessesseseseeseesessesessessesseseseese 28 PUTA GOT theuniti Sieste iene v et iei eke E e in E ea 28 Listening the demo SONG s ssssusunsunnsunn nuun nunn nuun nuun nnun nunn nnun mnnn nnnn mnnn nnun ennn ennn mnnn annn nnen nnen nnen enen en 29 Connecting headphones or monitor speaker system sessesssseseseesessesessesesesse 29 Playing back the demo SONG csssscsssssssseesenceecsecseeseccesceessessessesseesecsacsecssessessesees 30 Creating a song for recording wisiescvcciccensssesscesscseisdccasenesstscnennsesisedsearticsundensadduavasnssatbaeduuas 31 ll MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents INPUE Connection sissies cestiessiscinasnsctcaniiiensessaniacianascanestdsucusansicassddduauentisdaast
130. iate level When receiving a micro phone signal set the TRIM control to right MIC to get the appropriate level 36 Starting recording 7 While holding down the RECORD key press the PLAY key to start recording The guitar is recorded 8 When recording completes press the STOP key to stop the recorder lt Note gt We recommend to press the REC SELECT key for track 1 to unarm track 1 Playing back the recorded track 9 Press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song 10 Press the PLAY key to start playback You can adjust the monitor level using the track 1 fader as well as the MASTER fader and PHONES VOL control If you are not satisfied with the result use the undo redo function to cancel the re cording and try again Undoing recording undo redo If you press the UNDO REDO key after finishing recording you can return to the condition before the recording started UNDO operation Therefore you can try recording again If you press the UNDO REDO key again after UNDO the undo operation is canceled and you can return to the condition when the recording finished REDO operation KES qq UNDO REDO key lt Notes gt The undo redo function is available for all kind of recordings however if you carry out any of the following operations after making re cording you can
131. ibed later STOP key PLAY key While the recorder is stopped press the PLAY key while holding down the STOP key The MR 8HD plays back audio data between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points once then es a l meee LOCATE REC END LOCATE ABS ZERO ABPLAY LOCATE A point LOCATE B point 4 Playback S lt Note gt Note that this function is available only when the LOCATE A and B points are set See page 49 for details about how to set the LO CATE A and B points While the recorder is playing back between the LOCATE A and B points the display shows the icon as below lt Note gt If you carry out the operation above when the LOCATE A point is set ahead of the LOCATE B point i e LOCATE A gt LOCATE B the MR SHD During playback you can monitor playback audio of the desired track s by raising the ap propriate track fader s the MASTER fader and the PHONES control plays back audio data from the LOCATE A point to the REC END points once then stops 44 Pe MR 8HD Owner s Manual Advanced playback and locate functions Play mode The MR 8HD offers special play modes including the auto play auto return and loop playback modes in addition to the normal playback mode Selecting a play mode MENU JENTER While the recorder is stopped you can choose the desired play mode by pressing the PLAY MODE key as many times as
132. ineffective See the table on the right for details 71 The conductor map is effective The conductor map setting is effective Conductor Map On lt Note gt When Conductor Map is set to On the Signature and Tempo fields show as below This indicates that the signature and tempo values set on this screen are ineffective while the conductor map setting is effective MRE thmi 119 Back Rhythm Guide Conductor Mar Siana ture Temro ben Int ClickLevel 88 See the next page for details about how to set the conductor map MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function i EEE Creating the conductor map The MR 8HD can output the rhythm guide click which follows the conductor map during recording It can also output MIDI clock and song position pointer which follows the conductor map from the MIDI OUT connector The conductor map consists of the time signature map and tempo map You can add events to each map Each event specifies the time signature or tempo as well as the position from which the specified time signature or tempo is effective The time signature or tempo specified by each event is effective until the next event in the map appears For example if the time signature map has two events one sets 4 4 at the first bar 1 while the other sets 2 4 at the third bar the song is played in 4 4 from bar 1 to 2 and played i
133. ion the MR 8HD allows you to edit the re 2 Make sure that AUTO PUNCH is shown on the corded material using the following editing screen i e the auto punch mode is active functions If it is not shown press the AUTO PUNCH key e Deleting the whole data on the desired track using the Erase Track menu item 3 Press the RECORD key while holding down the See page 104 PLAY key The recorder starts executing actual punch in out operation The ETMGGIEE icon on the display changes to the ETE icon Unlike the rehearsal the recorder automatically starts recording when it reaches the punch in point then automatically stops recording and exits the auto punch mode at the punch out point lt Note gt You can cancel the auto punch in out recording you made by pressing the UNDO REDO key 56 Copying all data on a track and pasting it to another track using the Copy Paste Track menu item See page 105 Moving the desired track data to the other track s using the Move Track menu item See page 107 Exchanging all track data between tracks using the Change Track menu item See page 108 Deleting the desired part using the Erase Part menu item See page 113 Pasting the desired part s to the other track s using the Copy Paste Part menu item or the Copy Part and Paste Part menu items See pages 114 and 116 Moving the desired part s to the other track s using the Move Pa
134. is provided You can make global time signature tempo setting for a simple song or create a conductor map for a more complicate song and output the guide click Song data on mono WAV files on tracks 7 and 8 mastered by the MR 8HD can be converted to a stereo WAV file easily You can export the converted file to a personal computer and create an audio CD using the CD burn function of the PC The DIGITAL OUT port outputs S PDIF format digital signals You can make mixdown or digital copy to an external DAT or MD recorder The whole or a part of track data can be edited i e copied pasted moved exported exchanged and erased The MIDI OUT port is provided You can synchronize the MR 8HD with external MIDI devices MIDI sequencer etc using MTC or MIDI clock MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first Precautions before using About power supply Be sure to connect the MR 8HD to the power supply specified in the specifications section of this owner s manual Do not use an AC outlet of any other voltage Do not connect the MR 8HD to the same AC outlet to which devices that could generate noise such as a large motor or dimmer or the devices that consume a large amount of power such as an air conditioning system or large electric heater are connected If you use the MR 8HD in an area with a different power voltage first consult your dealer or the nearest Fostex service station The POWER switc
135. iting Part editing This chapter describes how to edit a part of recorded song You can edit data of a track or tracks between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points Part editing does not consume the hard disk space Therefore the remaining space of the disk does not change by executing part editing lt About part gt A part is defined as audio data between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points You can edit a part as described later Therefore before carrying out part editing the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points must be set See page 49 for details about how to set these points You can set these points after entering the part editing mode see the next page for details lt Undo redo of editing gt You can undo part editing By pressing the UNDO REDO key after executing part editing the song returns to the original condition before editing By pressing the UNDO REDO key after undoing part editing you can again return the song to the condition after being edited lt Notes gt UNDO REDO Also note that if you carry out any of the following after editing you cannot undo the editing anymore 1 Making new recording 2 Making new editing 3 Turning off the power 4 Loading another song DELETE UNDO REDO key lt Notes gt While a menu screen is shown you can go up the menu screen level or di rectly exit the menu mode by the following operations 1 Select lt lt Back on a menu screen and
136. k s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing 3 4 daekBae ta cei lk Paste Part 44 Back seoeBar a edo Tk Paste Part 44 Back Paste Track CENTER CCANCELI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the paste destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous screen aeaeeBige a chet k Paste Part 44 Back Paste Track CEHTER CCANCEL2 daekBap ta eel k Paste Part 44 Back Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the paste operation If you want to cancel the part paste operation move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob seokB Sr Had oko Lk Paste Part 44 Back Faste Track 3 ae CCANCELI MkPartkPaste Part Paste Part Please Wait HkFart Faste Part Paste Part Completed Fress ENTER Key lt Note gt If you are going to carry out the paste operation when no data is pasted on the clipboard the error message Clip board Empty is shown on the display and the MR 8HD does not accept the oper
137. knob is pressed see the lower screen MkERS that 17i Guide 44 Back MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function 4 Tempo Tempo setting The default is 120bpm You can select between 30 and 250 bpm The setting here is effective from the beginning to the end of the song when the Conductor Map item is set to Off i e the same tempo all through the song When the Conductor Map item is set to On the setting here is ineffective See the table on the below for details Pakhsthm Guide Off Conduce Tor Hae Off Int ClickLevel Internal click output level Sisnature 4 4 The default is 80 You can set it between 0 and Temra 128brin 99 Int Click Lewel 58 To exit the menu mode press the STOP key or se eres thine det eu de lect lt lt Back and press the MENU ENTER knob 44 Bac Rhythm Guide EZM eae Conductor Mar Off Sisnature 4 4 The table below shows how the Rhythm Guide and Temro 128bem Conductor Map item settings affect the conditions Int Click Lewel 26 of rhythm guide output and bar beat indication 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the a Bar beat Rhyth desired option and press the MENU ENTER On off conditions i a indication knob F The selected option in the example above Rhythm Guide Off The Signature On or Off is confirmed and the display No output and Tempo returns to the previous scr
138. l mixer digital effects including the de lay reverb mastering effects and insert effects simulation effects It allows you to carry out all the process for digital multitrack recording including overdubbing track bouncing and mixdown within the digital domain ensuring no loss of sound quality MR 8HD main features You can record high quality audio to the built in high performance 3 5 inch hard disk drive 40MB You can also edit recorded audio later without sound deterioration Up to 99 songs can be recorded Provides four analog input channels and up to four tracks can be recorded simultaneously Signals of four input channels INPUT A through INPUT D can be mixed to the stereo buss Pre mastering effects You can bounce all eight tracks to a new song which is automatically created in the bouncing process An ASP digital effect processor delay reverb with the algorithm newly developed by Fostex is built in allowing effect processing to tracks 1 through 4 during track bouncing In addition the MR 8HD also provides insert effects for microphone and amplifier simulation for coloring sounds The dedicated mastering effects are built in for the stereo buss allowing you to process sounds during track bouncing or final mixdown The adoption of self illuminated keys allows intuitive operation Phantom power is built in allowing direct connection of condenser microphones 10 The rhythm guide function
