Fostex fd 8 Digital recorder
The FD8 offers multitrack recording that can integrate with almost any setup, plus the means to take your work beyond its modest limits. The FD8 makes the most of having a digital mind. There are two layers of additional tracks: 9-16 and , you just swap them around -- individually or as groups of eight -- with the real tracks 1-8. It's all done with the Track Exchange feature in the Edit menu and takes virtually no time. Very handy. The icing on the cake is the Recorder In feature, which enables a 16-channel mixdown using the monitor section together with recorded tracks playing back through the channel faders. Although you can hear the track and monitor sources simultaneously, by switching to L/R+Mon, the live monitor stuff won't be fed to the main stereo mix output and, for that matter, the digital output. But if you connect the Monitor mix outputs to Recorder In while the FD8 is set to L/R+Mon, this mix combination will make it directly to both the main analogue and digital mix outputs. Specifications Inputs 1-8 (Line): 8 x quarter-inch jack (unbalanced) Inputs 7-8 (Mic): 2 x XLR (balanced) Insert (Ch 7-8): 2 x quarter-inch TRS jack Aux Send (1/2): 2 x quarter-inch jack (unbalanced) Aux Return (1 L/R, 2 L/R): 4 x quarter-inch jack (unbalanced) Stereo Out/Monitor Out: 2 x phono Headphone Out: Quarter-inch stereo jack Recorder In: (L/R) 2 x phono Data In/Out: 2 x Optical S/PDIF or ADAT optical MIDI In/Out Punch In/Out: 1 x quarter-inch jack SCSI: 1 x D 25-pin; a maximum of two units can be connected (auto SCSI ID select) Equaliser (Ch 1-8): High Shelving (12kHz ±15dB), Low Shelving (80Hz ±15dB), Parametric Mid (200Hz-5kHz variable ±15dB) Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz (Mixer & Recorder, typical values) Dynamic Range 105dB (Mixer, typical), >90dB (Recorder, typical) THD % (Mastering Mode) Simultaneous recording: 2 tracks (8 using ADAT optical) Simultaneous playback: 8 tracks Vari-pitch: ±6% Dimensions: 552mm (w) x 110mm (h) x 355mm (d) Weight: 5kg Can post for £ Read More