4
FD-8
1. SPECIFICATIONS
RECORD & REPRODUCE
Recording Medium
External fixed / removable hard disk drive
Internal 2.5” E-IDE hard disk drive (option)
Standard
SCSI-2 or better
Sampling Frequency
44.1 kHz
Quantization
16-bit linear
Emphasis
Not available
Compression / Expansion Method
A.D.A.C. (Advanced Digital Audio Acoustic Coding)
Recording Time (mono track min.)
MASTERING mode
About 18 min. / 100 MB at maximum
NORMAL mode
About 72 min. / 100 MB at maximum
Recording time will be limited up to 24 hours.
Number of Tracks
24 tracks (8 + 16 additional tracks)
Number of recording tracks
2 (8 when ADAT digital signal is input to DATA IN port)
Number of simultaneous recording tracks
Depending on characteristics of recording medium
Number of simultaneous playback tracks
8
Recording Format
FDMS-3
Recording Mode
NORMAL mode (A.D.A.C., 8 + 16 tracks, default)
MASTERING mode (linear recording, 8 + 16 tracks)
BACKUP mode (for data archiving)
ELECTRICAL (0 dBV = 1 V)
• MIXER SECTION
Reference Input Level
MIC
-50, -30 dBV
Impedance
20 k
Ω
or more
LINE
-10 dBV
Impedance
20 k
Ω
or more
RECORDER IN
-10 dBV
Impedance
20 k
Ω
or more
AUX RTN
-20 dBV
Impedance
8 k
Ω
or more
DATA IN
Connector
Square shape optical
Format
IEC consumer optical standard IEC 958 Part 3
ALESIS Proprietary Multi Channel Optical Digital Interface
Reference Output Level
STEREO
-10 dBV
Load impedance
10 k
Ω
or more
AUX SEND
-10 dBV
Load Impedance
10 k
Ω
or more
MONITOR
-10 dBV
Load impedance
10 k
Ω
or more
HEADPHONE
20 mW at maximum (Load: 16
Ω
)
50 mW at maximum (Load: 50
Ω
)