139. l of the master recorder for details about how to adjust the recording level 2 While playing back the MR 8HD rehearse mixing down the recorded sounds by adjusting the level 4 After rehearsing mixdown and adjusting the and panning of each track applying effects to recording level locate the MR 8HD to the tracks 1 through 4 and applying the mastering beginning of the song effects to the L R stereo mix etc The output levels from the STEREO OUT L 5 Start the master recorder recording and then start R connectors can be controlled by the the MR 8HD playing back MASTER fader Adjust the levels appropriately so that the 6 highest segments of L and R meters do not light After finishing recording stop both recorders lt Tip gt By sliding up or down the MR 8HD See Using effects on page 57 for details about MASTER fader gradually you can fade in 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 or fade out recording 41 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Mixdown to a digital recorder The following describes how to make mixdown recording to an external digital recorder 1 2 DIGITAL OUT Digital master recorder j Er w n Optical cable NS ae J Connect the DIGITAL OUT connector of the 3 While playing back the MR 8HD
140. l position marked by Raising these faders allows you to monitor the input sound If these faders are not raised you cannot monitor the sound via headphones MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations lt Note gt The fader for track 1 is used to ad just the monitor level To adjust the record ing level use the TRIM control of the IN PUT A channel 5 Press the RECORD key once the key indicator starts flashing Track 1 which is record armed now enters the input monitor mode and MEiN is shown on the home screen bar 1 a 9 B QO clk 1 Fe eyes spats FETT Fe Heas L FC Lelak i Li i IHFUT Mor 6 While playing the guitar adjust the recording level using the TRIM control of the INPUT A channel Adjust the level appropriately so that the PEAK indicator does not light Turning the PHONES VOL control clockwise raises the headphone monitor level The screen shows the input level of track 1 as well as the stereo L and R output levels bar 1 r 0 0 0 clk Plena Messe hee yes Sone HeAaYSETE LA j t lt Note gt Adjust the TRIM control properly so that the PEAK indicator does not light at the loudest part of the guitar sound If the input level is too high the PEAK indicator lights and the sound may be distorted or noisy IMFUT For lt Tip gt When receiving a line level signal set the TRIM control to left LINE to get the appropr
141. late the remaining time for record ing to more than one track by dividing the displayed time by the number of tracks Note that the remaining time shown on the screen is an approximate time 13 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first i M The term time base is used as the reference of recorder position information Using the TIME BASE SELECT key you can select from among two time base modes ABS time and bar beat mode Each screen example below shows the recorder is located at the beginning of a song in each time base mode bar 1 0 B 0 clk Deno Sons 12345618 LF lt ABS time mode gt lt Bar beat mode gt ABS time mode ABS time stands for Absolute time which is striped on the disk when creating a song It starts from OmOO0sOOOms ABS zero the beginning of a song and ends by 99m59s999ms at maxi mum Bar beat mode The bar beat clock information is created according to the internal tempo map The ABS zero position is set to bar 2 beat 1 clk 000 by default this is called bar offset The MR 8HD determines the bar beat clock value in a song in referenced to the bar offset as well as the time signature map and tempo map You can set the bar offset between bar 1 to bar 8 via the menu mode see page 81 The figure below shows the relation between two time base modes The beginning of a song Om00s000ms ABS ZERO Om03s000ms Om06s000ms ABS time mode 2bar 1 4000clk tbar 1 2 000clk Sbar
142. le mixing sound sources from inputs A through D 63 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing i COM Preliminary knowledge Before executing track bouncing read Track bouncing example below and Track bouncing signal flow on the next page Track bouncing example You can record more than eight materials using the track bouncing function as shown in the following example lt Step 1 gt lt Step 2 gt lt Step 3 gt Make recording to tracks 1 through 6 Bounce tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7 8 Delete tracks 1 through 6 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 i Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 7 9 Track 8 EOE ack 8 lt Step 4 gt lt Step 5 gt lt Step 6 gt Overdub new materials to tracks 1 Bounce tracks 1 through 4 to tracks 5 6 Delete tracks 1 through 4 through 4 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 5 Track 5 Track 6 Track 6 Track 6 Track 7 Track 7 Track 7 Track 8 EOE Track 8 In this step you can make track bouncing while listening to lt Step 7 gt tracks 7 8 as well Overdub new materials to tracks 1 through 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 64 SS ee MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Signal flow of track bouncing The following shows the signal flow for each of three track bouncing modes 1 4 gt 5 6 mode see page 66 In the 1 4 gt 5 6 mode tracks 1 through 4 are played back mixed d
143. lowed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the copy paste operation To cancel the copy paste operation move the cursor to CANCEL at the bottom of the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob wee oe adobe Lk Cry Pst Part 44 Back Source Track 1 Dest Track 4 CCANCELI MkFartkCry Fst Part Cey Pst Part Please Wait MePart RC y Pst Part Cru Pst Part Come leted Fress ENTER Key Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the part edit menu screen where Copy Paste Part gt is highlighted Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 111 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing i XaXnXWn EEE Copying pasting the part s 2 You can copy the desired part s of the selected track s and paste it them to the other time position of the desired track s Unlike the method described above in Copying pasting the desired part s 1 the part data is copied to the virtual clipboard and then pasted to the specified position of the other specified track s The copy paste operation of a part or parts can be made only within the current song LOCATE A LOCALE B In a ABS ZERO PONE REG END Copying to the clipboard TRK 1 TRK 2 TRK3 TRK 4 TRK5 TRK 6 TRK7 TRK 8 1 Load the song you want to edit
144. lue on the home MENU ENTER knob screen when the recorder is at the beginning The current offset value by default 2Bar of the song ABS 0 starts flashing The screen example below shows the home screen when the bar offset is set to 4 bars MNeSonat2 2okBar Offset d4back Sisnature Mark Temeo Mar rabar Offset HkSonakBar Offset qd4back Sisnature Harb Temeo Mar F Bar Offset E A FOSTEX The table below shows the available offset val ues 12345618 Option Meaning Option Meaning The home screen when the 8Bar ABS Zero bar 8 3Bar ABS Zero bar 3 bar offset is set to 4 bars 7Bar ABS Zero bar 7 2Bar ABS Zero bar 2 6Bar ABS Zero bar 6 1Bar ABS Zero bar 1 5Bar ABS Zero bar 5 OBar ABS Zero bar 1 4Bar ABS Zero bar 4 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired offset value and press the MENU ENTER knob The selected offset value is confirmed while the display returns to the previous screen MkSonskBar Offset 44Back Sisnature Mark Temro Mar Bar Offset MkSonat2 2obBar Offset 44 Back Sisnature Mark Temra Mar la k E 3 Bar To exit the menu mode press the STOP key 81 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Rhythm guide function Setting the tempo map After setting the time signature map you have to create the tempo map by adding the necessa
145. n 2 4 from bar 3 to the end For another example if the tempo map has two events one sets 120 at the first bar 1 first beat while the other sets 90 at bar 12 beat 2 the song is played at 120 bpm from bar 1 to bar 12 beat 1 while it is played at 90 from bar 12 beat 2 to the end Setting the signature map 1 While the recorder is stopped press the 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode Signature Map on the second page and press The display now shows the first page of the the MENU ENTER knob menu selection screen where lt lt Back is high The display shows the signature map screen lighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to on which the current time signature events are the previous screen You can also return to listed Each event specifies the bar number and the previous screen by pressing the REWIND time signature By default 1Bar gt 4 4 and key Bar gt are listed In this condition the MENU e129 PB ack song is played in 4 4 from the beginning to 44 Back head System n i si Sora Bar gt is used to create a new event Track Edit Part Edit MbSonat2e 2orSig Mar Rhathm Guide 44Back 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song aan ture Mark Temra Mar F and press the MENU ENTER knob Bar Offset 2Bar
146. n appliance is not defeated Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular 2 Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions h should be retained for tuture reference attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and 3 Heed Warnings All warnings on the appliance and in the me point where ney exit rom the appliance operating instructions should be adhered to 13 Cleaning The appliance should be cleaned only as 4 Follow Instructions All operating and use instructions should sc tidal die amp by thema ufacturer p be followed 14 Nonuse Periods The power cord of the appliance should 5 Water and Moisture The appliance should not be used ace from the outlet when left unused for a long ae Hs a a cies A eeehe Sey 15 Object and Liquid Entry Care should be taken so that objects pool and the like A f ai liquids are not spilled into the enclosure through 6 Carts and Stands The appliance should be used only with 7 f a cart or stand that is recommended by the manufacturer 16 Damage Requiring sous The appliance shouldbe serviced by qualified service personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged or B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the appliance or e C The appliance has been exposed to rain or D The appliance does not appear to op
147. n insert effect Recording track combinations and available input channel s The following shows the recording track combinations and available input channel s by the number of tracks simultaneously recorded Recording to a single track MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Recording to two tracks simultaneously LETN E E EI Track 1 Track 2 ke es ee ae ee Track 3 Track 4 Se Only INPUT A is available You can record only the INPUT A channel signal to the selected track The channels from INPUT B to INPUT D are not available Recording to three tracks simultaneously Trk 1 2 and3 i 2s a Trk 1 2 and 4 uan 0 eee LO EEN E EEEN Trk 1 3 and 4 Trk 1 5 and 6 1 eo Trk 1 7 and 8 1 EARTEN TETE Trk 2 3 and 4 Tao E m e San Sf EN Trk 2 5 and6 Trk 2 7 and 8 ee ee ee Trk 3 5 and6 ee ee aN CH N E E E Trk 3 7 and 8 Trk 4 5 and 6 PANETE H EN PETHE HTH Trk 4 7 and 8 INPUT A INPUT B and INPUT C are available The INPUT A channel signal is assigned to the track with the lowest number the INPUT B signal assigned to the track with the next lowest number and the IN PUT C signal is assigned to the track with the highest number lt Example of input assignment to tracks gt If you make recording to tracks 2 4 7 and 8 input t
