Fostex D-160 - Safety Instructions; CAUTION and ATTENTION Warnings

C
hoosing to ‘go digital’ is fast
becoming one of the easier
equipment decisions you have to
make when considering a new
multitrack.
But choosing the right digital
multitrack can be somewhat more
difficult.
Before this decision can be made,
you have to be sure that your
chosen recorder excels in four
critical areas: audio quality,
expansion, synchronisation and
editing.
DDIIGGIITTAALL QQUUAALLIITTYY
Both the D-90 8 track and the D-160
16 track offer industry standards in
digital recording specification.
Using a combination of both 18-bit
& 20-bit converters, the machines
provide for CD-quality audio with
a choice of 44.1kHz & 48kHz
sample rates. Above all, the audio is
non-compressed meaning no
compromise in quality.
The optical digital I/O provides
dual functionality by offering
stereo in & out of any pair of tracks
via S/P-DIF plus a full 8 channel I/O
via the industry standard
ADAT™ format.
This allows for import and
export of digital linear recordings
to the Fostex non-linear format for
ease of editing as well as utilising
an ADAT™ compatible multitrack
for near real-time backup and
restore.
EEXXPPAANNSSIIOONN
At the heart of the design
philosophy of these two
multitracks is the ingenious
use of ‘caddy-held’ hard
drives as a recording medium
- increasing available
recording time is simply a
matter of changing and
inserting new hard drives.
SCSI-2 devices such as
SyQuest, Jaz, MO, etc. can
be used as another fast
backup and restore
solution.
SSYYNNCCHHRROONNIISSAATTIIOONN
Both machines are able to act as
master or slave with the ability to
chase to incoming MTC; MTC plus
S/P-DIF or ADAT™ (optical); or run
free after MTC lock. In addition, by
adding the optional Model 8345
timecode board the D-160 can
chase and lock to incoming LTC
with the option of referencing to
video or word clock.
EEAASSYY EEDDIITTIINNGG
Being non-linear format machines,
full and easy to operate copy, paste,
move and erase (with undo & redo)
editing is available across all tracks.
Your choice is now more simple.
At least you know it’s going to be a
Fostex.
Professional Digital Multitrack Record
D-90 & D-160
NO COMPROMISE DIGITAL MULTITRACK
NO COMPROMISE DIGITAL MULTITRACK