Fostex MR-8MKII, Owner'S Manual

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MR-8mkII Owner’s Manual (Read this chapter first!)
Thank you very much for purchasing the Fostex MR-8mkII digital multitracker.
The MR-8mkII is a digital multitracker which records and plays back audio on a CompactFlash
TM
Card. You can record audio at 44.1 kHz/16 bits (in the normal mode) or 22.05 kHz/16 bits (in
the LP mode). Up to two tracks can be recorded simultaneously.
The MR-8mkII is also equipped with an 8-channel digital mixer, digital effects including the
delay/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.
Read this manual thoroughly for using all functions the MR-8mkII provides correctly.
• You can record high quality audio to the
built-in high performance CompactFlash TM
Card. You can also edit recorded audio later
without sound deterioration.
Up to 99 songs can be recorded.
• Provides two analog input channels and
up to two tracks can be recorded
simultaneously.
• 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-8mkII 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.
• User-friendly LCD screen configuration
allows you to make recording intuitively.
• Phantom power is built in, allowing direct
connection of condenser microphones.
• The rhythm guide function 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-8mkII 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.
You can also create an audio CD using an
external CD-R/RW drive connected via the
[USB HOST] port of the MR-8mkII.
Introduction
MR-8mkII main features
• 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-8mkII with
external MIDI devices (MIDI sequencer, etc.)
using MTC or MIDI clock.
• A large 132 x 64 dot graphic LCD display
allows you to check the recorder status and
various settings easily.
• Built-in compact and high quality
microphone allows you to record
microphone sound without an external
microphone.
• Two ways of receiving power. You can drive
the MR-8mkII by batteries (AA-type) or
from the supplied AC adaptor (AD-12A).
<Important! >:
Song data recorded in the
LP mode cannot be burned to a CD-R/RW
disc in the audio CD (CD-DA format) us-
ing an external CD-R/RW drive.