148. nal computer which runs on any of the following OS systems Windows Me 2000 or XP Macintosh OS X or higher lt Trouble 2 gt The MR 8HD drive icon is not shown on the personal computer screen 134 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 Wait for a while until the drive icon appears On a Windows machine the MR 8HD is shown as removable drive On a Macintosh machine it is shown as MR 8HD o o i MR 8HD Owner s Manual Troubleshooting Other troubles lt Trouble 1 gt lt Trouble 2 gt cannot hear the rhythm guide click want to hear the rhythm guide click based on the Sig nature and Tempo settings on the rhythm guide set ting 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 In this condition the Signature and Tempo fields on this screen indicate as below showing that they are disabled e Is the Int Click level item in
149. ner s Manual Other functions Initializing the MR 8HD By initializing the MR 8HD you can initialize all global menu settings common to all songs as well as the time base and display contrast level 2 Initialized item Pre roll time setting Default setting 4 seconds Post roll time setting 1 second Delay type setting L R stereo delay MIDI sync out setting Off MTC frame rate setting 25 frames Beat resolution mode setting Off Peak hold time setting 3 seconds Time base shown when turning on the power Bar Beat Display contrast level Factory present level While the recorder is stopped press the 3 MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially You can also return to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key HEHU 1 25 RB ack T System F Sona F Track Edit F Fart Edit a Fhathm Guide amp Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the system menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted 4 HEHU 1723 System Sora Track Edit Fart Edit Fingthim Guide i MeSystemt i z Back T Fre koll Time FostRoll Time Delas Tare Midi Sync Out MTC Frame Rate FF F FL 5 130 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Inti
150. nnected to IN PUT C and INPUT D to tracks 1 and 2 When recording two sound sources simultaneously you must use INPUT A and INPUT B You cannot use INPUT C and INPUT D Reconnect the sources to INPUT A and INPUT B lt Trouble 3 gt The input level of the track to which am going to record is too low Is the TRIM control of the input to which the sound source is connected adjusted appropriately To set the input level recording level appropriately use the TRIM control so that the peak indicator does not light continuously lt Trouble 4 gt cannot hear the input signal via the headphones though the REC SELECT key is active e Did you press the RECORD key to make the armed track in the input monitor mode Is the PHONES VOL control raised You cannot hear the input signal unless the assigned track is in the input monitor mode by pressing the corresponding REC SELECT key to turn on the indicator Also you cannot hear any signal if the PHONES VOL control is set to minimum 132 Is the TRIM control for the input section the sound source is connected adjusted appropriately Set the TRIM control just below the position where the PEAK indicator in the INPUT A section lights at the loudest part lt Trouble 6 gt The meter shows good level for recording but no sig nal can be monitored via headphones though the P
151. nnnnunununnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnn nnn 39 Preparation for recording e esessssesesesesseeesesesseeesesesseceresessecesesessseereseseseeseseseseesesesese 39 Starting TECOL CIA esentse eea t A iae VEA SEE EErEE AEE S Eii 40 Playing back recorded tracks ccssessssscessesscessesecsssessesssessesseesseseessseseesssessesseessesees 40 Undoing recording undo redo esesessseesesessseesesessreesesessseeseseseseeseseseseeseseseseessses 40 Basie MIXA OWM s a ara eaaa paa aaa ra aeaa aaraa aaa ani aa Aaa aa a a Aaaa aaa aa aa Aaaa Saa PAn Aat EAE Saia dai 41 Mixdown to an analog recorder esssessesesesessssesesesossesesesossesesesossesesesossesesesossesesesoss 41 Mixdown to a digital recorder nsessesessessessesessessessesesseesesseseeseesesreseeseesesreseesseseseess 42 Advanced playback and locates functions So LUT aTe EE T T A E A E TE 44 Playback between LOCATE A and B points s ssscssessesseeeesseeesessneceeeeseeeeseneneneeeeeeeeae 44 PLAY MOG E EAEE A EA 45 Selecting aplay MOE ke cisscdeckescavedvetassivcevivecoveleadsies sesasesvveslvide r a rar EE 45 AIO play Modene e riie ei oe E E EE E DR 46 AUtO TECUIM ModE aeaaee e a a a A e A dcsreueeles 46 LOOP MOE ssecsessnccesselestiesesinesatadecestecdavausdenasecsuassccsueasseswtuapescdeadlesaybaceaaducdastacasseceasoes 46 Loop function in auto punch in out MOE s s sessesesssesesesesessesessseseses 47 EC SATS PUI CUNO o PA ste ces atta ace cect ey cea E T A
152. nnununnenunununnnnununnnnunununnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnn mnane nne 134 Other THOU DIOS araara ae aranan aa aaa a eaaa Saata paaa maaana en dan aa Saa aada ra waasna pa diaa aaaea nienia aiaia 135 MR 8HD Specifications Specifications cicaisinietecsssinstediasasniensnsiatinaioniutasenrdscswcaiduasasnsntinasaceddudsdudadsinendeiaiiudeaidudaanuwlands 138 Physical diMenSionS iis scis wesaiccc sieves coon ntd cdcanlwnedhcatnndeati evi onedunntecsanvtunensatbaveunulsestanniaeesuiuns 139 Block diagram asirai aiena enana arara aaae aeeai a eaaa iar Eea A 140 MIDI implementation chart scscceeesssseessecessneeeesseeenssseneseneeeesseeeseneeeessneesenssoeaenans 142 e E T E E E E T 143 Declaration of EC Directive nnnususnunenununnnnununnunenununnnnununnnnunununnnnununnnnenununn enen nnnnnnn annen nn 144 i MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first Read this chapter first This chapter describes precautions before using as well as features and basic knowledge of the MR 8HD To understand the MR 8HD features and basic functions read this chap ter before using MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first Introduction Thank you very much for purchasing the Fostex MR 8HD digital multitracker The MR 8HD is a digital multitracker which can record 8 track audio at 44 1 kHz 16 bits on the internal 3 5 inch hard disk Up to four tracks can be recorded simultaneously The MR 8HD is also equipped with an 8 channel digita
153. not undo the recording e Carrying out new recording e Carrying out track or part editing e Turning off the power e Selecting another song or editing the song name Overdubbing basics Overdubbing is recording something new while listening to the previously recorded track s It is a very important method in multitrack recording The following describes an example of over dubbing for recording a stereo keyboard to tracks 7 8 while listening to the guitar on track 1 See the procedure previously described in Recording onto a single track for details about how to record a guitar on track 1 In the procedure below we assume that the song of which the guitar has been recorded on track 1 is loaded Note that you can make overdubbing to another track or other tracks in the same manner as described below MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations 2 INPUT A SEL B lt A MR S DIGITAL MULTITRACKER 5 8 10 6 12 This indicates you can now record the INPUT A and INPUT B channel signals to tracks 7 and 8 respectively Preparation for recording 1 Connect the L and R outputs of the keyboard to input connectors of the INPUT A and INPUT B channels Connect the L and R outputs to the INPUT A and INPUT B channels respectively 2 Set the INPUT A SEL switch to MIC LINE 3 Press the REC SELECT key for tracks 7 8
154. nun ennn nn uneneen nunen enen 100 Protecting SONG aca ceidececditatetiatatidsewetasasuwetauasivce sendy vesawelausuescenivauldausudcunddiceveuaavecnsedewive 101 Track editing Erasing track Cate eiccciiasisatuccertwaseaevudsctucecudissnasentccucteeusseaudsatucavidianwadiuedwctuscevetudeacaducudamnebate 104 Copying pasting track data cissccisisiiiecsissiscenssescuisstcnnssnaseddennaiavasessssdansusaadesunnsicocawranonsnias 105 Moving tack dala ra ese r r Tar te cain reaS a aar Ar aaeeea T iee na e ao Apaan DO Se KAri aen ehai 107 Exchanging whole track data sssssssssscesessseeeseseseressseneesneeeensneseeeseeeeseneneeersnneenenenees 108 Part editing Playing back the part Between LOCATE A and LOCATE B to be edited 112 Changing an edit point during editing eesesssseseeseesessesessessesssseseeseesessesessesseses 112 Editing the part S oie an ets saictcicacnaceed ceive nnca chcnttewaudaasacitnunddaudisentnienaaadusetbonawaubsaseoamnaise 113 Gopying pasting the part S sicicetscciicivetistncceadevccuaivsstalearcuannsiuvastuessuccaeudetutetuncvudetvonsuanue 114 Copying pasting the part S 2 ssssscsssseessesessseeessneeseseeeesseensneeeneeneeneeensseeeneeeeseeeeensoess 116 Copying to the clipboard wt eekl cieetictedih ieee aoi en he cigs iise 116 PASH eS CHPDOALC GALA ssciscadecsetssieclelecectczesvesededSusesettucesiihedieoesNdeetedeusciubesselecesseee e 117 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents
155. o track assignment is as follows INPUT A gt Track 2 INPUT B gt Track 4 INPUT C gt Track 7 INPUT D gt Track 8 34 a nn Kt and2 Trk 3 and 4 DANN E ae LE E E E Trk 5 and 6 Trk 7 and 8 IE E E E Fil Trk 1 and3 EEN ae Trk 1 and 4 OE E M Trk 2 and 3 ee ee Trk 2 and 4 DE EDN u0un INPUT A and INPUT B are available The INPUT A channel signal is assigned to the track with the lower number while the INPUT B channel sig nal is assigned to the track with the higher number COE EE ik 1 2 3 and4 Trk 1 2 5 and 6 12 ee on OM ee Trk 1 2 7 and 8 5 and 6 TLE E D n Trk 3 4 7 and 8 me E Trk 3 4 5 and 6 1s oe Trk 1 3 Trk 1 3 7 and 8 Les 5 and6 L EEREN m 0E Ti 4 Trk 1 4 7 and 8 ee eel 5 and6 DE N eo Trk 2 3 Trk 2 3 7 and 8 EN N el Trk 2 4 5 and 6 2 E om Trk 2 4 7 and 8 2 a el All input channels are available The INPUT A channel signal is assigned to the track with the lowest number the INPUT B signal assigned to the track with the next lowest number the INPUT C signal is assigned to the track with the second highest number and the INPUT D signal is assigned to the track with the highest number
156. ob The display now shows the list of songs created on the hard disk from which you select a song to be deleted In the screen example below five songs are created so the list has only one page If more than five songs are created the list has more than one page MeSonativ2ikbelete 44Back Select Sona F Rename Sona k gt LS EET h Protect Off Reserved j 4 5 6 100 f eSongkDeleteSonati 13 S81 AARAAA Saz BEBBE S03 CCCCCCC Saq COLODDED Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select a song to be deleted and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows warning and confirmation for deleting the song HeSonakbeleteSonsaci i3 44Back SA1 ARAARA 56 ais MeSonsgkbeletesonakSas Delete Sona Can t Urdo Are You Sure Yes RECORD EMTER Key HotSTOP Kew F Press the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the RECORD key The selected song is deleted and the display returns to the song list screen MFSonakbeleteSoanati 13 4q Back sali nanan EE Saat DOBDODDD Any song number greater than the song num ber of the deleted song is moved up In the screen example above after Song 03 is deleted ex Song 04 is moved up to Song 03 and ex Song 05 is moved up to Song 04 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode In the example above the display now shows the home screen of new Song 03 ex Song 04 MR 8HD Owner s
157. ocedure described on the next page to play back the demo song 28 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations Listening the demo song A demo song is pre recorded on the hard disk of the MR 8HD when shipped Before you make recording let s listen to the demo song via headphones or a monitor speaker Connecting headphones or a monitor speaker system Connect headphones to either of the two PHONES jacks of the MR 8HD Both jacks feed the same signal so you may connect headphones whichever you like If you have a powered monitor speaker you may connect it to the STEREO OUT jacks of the MR 8HD Powered monitor speaker J MIR S k DIGITAL MULTITRACKER UNBAL GUITAR INSERT DISTORTION TRIM Dd ee e athe tt Bee ee eo me uur ani se Meo tee ws m econo stop aw mewo Ewo ee ww V bh lt Note gt You can plug a 1 4 phone plug to the STEREO OUT L or R jack lt Note gt When you connect a powered monitor speaker to the unit turn down the volume of the powered monitor speaker to minimum before you lt turn on the MR 8HD and the powered monitor speaker 29 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations O CM Playing back the demo song In the demo song approximately 1 minute audio is recorded on all eight tracks
