Fostex R8 - Recording Techniques; Track Protection, Playback, and Overdubbing Practice; Performing Overdubs

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Atihesametime, the SAFEIRDY LED @ of the selected track
wil alernately flash green and rec, indicating that the cor-
responding track is ready to record.
Of course, you can select several tracks for simultaneous
'ecording by simply pressing the desrec numeric keys one
after the other
8. Now adjust tho input levele) of the selected channel(s}
Press the REC button (9),
The INPUT MON LED beginsto blink and the input signal
of the selected channels) can be monitored at he ВВ out-
put and on the peak level meter
Make the necessary level adjustments on the instruments
and or your mixer controls so thai the R8 meter peaks
опу occasionally at +3 dB to +8 dB (red LEDs ight up)
during the loudest passages, This seting gives По best
SIN ratio and least tape hiss
4, Press RESET @ before starting the recording so that the
TAPE TIME counter Gi) јо reset to the 0 position at the
beginning dl the take. This wil make it esy to kater retum
Јо the precise starting point of your recording.
5 To start recording on the selected track(s), smultaneousy
press REC and PLAY (9:
The corresponding SAFEIRDY indicatores) wil light con-
stay in red, chowing that the RB B recording on
thistthese track(s). The red НЕС LED @ is also it
© To avoid "late stans”, depress the REC buton first, then
press PLAY while stil holding down БЕС. If you do ќ the
‘ther way round, you may have a shot gap at the begin
ning of your recording,
8. To stop the recording, press STOP (9.
You can also stop the recording and automatically rewind
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Additional SAFE/RDY functions
A) When you want to select several adjacent tracks for
recording, press ЗАРЕЛОУ to call up the rack symbol "I^
оп the MEMORY display, input the first track, then a hyphen
[minus key), and finally the last track.
For example, say you want to sel racks 1 through 5 to ready
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The five SAFEIRDY LEDs ofthese trac vill Birk red and
grean, showing that they are now ready for recording.
B) To reset selected tracks (green indicators Н) you have мо
options:
a) Use the same procedure as described above for track
selection—if necessary, press SAFE/RDY to display the
"t then press the numeric кеу) corresponding to the
acis) you want to reset
Б) To reset al solocted iracks to safe condition, at once
simply press the clear button CLR @ while the "t" is
displayed.
NOTE: Use method B when working with one or two tacks
only. Method А is for use with multiples of throo or moro.
Playback
Now that you have recorcod your fret track), you can listen
to it (hem) to check whehe! the recording was satisfactory.
1. Rewind ће tape го the beginning of the take by pressing
LOCATE 0 8).
2. То avoid accidertal erasure of a recorded track, set all
tracks to the safe condition by pressing the dlear button
CLR 89.
At ihe same time, this operation enables you to montor пе
recorded track by sending its signal to the corresponding
OUTPUT jeck @ and the peak level mete:
8. Press the PLAY button @ to dar payback of your
recording
If you are happy wih your base track(s) you can continue
your session with the overdubs If you want to redo a basic
Track, simply re-record it on the same track as explained
above. This procedure wil automaticaly erase the previous
tate,
Overdubbing
“Qverdubbing’ refers о те recording of new sounds onto
separate tracks whle listening to the previously recorded
basic track's). This is one of the most important techniques
in multitrack recording. It allows you to "layer" tracks one
after the other
You may want to practice your overdubs tr wihout record-
ing. For repeated renearsal, use tie auto return funcion (see
раде 14) to eutomafcelly rewind the tape ю the beginning
when the end of the teke is reached,
1. To avoid accidental erasure of tno basic track and fo be
able to [sten to it during rehearsal, st t to safe by press
ing SAFE/RDY and either re-sdecing that track wih ils
numeric key or pressing CLR 9,
2. Select the track(s) to be overdubbed by entering 15 num-
ber) with the numeric keys.
3. Press the НЕС bution ©.
This routes the input signa ofthe selected (ready) racks)
io the corresponding CUTPUT acs and thus allows you
to heer the sound ofthe tracks) while Istening to playback
of ho basic track).
The INPUT MON LED шти.
4. To start playback of the basic track, press PLAY (3)
You can now practice by plajirg along with tis пск
Repeat your rehearsal unt! you are salised, then record
the сета tracks
Overdubs
To actually overdub,
1.
Rewind
the
tape
to
the
zero
position
(f
necessary)
by
pressing the LOCATE 0 button (0).
2. in order to be able to hear ће basic track during over-
dubbing and to protect it from being erased in the course
of recording, set та! tack to safe сопацол by pressing