158. ock value is automatically rounded down or up so that the clock digit is always 000 Let s see an example when the time base is set to the bar beat mode and the Beat resolution is set to On If you set the LOCATE A point to Bar 1 14 clock 468 and the LOCATE B point to Bar 12 44 clock 485 the rounded values are stored as below Bar 1 1 clock 468 gt Bar 1 14 clock 000 The clock value 468 is rounded down Bar 12 4d clock 485 gt Bar 3 14 clock 000 The clock value 485 is rounded up 1 While the recorder is stopped press the MeSustent2 29rd Reso MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode 44Back nem The display now shows the first page of the paakkold ine mE menu selection screen where lt lt Back is Disk Forma Poo highlighted initially Init Memora You can also return to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key MEHO 1 27 Back MeSustent2 2Ird Feso 7 EE 44Back System b FeakHold Time 35 Sona A J Resolution EHA Track Edit 4 Disk Format b Fart Edit it i Rhuthm Guide ee 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select On The display now shows the first page of the or Off and press the MENU ENTER knob system menu screen where lt lt Back is The selection is confirmed and the display highlighted returns to the previous screen HEHU 1 25 System
159. on the default song name is flashing in the ex ample below 2 of Song02 starts flashing MkSonakSelectSonacilel3 a4 Back 581 FOSTEX_FEWUER MeSonakselect Sona Hein Hew Sona Sona Hame Sons CENTER CCAHCEL Enter the desired song name Use the character entry keys to enter the de sired character at the flashing point Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the flashing point Use the UNDO REDO DELETE key to delete the character at the flashing point Therefore when the rightmost character is flashing as in the screen example above you can delete all characters by pressing the UNDO REDO DELETE key repeatedly You can enter up to 16 characters for a song name See lt How to enter characters gt on the next page for entering the song name as My_Song lt Note gt You may leave the default song name as it is Also you can edit the song name after creating a song using the Re name Song menu item in the song menu of the menu mode see page 99 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations 7 While ENTER is flashing press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the home screen of the newly created song My_Song As shown in the lower screen example the song name My_Song and the song number SongO2 are shown MeSonskSelect SonakHew Hew Sons lt How to enter characters gt lt Character entry keys gt Some keys on the MR 8HD to
160. ons for recording is completed 51 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Punch in out 1 2 3 Punch in out using the keys on the top panel You can make punch in out manually by using the RECORD and PLAY keys on the MR 8HD top panel lt Note gt The punch in out operation by yourself using the keys on the top panel sometimes prevents you from concentrating on playing In such a case ask someone to operate the MR SHD or use either of the other two punch in out methods described later MR S DIGITAL MULTITRACKER 14238 POWERFUL KLA AUTO PUNCH PORE INOS PLAY MODE stu irk 1a vei NATURAL BRIGHT AN USTOUT STORE UNDOREDO DELETE 2 4 Press the RECORD key while holding down the PLAY key Punch in Playback Recording Press only the PLAY key Punch out Playback Press the REC SELECT key for the track you are going to make punch in out recording The track is record armed Locate the recorder to the point before the punch in point and press the PLAY key to start playback It may be a good idea to play the instrument along with the playback sound so that you can get the tempo and feel When the recorder reaches at the point you want to punch in press the RECORD key while holding down the PLAY key see lt Important note gt below gt The armed track is punched in i e starts r
161. op starts from the LOCATE A point minus the pre roll time and ends by the LOCATE B point plus the post roll time The pre roll time is initially set to four seconds while the post roll time is set to one second In other words with the default pre roll and post roll time settings when executing auto punch in out the MR 8HD starts playback four seconds before the punch in point and ends playback one second after the punch out point While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially You can also return to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key HEHU 1 25 Back T System a Sona F Track Edit F Fart Edit F Rhythm Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the system menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 1 25 System Tr rack Edit Fart Edit Ringthm Guide la ld MkSysteme 1 20 kB ack y Fre koll Time Fostkoll Time Delas Tyre Midi Sync Out HTE Frame Rat 4 85 1 85 L F off 2a iT Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Pre Roll Time and press the MENU ENTER knob The currently selected pre roll time by default 4 0s flashes You can now set the desired pre roll time 126 LOOP START 4
162. ou can move the cursor flashing point by rotating the MENU ENTER knob or by pressing another character entry key lt Character entry keys gt Some keys on the MR 8HD top panel act as character entry keys in the menu mode For example the PLAY MODE key shown on the left can be used to enter S T U s t u and 7 Each press of a character entry key switches the character to be entered from among those assigned to the key PLAY MODE STU7 lt DELETE key gt Pressing the UNDO REDO DELETE key deletes the character at the flashing point By pressing this key repeat edly you can delete all char acters under the flashing point UNDO REDO lt Note gt If you enter the same name as an existing song or do not enter a name in step 5 and press the MENU ENTER knob in step 6 below the display shows Illegal Song Name and returns to the song name edit ing screen After entering the name press the MENU ENTER knob The cursor moves to ENTER at the bottom of the screen To cancel the operation use the MENU ENTER knob to highlight CANCEL and press the MENU ENTER knob HkSonakRkename Sona Fename Sona Sona Hame kkk NHA CCAHCEL I Press the MENU ENTER knob again The edited name is stored and the display returns to the song menu screen where Rename Song gt is highlighted Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode The MR 8HD exits th
163. own to stereo and bounced to tracks 5 6 Delay p You can apply a reverb or delay to tracks Trk 1 Paypak H 1 through 4 as well as the mastering effect Trk 2 Playbox H Loe to the mixed signals Trk 3 Playback H DAE You can also mix signals from the INPUT TrkA Fo H A through INPUT D channels during track NPuT A input tit bouncing Track bouncing From headphones or monitor speakers pe ny you can hear the signals bounced to tracks Unk 5_Fe P STEREO OUT L R 5 6 i e mixed signals as well as playback Trke ron pI signals of tracks 7 8 TeK EE RARATAN Trk 8 Playback 1 6 gt 7 8 mode see page 68 In the 1 6 gt 7 8 mode tracks 1 through 6 are played back mixed down to stereo and bounced to tracks 7 8 Trk 1 Playback H In this mode you can apply a reverb or Trk 2 Playback H delay to tracks 1 through 4 as well as the Trk 3 Playback H g mastering effect to the mixed signals Trk 4 Playback H Le a You can also mix signals from the INPUT TH Paa HE 8 A through INPUT D channels during track Trk 6 Payas paua bouncing INPUT A INPUT D From headphones or monitor speakers Track bouncing you can hear the signals bounced to tracks 7 8 i e mixe
164. p panel act as character entry keys in the menu mode For example the PLAY MODE key shown at the left can be used for entering S T U s t u and 7 Each press of a character en try key switches the character to be entered among those assigned to PLAY MODE Sona Hame the key ChMy_Sorna Sse CANCEL lt Character entry example gt The following procedure example shows how to en ter My_Song as a song name 6 1 Use the NATURAL key to enter M Use the LOCATE B OUT key to enter y Use the STORE key to enter _ Use the PLAY MODE key to enter S Use the NATURAL key to enter o Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor right Use the NATURAL key to enter n Use the 7 8 gt STEREO WAV FILE key to enter g lt Notes on cursor movement gt Pressing a different character entry key automati cally moves the cursor right If two successive characters are assigned to the same character entry key rotate the MENU EN TER knob after selecting the first character to move the cursor right After completing song name entry press the MENU ENTER knob The cursor moves to ENTER at the bottom of the screen MkSongkSelect SonakHew MkeSonakSelect SonakHew Hew Sona Sona Hame H_n Marna CCAHCEL Lad 2 bar 1 a QO g QO clk Now in addition to the demo song a new song on which no audio is recorded is
165. part s of a song which is protected Release the song protection before erasing the part s 1 2 3 4 Load the song you want to edit Set the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see page 49 You can check the part s by playing back the recorder between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see page 44 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU 1 25 Back T System F Sona F Track Edit s b Fart Edit Ehathm Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Part Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the part edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MEMUC L245 kPart Edit 44Back System F Sona Track Edit b EAF art Edit a Rhythm Guide MkPartel 2okBack T Erase Part F Copy PastePar th Cora Part F Faste Part d Mowe Part d 5 6 7 113 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Erase Part gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting a track or tracks of which you want to erase the part s On the screen lt lt Back is initially highlighted MePartti PokErase Part 44qBsack Corpy Pasterar th Cory Far
166. phone jack You can connect a guitar microphone key board etc to the INPUT D input Both the BAL XLR connector and UNBAL phone jack are provided so you can use the appropriate connector according to the sound source If you connect sources to both the XLR connector and phone jack the phone input takes priority see page 33 STEREO OUT jacks L R These jacks output the stereo L and R buss signals Connect these jacks to the monitor ing equipment or master recorder see pages 29 and 41 PHONES jacks 1 2 Two jacks 1 and 2 are provided You can use two pairs of stereo headphones with the MR 8HD see page 29 PHONES VOL control Adjusts the headphone output level see page 30 POWER switch Switches between standby mode and power on see page 28 To turn off the power when the power is on press and hold down the POWER switch for a few seconds lt Note gt This switch cannot turn off the power completely When this switch is up the MR 8HD enters standby mode i e the power does not completely turned off Therefore if you do not use the MR 8HD for a long time we recommend unplugging the power cord from the AC outlet REVERB DELAY TIME control This control adjusts the reverb time or de lay time When you select ROOM HALL or PLATE for the effect type it adjusts the reverb time When you select DELAY it adjusts the delay time See page 61 EFFECT keys These key
167. press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the REWIND key The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the STOP key The menu mode exits and the display shows the home screen 111 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing Playing back the part between LOCATE A and LOCATE B to be edited You can play back audio of the part before carrying out edit operation After setting the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points follow the procedure below for checking the part You can check the part before entering the menu mode as well as while the part editing screen is shown 1 Press the PLAY key while holding down the STOP key The MR 8HD starts playback between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points see also page 44 2 During playback raise the appropriate track fader s and the MASTER fader You can monitor only the part to be edited so you can check the editing range You can change the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points during the edit operation as well as before entering the editing mode see the following for details Changing an edit point during editing On the screen for selecting the target track s to be edited you can see the cur rent recorder position information in ABS time or bar beat clock The following screen example shows the
168. rack 1 You can check the part s by playing back between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points CENTER CCANCEL J see page 44 6 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Source Track and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the move source track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks HEHUC1 23 PBack 7 tttBar a st Tk k Mowe Part a F BE Track Edit P o Fart Edit F t Rhwthm Guide pects Iradi CEHTER CCAMCELI 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Part Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob fee Be on debe kk The display now shows the part edit menu Move Part screen where lt lt Back is highlighted 44 Back Source Track MEHU iezi Part Edit Dest Track i 44Back Sus tem CEHTERI CAHCEL Sora f F 2 we 7 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the Rhythm Guide amp move source track s and press the MENU ENTER knob You can now select the move destination MkPartcl 25 Back track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob F The available options are Erase
169. rack 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 DIGITAL MULTITRACKER 2 4 1 Use the 1 4 gt 5 6 1 6 gt 7 8 key to select the 1 4 gt 5 6 bounce mode Selecting this bounce mode automatically arms tracks 5 6 and changes the monitoring mode for these tracks to input monitoring mode The display looks like this Flashing 2 Raise the 5 6 fader and MASTER fader to the position Set all the other track faders down to the minimum position 66 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 4 using the track faders You can also adjust panning for tracks 1 through 4 and apply the reverb or delay to these tracks effect to the as well as apply the mastering mixed sound During rehearsal and actual track bouncing the track faders and MASTER fader control the following signals Faders Playback levels of tracks 1 through 1 through 4 4 for bouncing Fader 5
170. rast while rotating it counterclockwise lowers the contrast MR S DIGITAL MULTITRACKER FOSTEX FEVER Sond 12345678 LE High contrast MENU INTER 12345678 LF CONTRAST key MENU ENTER knob Low contrast While pressing down the CONTRAST key the dis play shows CONTRAST gt DIAL 24 Pressing the MENU ENTER knob while the recorder is stopped enters the menu mode and brings up the menu screen In the menu mode you can make setting or editing via the appropriate screen The top menu screen has two pages in which you can select the desired menu by rotating the MENU ENTER knob MENIK Iez Feel T System b Sona F Track Edit 4 k MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions art Edit Ehsthm Guide First page HEHU c2 23 Back RHYTHM TIME BASE GUIDE SELECT 1 4 gt 5 6 18 gt NEW 16578 gt SONG ABC DEF2 CONTRAST STEREO 7 8 gt WAV FILE BOUNCE MENU NTER GHIS MENU ENTER knob InPut USE a r b Second page If a serious problem happens to the MR 8HD during operation an appropriate warning message is shown on the display Most warning messages are being shown until the MENU ENTER knob is pressed Note Warning message that there are also not so serious warning messages besides the following This message is shown when you are going to delete a song which is protected This message is shown wh
171. rd etc If you connect sources to both the XLR con nector and phone jack the phone input takes priority When using the INPUT A section select the INPUT A SEL switch on the rear panel appropriately according to your us age see page 33 2 INSERT connector TRS phone jack 4 Connects an external effect processor typi cally a compressor limiter etc For connection between the MR 8HD and the effect processor use a Y cable as shown be low see page 59 TIP SEND To the effect input gt GND RING RETURN From the effect output 18 INPUT B input connectors XLR connector and phone jack You can connect a guitar microphone key board etc to the INPUT B input Both the BAL XLR connector and UNBAL phone jack are provided so you can use the appropriate connector according to the sound source If you connect sources to both the XLR con nector and phone jack the phone input takes priority see page 33 INPUT C input connectors XLR connector and phone jack You can connect a guitar microphone key board etc to the INPUT C input Both the BAL XLR connector and UNBAL phone jack are provided so you can use the appropriate connector according to the sound source If you connect sources to both the XLR con nector and phone jack the phone input takes priority see page 33 10 11 12 13 INPUT D input connectors XLR connector and
172. reen showing the startup status of the MR 8HD followed by the home screen which is similar to the one below In this condition the previously loaded song is loaded and the recorder is located at the beginning of the song The home screen provides the following information MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions T P bar 1 O gt FOSTEX_FEVER Bana li Time counter display Time information of the current recorder po sition is shown in ABS or bar beat mode by default bar beat Using the TIME BASE SE LECT key you can select a desired time base mode When the recorder is moving playing back fast forwarding etc the appropriate icon is also shown While the hard disk drive is in access ACC lights up Character display Normally the name of the song currently loaded is shown up 16 characters can be shown at a time It also shows following information e Aname of the operation mode currently being executed such as BOUNCE 1 6 gt 7 8 e A not so serious warning message e The Remain time when at least one track is record armed i e At least one of the REC SELECT keys is active SE bar 1 P B B 0 clk Femain fishsbmsss susssususunuuununusunununnnn i eeeeeeemen Canal The remain time shows how much time you can further record audio data onto a mono track using the available space left on the hard disk Track level display The recording or playback levels of tra
173. rt menu item See page 119 Exchanging parts between tracks using the Change Part menu item See page 121 lt About part gt A part is defined as audio data between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points Therefore you have to set the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points when editing a part The punch in and punch out points set for the auto punch in out function also can be used as the LOCATE A and LO CATE B points OOOO U MR 8HD Owner s Manual Using effects Using effects The MR 8HD provides the insert effects for recording microphone and amplifier simulation effects the delay reverb effects for track bounce or mixdown for tracks 1 through 4 only and the master ing effects for L R mix You can also use an external effect device connected to the INSERT connector 57 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Using effects i TPT Using the insert effects The INPUT A channel of the MR 8HD provides two types of insert effects microphone and amplifier simulation effects These effects can be used during recording These effects simulate popular microphones and guitar amplifiers If you use the microphone simulation effect when you record an acoustic guitar through your microphone you can make recording as if you are using a famous microphone If you use the guitar amplifier simulation effect when you record an electric guitar directly connected to the MR 8HD you can make recording as if you are using a famous guit
174. ry tempo event s Like a time signature event a tempo event specifies the tempo at the tempo changing point Each tempo specified by a tempo event is effective until the next event appears For example you can set the tempo to 120 at the third beat in bar 4 and set to 90 at the second beat in bar 12 etc 1 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen You can also return to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key HEHU 1720 Back T System Sona Track Edit Fart Edit Ehathm Guide i i al 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Song and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the song editing screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MEMUC i239 FSong 44Back ees tem Track Edit F Part Edit Ehsthm Guide amp MkSonat 1 25 kB ack Select Sona F Rename Sona F Delete Sona F Protect Reserved off 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Tempo Map on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows the tempo map screen on which the current tempo events are listed Each event specifies the bar beat position and tempo By default 1Bar 14 gt 120 bpm and Bar d gt bpm are listed In this condition the song
175. s 1 through 8 down to stereo The mixdowned material can be recorded to an external master recorder The MR 8HD 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 you can also record a mixdowned signal internally to a new song of the MR 8HD using the track bouncing function without the need of an external master recorder see Track bouncing described later MR 8HD Owner s Manual Basic operations g 2 Q F 3 o Track 1 Playback Track 2 Playback Track 3 Playback Track 4 Playback z T I gt STEREO OUT L l x 5 D A Analog signals Track 5 Playback gt m O STEREO OUT P Track 6 Playback gt T Track 7 Playback o _ DIGITAL OUT gt Digital signal Track 8 Playback gt Mixdown to an analog recorder The following describes how to make mixdown recording to an external analog recorder STEREO OUT L R Analog master recorder 1 Connect the STEREO OUT L R connectors of 3 Adjust the recording level of the master recorder the MR 8HD to the input connectors of an while rehearsing mixdown analog master recorder See the manua
176. s are used to select the effect type You can select from three reverb types ROOM HALL and PLATE and a delay DELAY The selected key is lit see page 60 MASTER fader Adjusts the stereo L and R buss output level see pages 30 through 39 Track faders Each fader adjusts the track playback level Each of track faders 5 6 and 7 8 controls the stereo signal see pages 30 through 39 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Names and functions 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 REC SELECT keys Used to select the recording track s You can record onto up to four tracks simultaneously Pressing a key arms or unarms the corre sponding track s Tracks 5 6 or 7 8 are armed or unarmed simultaneously see pages 35 through 42 PAN controls Control panning for tracks 1 through 4 EFFECT SEND controls Control the amount of signals from tracks 1 through 4 sent to the internal effect reverb or delay see page 61 Insert effect selection keys Used to select the insert effect mic simula tion or amp simulation for the signal from the INPUT A jack When setting the INPUT A SELECT switch on the rear panel to MIC LINE you can use the mic simulation effect When setting the switch to GTR DIST you can use the guitar amp simulation effect see page 58 TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF keys Each key selects whether or not sending the corresponding input signal to the stereo L R busses see page 72 E
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178. screen where Erase Part gt is highlighted Erase Part 10 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode 44 Back Besse Teck 3 lt Note gt If you are not satisfied with the re sult press the UNDO REDO key to undo LEHTER I CAHCEL the operation see page 111 MkPartkErase Part Erase Part Flease Wait Copying pasting the part s 1 You can copy the desired part s of the selected track s and paste it them to the same time position of the other desired track s The copy paste operation of a part or parts can be made only within the current song You can also make the copy paste operation of a part or parts using another method described later in Copying pasting the desired part s 2 LOCATEA LOCATE B 3 point oint While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen MEMU C125 Back F System Sona F Track Edit F Fart Edit a Ehathm Guide F r lt Note gt You cannot copy paste track data of a song protected Release the protection before making the copy paste operation 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Part Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the part edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted
179. screen for select ing the track s for part erasing Erase Track 1 CEHTER CCAHCELI The time or bar beat clock value changes in realtime as the recorder moves i e when it plays fastforwards rewinds locates etc When you carry out the locate operation to the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point and the current position matches the locate point LocA or LocB is shown to the left of the current position information as shown below This shows that the recorder is now at the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point Hk Bar d ese 1k Erase Part Erase Track 1 CEHTER CCANCELI 112 The LOCATE A or LOCATE B point can be changed while this screen is shown by fol lowing the procedure below 1 Move the recorder to the desired point by using the PLAY REWIND or F FWD key While the recorder is at the desired point press the STORE key and followed by the LOCATE A IN or LOCATE B OUT key The old editing point is overwritten by the new point After setting the new editing point LocA or LocB is shown to the left of the current position information as shown left After setting the new editing points you can edit erase paste move or exchange data of newly specified part Erasing the part s You can erase the part s on the selected track s of the current song LOCATE A LOCATE B point point ABS ZERO REC END lt Note gt You cannot erase the
180. shes MFUSE Clio kProtect 44Back Cisk Protect USB Device Moder n MRUSE Clio kProtect 44Back fi Disk Protect USE Device Moder 94 4 5 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Off and press the MENU ENTER knob The selection is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen MRUSEC 1 13 kProtect 4453c k Disk Frotect USB Device Moder MRUSECi iokProtect 44Beack EE eet ee USE Device Moder The disk is read write enabled unprotected You can transfer data between the MR 8HD and a computer in both ways The disk is read only protected You can transfer data only from the MR 8HD to a computer default setting Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt When you enter the USB mode while the disk protection is disabled the screen as below is shown In this condition the hard disk is read write enabled and you can bi directionally trans fer song data between a computer and the MR 8HD MFUSERDewi ce USB Mode STOP Kes Exit Pe MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer Archiving a song You can archive song data recorded by the MR 8HD by using either of the following methods 1 Using the WAV Manager supplied by Fostex The WAV Manager converts each track data to a single mono file Data is compressed so you can save t
181. shock absorbing materials Fostex is not responsible for malfunction or damage due to incomplete packaging or caused during transportation Because the MR 8HD is a consumer product Fostex does not offer on site service or provide a loaner unit while your MR 8HD is under repair About copyrights It is prohibited by law to use any part of a CD recording or video images or audio data for which copyright is possessed by a third party for commercial purposes such as contents broadcasts sales or distribution any purpose other than for your personal pleasure About damages Fostex is not responsible for any direct damage or indirect damage caused by using the MR 8HD Notes on audio interruption If you make recording or editing to a song many times audio may be occasionally interrupted when the song is played back due to data fragmentation Note that this is not a malfunction Note on USB connection with Mac OS Before you connect the MR 8HD to a Macintosh computer make sure that the OS is Mac OS X or higher The MR 8HD supports only Mac OS X or higher If you connect the MR 8HD to a Macintosh computer with Mac OS lower than OS X song data on the MR 8HD may be damaged MR 8HD Owner s Manual Read this chapter first The basics of the MR 8HD This section describes the basics of the MR 8HD you should know before using the MR 8HD Recording method The MR 8HD is fitted with a 3 5 inch hard disk drive
182. shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially You can select between 0 1s and 10s in 0 1 second steps 4 MEM 172i kB ack T uw C y co Y Sona F Track Edit F Fart Edit d Ehathm Guide Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the first page of the system menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted HEHU 1 25 PSs tem 44B ack e ERECT Sona Track Edit Fart Edit Ehrat Guide la MeSysteme 1 23 kb ack 6 y Fre koll Time PostRoll Time Delas Tyre Midi Sync Out HTE Frame Rat 4 65 1 85 L F off z5 iT Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Disk Format on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display show the screen where Are You Sure flashes As this screen indicates formatting the hard disk deletes all songs on the disk and you cannot undo disk formatting To stop formatting press the STOP key to exit the menu mode MeSystemt2e 2kFormat 44Back FeakHold N FkFesolut Time Lor T Init Hemor i 124 HkSystemtF ormat Disk Format Delete All Sopas Can t Unda Yes RECORD EMTER Kes HotSTOP Key Press the MENU ENTER knob while holding down the RECORD key Formatting starts When formatting completes Completed is shown on the display and the
183. signals of tracks 1 through 4 during Selecting a delay type When you use the delay effect you can select a delay type 1 2 3 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially MEHL 1720 kBack T System Sona Track Edit a Fart Edit Fhathm Guide P Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select System and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the system menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MEMUC 1 20 koSsstem 44Back System Sona Track Edit Part Edit Ehathm Guide i i r r ha MeSystemt 1 23 Back F Fre koll Time FostRoll Time Delas Tyre Midi Sync Out of MTC Frame Rate 25 mep Ipo th i Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Delay Type and press the MENU ENTER knob The current delay type starts flashing and you can now select from among three options shown below L R is initially selected MkSastemi i i bDLY Tore d4Back Fre koll Time Fostkoll Time OERE Midi Sync Dut MTC Frame Rate MeSustemPDLyY Ture 44 Back Fre koll Time FostRoll Time Delas Tyre Midi Sync Out MTC Frame Rate cd ILA in Ho a a hohe F cN 1 You can choose from among the following three delay types L R L R delay default Mono Mono delay Diff Diff
184. ss the UNDO REDO key to undo the operation see page 103 Moving track data You can move whole data from ABS ZERO to REC END of the desired track s to the other desired track s After the data is moved the original track s is are silent You can only move track data within the current song ABS ZERO REC END TRK 1 TRK 2 TRK3 TRK 4 TRK 5 TRK 6 TRK 7 TRK 8 lt Note gt You cannot move track data of a song pro tected Release the protection before moving track data 1 2 3 4 Load the song you want to edit While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially selecting lt lt Back returns to the previous screen HEHU 1720 Back System F Sons F Track Edit F Fart Edit F Rivsthin Guide F Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Track Edit gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the track edit menu screen where lt lt Back is highlighted MEMUC 29 kTrack Edit 44 Back Sys tei F Sona a eee b a la Part Edit EFhathm Guide MeTrack 1 19 kBack F Erase Track F Cora Faste Trkk Mowe Track k Chanae Track Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Move Track gt and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for selecting the source track s an
185. starts in 120 bpm and there is no tempo change Bar d gt bpm is used to create a new tempo event MeSonat2 2okTemeo Mar 44Back Sisnature Harb Temra Mar a Bar Offset 2Bar 5 82 MeSonsklemeohar clei iBar id 1286Fm Bar d bem The procedure example below shows how to add the following tempo events to the tempo map Bar 1 beat 1 120 bpm Bar 4 beat 2 180 bpm Bar 8 beat 3 90 bpm Bar 12 beat 1 120 bpm Bar 16 beat 4 250 bpm Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Bar d gt bpm and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the screen for setting the new tempo event where lt lt Back is highlighted MkSongkTemeotar ciel 4q Back 1Bar id 128bem Bar 3 bem MeSonsgkTeme oar 7Bar id Bar Beat Teneo 128bem CEHTER COELETEI Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Bar 2Bar and press the MENU ENTER knob 2Bar starts flashing and you can now set the bar number You can enter the bar number between 1 and 999 MeSonsgkTemeohtar 44 Back Best ld Temeo 128bFm CEHTER COELETEI MeSonsgkTemeotar 44 Back Bar Beat ld Teneo 128bem CENTER COELETE 6 7 8 9 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to enter the desired bar number and press the MENU ENTER knob In this procedure example enter 4Bar The display returns to the previous scre
186. stering effect Mic simulation MIDI implementation chart Mixdown lt O gt Overdubbing Offset Optical cable lt P gt Playback Power supply Power switch Personal computer Part Punch in out Punch in out points Play mode Pre roll Peak hold Phantom power Protect Paste i cede POSUIOll EE EAT lt Q gt QUANTIZALION e e e iE iea aet 138 lt R gt Recording ci s i cceststcsssetacszeatecseetseitazasecidsaceeenteesiasehe 35 to 42 Recording level ceccceeceseecssseeeeereeseeeeseeeeneees 35 to 42 Recording track seeeeeeeeceseteeseeteessessenseeeseeseeesenseeeetaes 34 Recording method 00 eeeeeeeeseeeeeeteeeeeeteeerateeeeeateneeeatee 12 RANEA a EEE EEEE PASE EEE EAE 60 RedOis irssi nta hiisi 36 38 40 103 113 Rema Asenna eah 13 35 37 39 Rehearsal 55 66 68 70 Repro IMIOMMON s ce seses cess cacceteceecs eaetecinsestaesijueniesdasiiareaeaise 14 Resolution REC END Rhythm guide lt S gt Signature oiie on lai eae 75 to 80 SSUTMUMAT OM aie EAEE 58 SCQUCNCEM ie ides ence trend to a Ee aiana ta kianat 86 Signature map ou eeeeeeseseeeseeteteeseeeseseteeetetataeseeees 75to 80 Standby MOC eeeeeceeseeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeceeeeeeaeaeaeeeseseaesees 28 SONGS EEE TE EE TATE Select a song MR 8HD Owner s Manual Specifications SONG NAME ceceseececescecesceeeseeeeaeeeeeeeecaeeeeateeseneeeatees 32 99 Synchronization oes eeeeteteteteeeeeteeeeeeeteeeeeeeeaeaeeeeteeee
187. stopped press the LOCATE A IN or LOCATE B OUT key The recorder instantly locates to the appropriate point When the current recorder position is between the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points LOCATE A point The current position LOCATE B point 4 4 4 Locate Locate me COPE eerie e When the current recorder position is before the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points The current position LOCATE A point LOCATE B point z Locate Terep ana BURP a ai Locate e When the current recorder position is after the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points LOCATE A point LOCATE B point The current position 4 Locate a eb LLLLLLI TEL Locate lt Tip gt By selecting the play mode to Auto play the recorder automatically starts playback after locating the LOCATE A or LOCATE B point 50 SS MR 8HD Owner s Manual Punch in out Punch in out Using the punch in out function of the MR 8HD you can overwrite the desired part of the recorded track Punch in means switching from playback to recording while punch out means switching from recording to playback The MR 8HD offers three methods for making punch in out recording 1 Manual punch in out using the top panel keys 2 Punch in out using a footswitch 3 Auto punch in out at the specified in out points The following description assumes that the song you are going to make punch in out recording to is loaded and the preparati
188. t 7 8 ABC1 key Selects the bounce mode see page 63 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of A B C a b c and 1 see pages 32 and 99 TIME BASE SEL key Selects the time base shown on the display see page 24 Each press of the key switch between time and bar beat BOUNCE 1 8 gt NEW SONG DEF2 key Selects the bounce mode see page 63 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of D E F d e f and 2 see pages 32 and 99 20 27 28 29 34 CONTRAST key By rotating the MENU ENTER knob while holding down this key you can adjust the display contrast see page 24 7 8 gt STEREO WAV FILE GHI3 key This key is used when converting a mono WAV file recorded on tracks 7 8 to a stereo WAV file see page 90 You can export the stereo WAV file to your personal computer over the USB connection see page 92 In the menu mode this key is used for char acter entry of G H I g h i and 3 see pages 32 and 99 LCD display This 132 x 64 dot LCD display shows vari ous information see page 23 MENU ENTER rotary push knob Pressing this knob enters the menu mode In the menu mode rotating this knob se lects the item or numeric value while press ing this knob confirm the setting selection 31 32 MASTERING POWERFUL NATURAL BRIGHT keys Used to select the desired mastering effect during track bounce or mixdown You can select
189. t F Paste Part d Mowe Part la Erase Part Erase Track 1 CEHTER CCAHCELIJ Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Erase Track and press the MENU ENTER knob The current option starts flashing and you can now Select the desired track s by rotating the MENU ENTER knob The available options are 1 through 8 mono track 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 stereo tracks eee a ko lk Erase Part q4 Back CENTER i CAMCELI eo Br Fad eto Lk Erase Part 44 Back Erase Track CENTER CANCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired option and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous screen ae a ask Lk Erase Part q4 Back Erase Track EEE CEMTER CANCEL I AaB td Erase Part 44 Back CENTER CCANCELI MR 8HD Owner s Manual Part editing 8 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob MkPartkErase Part Erase Part Come le ted The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes erasing Press ENTER Kes If you want to cancel the part erase operation 9 move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob Pd a ee cc Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the part edit menu
190. t editing 8 9 debt Bar oR ck lk Change Fart 44 Back Source Track Dest Track i CEMTER CCAMCELI Ae Bagr a dee Lk Change Part 44 Back Source Track Dest Track 1 CENTER CCANCELJ Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the destination track s and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows the screen where Dest Track is highlighted ak Bar tad eo Lk Change Fart 44 Back Source Track Dest Track l a CENTER CCANCEL BKB a aa Lk Change Part 44 Back Source Track 4 L CEHTER CCAHCEL Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to ENTER on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows Please Wait immediately followed by Completed when the MR 8HD completes the exchange operation If you want to cancel the exchange operation move the cursor to CANCEL on the screen and press the MENU ENTER knob KBr a ck Lk Change Fart 44 Back Source Track Dest Track ae CCAMCEL tee NkParteChanse Fart Change Fart Please Wait MkPartklhanse Part Chanae Fart Completed Press ENTER Key 122 10 Press the MENU ENTER knob The display now returns to the part edit menu screen where Change Part gt is highlighted 11 Press the STOP key to exit the menu mode lt Note gt If you are not satis
191. tect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 12 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over LACM Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped MR 8HD Owner s Manual Safety instructions Contents i C C Table of contents Safety INSIHUCHONS sisisisscisataccisscdisiieasetcinenenssctiddsdanesasstusdscdisadundad catnnsadsucaswadusssncstarandsadaaeatinn 2 Read this chapter fist ecisssasidccestesavssiecsuytcneeauasusseudwustdutassusieeduvscbaeneddusacucibuaastauuniideuyeuslnadduoccasann 9 MEMEO CUI CUO IN cases E A E TA E E E E E T E 10 MR 8HD main TO atures i iciceicccaseascceictneseecesenstemeistvevamsntevawetecusensedsbueweuce ueitaueceisutevivevcurnavieins 10 Precautions before LI
192. tem H Sona I Track Edit Fart Edit Ehathm Guide F 2 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Input on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the input menu screen MEMUc223hIneut 44 Back Li USB H MkIneutci 1okBack T InFut A Pan CHT Input B Pan CHT Input C Fan CHT Input D Fan CHT 4 Fhantom Fower Off The default panning settings are as below You can set each input to the desired panning position from L10 hard left to R10 hard right Input A CNT center position Input B CNT center position Input C CNT center position Input D CNT center position lt Tip gt You can directly access to the in put menu screen by a long press of the TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key of the desired input channel On the input menu screen accessed in this way the panning setting item for the corresponding input is highlighted For example a long press of the TO STE REO BUSS ON OFF key of INPUT D di rectly accesses to the screen shown be low MFIneutkineut D Par 44 Back 5 In eut A Pan Input B Pan Input C Fan InFut D Fan Fhantom Power Dor Aa e e Ie pa n 73 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired item any one of Input A Pan through Input D Pan and press the MENU ENTER knob The display shows the screen for making panning setting of the selected input The current settin
193. 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 gt 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 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 lt Auto punch in out of track bouncing gt You can bounce only the desired part between the IN and OUT points using the auto punch in out function see page 74 lt Track bouncing while mixing signals from INPUT A through INPUT D gt When you bounce tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7 8 you can also mix signals from INPUT A through INPUT D together see page 72 lt Exporting bounced data to a PC gt Song data bounced to tracks 7 8 can be ex ported to a PC You can use the exported data as a source when burning an original audio CD using a CD RW drive or use it with a computer s music soft ware Before exporting song data on tracks 7 8 toa PC you must convert the two mono WAV files on tracks 7 8 to a stereo WAV file see page 90 Bouncing tracks 1 through 8 to a new song You can bounce tracks 1 through 8 to tracks 7 8 of a new song A new song is automatically created when executing track bouncing lt Note gt In the 1 8 gt NEW SONG mode you
194. the bounce mode is selected to 1 4 gt 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 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 Checking the bounced signals on tracks 5 6 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 2 Make sure that the input monitoring mode is turned off 3 Press the PLAY key to start playback from the beginning of the song 4 Use the 5 6 fader to control the playback level of the bounced signals By playing back the recorder while the bounce mode 1 4 gt 5 6 is active only tracks 5 6 can be monitored In this condition you cannot monitor playback signals of tracks 1 through 4 even if you raise their faders 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 lt Auto punch in out of track bouncing gt You can bounce only the desired part between the IN and OUT points using the auto punch in out function see page 74 lt Track bouncing while mixing
195. the display now shows the screen for setting the event For example let s select 12Bar 1 J gt 120bpm MkSonsakTemeoMar 1 23 4q Back 1Bar id 126bFMm 4Ber Zd 136bem S8bem SBar cr 17Bar 124bem 1BBsar 44 zobem HkSonakTemeohar ar 1 Bar Beat id Tempo 128bFi CENTER COELETE Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select DELETE at the bottom and press the MENU ENTER knob The event is immediately deleted and the display returns to the tempo map screen HkSonaPTemeoar d4 Back Bar 12Bar Beat id Teneo 126bem LEHTER 44 Back 1Bar 1d 126bem 4Bar Zd 186beMm Bar Gad gt Bar 4d bPm lt After deleting gt To exit the menu mode press the STOP key or select lt lt Back and press the MENU EN TER knob repeatedly MR 8HD Owner s Manual MIDI synchronization MIDI synchronization By connecting the external MIDI devices such as a sequencer sound module computer etc via the MIDI OUT connector of the MR 8HD you can make powerful recording For example by synchronizing a sequencer with the MR 8HD dur ing playback you can mix down signals such as a vocal guitar etc recorded on the MR 8HD tracks and audio from a sound mod ule You can synchronize MIDI with the MR 8HD by connecting a MIDI device to the MIDI OUT connector on the MR 8HD and sending out MTC MIDI time code or MIDI clock with Song
196. the event you want to edit and press the MENU ENTER knob As with the description on the previous page the display now shows the screen for setting the event For example let s select 8Bar gt 4 4 MkSonakSis Marcle 23 44 Back 1Bar 4 4 4Bar 3 4 Shar de 12Bar S56 16Bar 3 4 MkSonakSig Har P44 Back Bar SBar Sia 4 4 CENTER COELETE 2 To change the bar number rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Bar 8Bar and press the MENU ENTER knob To change the time signature rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Sig 4 4 and press the MENU ENTER knob As with the procedure described on the previous page you can now set the bar number or time signature 3 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to edit the value and press the MENU ENTER knob In this procedure example enter 10 for the bar number 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select ENTER at the bottom and press the MENU ENTER knob The editing is confirmed and the display returns to the signature map screen MeSonakSia Marel 2o 44 Back 1Bar 4 4 4Bar 3rd fbar gt S78 16Bar 3 4 lt Before editing gt MeSonakSis Maeci 23 44 Back iBar 4 4 4Bar ard icBar gt 578 16Bar 3 4 lt After editing gt To exit the menu mode press the STOP key e Deleting an unnecessary time signature event You can delete an unnecessary time signature event 1
197. the following 1 While the recorder is stopped press the LOCATE A IN key The recorder immediately locates to the punch in point and stops Press the REWIND key to move back the recorder and press the STOP key at the desired point lt Hint gt The punch in and punch out points you set also can be used for the locate function playback by the play mode and part editing see pages 45 and 111 Rehearsal for auto punch in out After setting the punch in and punch out points appropriately you can rehearse the auto punch in out for checking the punch in and out points or practicing punch in and out timing 1 2 3 BLUME MR 8HD Owner s Manual Punch in out lt How to make auto punch in out mode active gt AUTOPUNCH Pressing the AUTO PUNCH key switches the auto punch in out mode on or off Each press of the AUTO PUNCH key turns on or off the indicator PQR6 A Punch in point Playback Input monitor Punch out point Playback Locate the recorder to the point before the punch 4 in point or the beginning of the song lt Tip gt You can immediately locate to the punch in point by pressing the LOCATE A IN key Therefore by pressing the LO CATE A IN key followed by the RE WIND key then the STOP key you can easily locate to the point before the punch in point Press the REC SELECT ke
198. track DOUNCIIG ss cccceisecssessciescccostoccedevkestevsseds covsccsbossseusvedesdesdestesdecsueddecsssestec 67 Checking the bounced signals on tracks 5 6 cccssssssesssesecsecssceseesseessececsecessenes 67 Bouncing tracks 1 through 6 to tracks 7 8 cssssssssessssseeeeeseneeeseneeeeesseeeeseneneeeeseeeeeneneeees 68 Rehearsal of track bouncing ccsessessessessessessessessessessessessessessessesssssessesseseeeeseees 68 Actual track bouncing sene eia e a a a 69 Checking the bounced Signals on tracks 7 8 eseessesssesesessssesesessesesesessseesesessseesese 69 Bouncing tracks 1 through 8 to a NEW SONG ssssecseeesseeeeneeseseeeeseeeenenseneeseeeeeesensensnnees 70 Rehearsal of track bouncing ccssessessessessessessessessessessessessessessessessessessssssseeeeseees 70 Actual track BOUNCING seieren ee ee Eo anera Eraras 71 Mixing signals of inputs A through D 2 ssssssssssseeessseeseneeeeeeseeeenenenseeseeeeeneneneeenenseeaess 72 Connecting sound sources to INPUT A through INPUT D ssssesesessssesesessesesesesseees 72 TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key setting eseessesesesessssesesssesesesessssesesesesesesessseeeosesese 72 Panning setting for INPUT A through INPUT D s sesesessesssssesesesesesseesssseseseseseseeeossees 73 Bouncing the desired part Of a SONG esecescerseeeeneeneseeneeeeneeeeeeeeeeeseeeenenneneeneeneneeseeeesees 74 Rhythm guide function Using the rhythm guide function ccesse
199. ts on page 57 for details about the delay reverb and mas tering effects lt Panning control gt You can freely adjust panning for tracks 1 through 4 using the PAN controls For example a guitar to left a vocal to cen ter etc 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 Actual track bouncing After finishing rehearsal let s carry out ac tual track bouncing Make sure that the re corder stops at the beginning of the song 1 2 3 Before carrying out actual track bouncing make sure that the bounce mode is selected to 1 6 gt 7 8 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 7 8 After track bouncing completes press the STOP key to stop the recorder Stopping the recorder automatically turns off the input monitoring mode of tracks 7 8 69 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track bouncing Checking the bounced signals on tracks 7 8 You can check the bounced signals while the bounce mode is active 1 2 3 4 Press the REWIND key while holding down the STOP key to locate the recorder to the beginning of the song Make sure that the input monitoring mode is turned off Press the PLAY key to start playback from
200. ts of the MR SHD when turning on or off the phantom power or plugging unplugging the microphone Do not supply the phantom power to a microphone such as below A microphone whose output is unbalanced A high impedance microphone A microphone whose pin 1 and pin 2 or pin1 and pin 3 are short circuited A microphone with the grounded center tapout such as an old fashioned ribbon microphone lt Tip gt You can directly access to the input menu screen by a long press of the desired TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key For example a long press of the TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key of INPUT A directly accesses to the screen shown below oe oe oe E TO STEREO BUSS ON OFF key E Palais 1 000 g Sonal 12345618 HkIneutkIneut A Pan d4 Back In ut A Fan Input B Pan Ineut C Fan Input D Par Fhantom Power 128 1 2 3 4 While the recorder is stopped press the MENU ENTER knob to enter the menu mode The display now shows the first page of the menu selection screen where lt lt Back is highlighted initially You can also return to the previous screen by pressing the REWIND key MEHU 1725 Back T System Sona F Track Edit F Part Edit F Ehathm Guide F r Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select Input on the second page and press the MENU ENTER knob The display now shows the input menu screen HEHU Aea kT neut diank USE F 5 MeIM
201. ume the hard disk space Therefore the remaining space of the disk does not change by ex ecuting track editing lt Undo redo of track editing gt By pressing the UNDO REDO key after executing track editing you can undo the editing By pressing the UNDO REDO key after the undo operation you can return the track s to the condition after being edited lt Notes gt Also note that if you carry out any of the following UNDO REDO after editing you cannot undo the editing anymore 1 Making new recording 2 Making new editing 3 Turning off the power 4 Loading another song DELETE lt Notes gt While a menu screen is shown you can go up the menu screen level or directly exit the menu mode by the following operations 1 Select lt lt Back on a menu screen and press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the REWIND key The display returns to the previous upper level screen Repeating this operation finally exits the menu mode Press the STOP key The menu mode exits and the display shows the home screen 103 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Track editing i M Erasing track data You can erase whole data from ABS ZERO to REC END of the desired track s of the song cur rently loaded ABS ZERO REC END a lt Note gt You cannot erase track data of a song pro tected 1 Load the song
202. unch in point is earlier than the punch out point Pa MR 8HD Owner s Manual Troubleshooting lt Trouble 9 gt cannot record audio data of a song onto an external digital recorder Is the connection between the DIGITAL OUT connector on the MR 8HD and the optical input connector of the digital recorder made correctly Check the connection as well as the optical cable A Is the digital recorder set correctly for recording the signal fed to the digital input See the manual of the digital recorder for details about the setting Troubles for playback lt Trouble 1 gt During playback the recorder suddenly executes locat ing Is ERRRIATE or BERT shown on the display If so the play mode is set to the auto return or loop mode Press the PLAY MODE key until Off is selected lt Trouble 2 gt Cannot monitor the playback sound Are the track fader s for the playback track s and the MASTER fader brought up to the appropriate positions Raise the fader s for the track s you want to monitor as well as the MASTER fader If you monitor via headphones also raise the PHONES VOL control 133 lt Trouble 3 gt press the PLAY key while holding down the STOP key but cannot execute loop playback Are the LOCATE A and LOCATE B points set correctly By default both of these points are set to the beginning of a song i
203. usion delay 4 Rotate the MENU ENTER knob to select the desired delay type and press the MENU ENTER knob The selected delay type is set while the display returns to the previous screen 5 Press the STOP key to quit the menu mode Adjusting the delay reverb time You can adjust the reverb time or delay time using the REVERB DELAY TIME control de pending on the selected effect type REVERB DELAY TIME MIN MAX ROOM HALL REVERB DELAY TIME control E E PLATE DELAY Adjusts the reverb time within the range between 1 0 s and 6 0 s center position 3 0 s HALL Adjusts the reverb time within the range between ROOM 0 1 s and 2 0 s center position 1 0 s PLATE Adjusts the reverb time within the range between 0 5 s and 4 0 s center position 2 0 s Adjusts the delay time within the range between DELAY 100 ms to 1000 ms center position 300 ms MR 8HD Owner s Manual Using effects Adjusting the effect send levels To apply the effect reverb or delay to tracks 1 through 4 adjust the EFFECT SEND con trol for each track to adjust the level of the track signal sent to the effect processor In the example as illustrated below tracks 1 and 2 signals are sent to the effect processor 4 l ete ate e e e bi A ia x S i EFFECT SEND 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 As shown in the signal flowchart below a track playback signal after
204. ve characters are assigned to the same character entry key rotate the MENU ENTER knob after selecting the first character to move the cursor right 3 After entering a new name press the If you carry out the conversion by overwriting MENU ENTER knob the existing file rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to YES and press the IMENU ENTER knob Then by pressing the MENU ENTER knob while nob holding down the RECORD key to carry out the WAV file conversion If you do not want to overwrite the existing file rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cur sor to NO then press the MENU ENTER knob The display returns to show the screen for editing the file name so you can enter a dif ferent file name and then carry out the conver sion If you want to cancel the conversion when the screen above is shown rotate the MENU ENTER knob to move the cursor to NO and press the MENU ENTER knob to show the screen for ed iting the file name and then press the 7 8 gt STE REO WAV FILE key to quit the conversion func tion 91 MR 8HD Owner s Manual Data export to a personal computer O M Exporting data to a personal computer The MR 8HD is equipped with the USB port for direct connection to a personal computer using a USB cable The USB connection allows you to export the stereo WAV file data which is converted from a pair of mono WAV files on tracks 7 8 to your computer Th
205. xdown and track bouncing Selecting an effect type You can select an effect type from among three reverb options ROOM HALL and PLATE and a delay DELAY by using the keys in the EF FECT section shown below REVERB DELAY TIME MIN fist ROOM s HALL ROOM E HALL PLATE p oEEA DELAY PLATE c e Details of each effect type ROOM Simulates reverberation in a medium sized room When you select ROOM you can adjust the reverb time using the REVERB DELAY TIME control HALL Simulates reverberation in a hall with moder ate early reflection When you select HALL you can adjust the reverb time using the REVERB DELAY TIME control PLATE Simulates a plate reverb with a wide fre quency range When you select PLATE you can adjust the reverb time using the REVERB DELAY TIME control DELAY Adds delay effects You can select the de sired delay types using the Delay Type item of the System menu in the menu mode you can easily access to the Delay Type setting screen by a long press of the DELAY key Three delay types are available Mono L R and Diff See below for details When you select ROOM you can adjust the delay time using the REVERB DELAY TIME control 60 Using the reverb or delay The MR 8HD has the original built in reverb delay processor featuring the newly developed algorithm You can apply the reverb or delay to playback
206. y indicator starts flashing Tracks 1 through 4 which are armed now enter the input monitor mode and N is shown on the home screen 6 While playing the music adjust the recording level of each track using the TRIM control of each input channel Adjust the level appropriately so that the PEAK indicator does not light Turning the PHONES VOL control clockwise raises the headphone monitor level The screen shows the input level of tracks 1 through 4 as well as the stereo L and R output levels lt Note gt Adjust the TRIM control of each input channel properly so that the PEAK indicator does not light at the loudest part of the sound lt Tip gt You can add distortion to an electric guitar connected to INPUT A Use the DIS TORTION control to adjust the distortion level When you add distortion readjust the TRIM control lt Tip gt When receiving a line level signal set the TRIM control to left LINE to get the appropriate level When receiving a micro phone signal set the TRIM control to right MIC to get the appropriate level 40 _ IT Starting recording 7 While holding down the RECORD key press the PLAY key to start recording The recorder starts recording 8 When recording completes press the STOP key to stop the recorder lt Note gt We recommend to press the REC SELECT key for tracks 1 through 4 to un arm these tracks Playing back t
207. y of the track you are going to make punch in out operation to arm the track 5 Press the AUTO PUNCH key to make the auto punch mode active The MAMAIA icon is now shown on the screen 22 1000 1 inak been ee in Serre Tr i Peer 55 Press the PLAY key The recorder starts punch in out rehearsal The AA icon on the display changes to the AAN icon In the rehearsal mode the recorder automati cally switches the monitor of the armed track from repro to input at the punch in point but actual recording is not made the RECORD key flashes while MAMMAM is shown on the display By repeating the operation above you can prac tice auto in out operation as many times as you like After the punch out point is passed locate the recorder back to the beginning position lt Note gt By using the loop function when rehearsing the auto punch in out operation you can concentrate on playing without the need of troublesome operation of the MR 8HD See page 45 for details about the loop function MR 8HD Owner s Manual Punch in out i CM Actual auto punch in out After rehearsing the auto punch in out operation it s time for executing actual auto punch in out operation Punch in point gt Playback Recording Punch out point Playback 1 Locate the recorder to the point before the punch in point lt Note gt In addition to the punch in out func t

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