Fostex FD-4 User Manual

Changing the Initial setting (SETUP mode)

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To cancel the operation, or to restore the setting obtained prior to the
EXECUTE/YES key press, press the STOP button or the EXIT/NO
key. Each time you press one of these keys, the FD-4 returns to the
previous hierarchy level of the menu, and finally exits SETUP mode
and displays the previous Time Base.

For example, if you set MTC Offset mode to [ABS] (see the next
section) and you wish to start the song from MTC’s 1h 00m 00s 00f,
you may wish to set a preroll of three seconds with an MTC offset of
00h 59m 57s 00f.

If you have selected [MTC] in the “Setting Offset mode”
menu, you need to select MTC Offset mode. This menu en-
ables you to determine whether the specified MTC is out-
put at ABS 00h 00m 00s 00f or at 001 BAR 1   00 CLK (bar/
beat) of the Tempo Map.

As an example, if you set MTC Offset mode to [ABS] and you wish to
start the song from MTC’s 1h 00m 00s 00f, you may want to set a
preroll of three seconds with MTC offset of 00h 59m 57s 00f.
If you select [BAR   ] as the MTC Offset mode, a preroll of two mea-
sures is automatically set. Use 01h 00m 00s 00f; do not set a preroll
value.

If you set Offset mode to [BAR   ] and use MTC to synchronize
sequence software on the computer, the tempo of the sequencer
may sometimes slip gradually. This is because the tempo of the FD-
4 and the tempo of the software are slightly different even if both use
the same tempo. Some sequence software can read the tempo out-
put from the FD-4 correctly. We recommend that you use the tempo
of the FD-4 on the sequence software.
No such problems will occur if the sequence software synchronizes
the FD-4 via MIDI clock, instead of MTC.

• Initial setting: ABS 00h 00m 00s 00f
• Offset mode option: ABS (00h 00m 00s 00f), BAR 

 (001 BAR 1   )

* You can set the mode for each Program individually.
* The settings can be saved and loaded as part of the song data.
* The settings are maintained after you turn off the power to the unit.

The current offset mode appears on the display.
Pressing the EXECUTE/YES key to turn off the flashing [?]
character.
The Offset mode indicator flashes.
With the initial setting, [ABS 00h 00m 00s 00f] flashes as
shown below.

Rotating the JOG dial clockwise or counter-clockwise will
alternately show a flashing “AS 00h 00m 00s 00f” and
“001BAR 1    ”.
If you select [ABS 00h 00m 00s 00f], the specified MTC
offset time is output at ABS 00h 00m 00s 00f.
If you select [001BAR 1  ], the specified MTC offset time is
output at 001 BAR 1

 

 00 CLK of the Tempo Map.

The selected offset mode is stored and the display
returns to the indication with flashing [e] and [?].

To cancel the operation, or to restore the setting obtained prior to
the EXECUTE/YES key press, press the STOP button or the EXIT/
NO key. Each time you press one of these keys, the FD-4 returns to
the previous hierarchy level of the menu, and finally exits SETUP
mode and displays the previous Time Base.

The “Setting the Slave mode” menu allows you to set Slave
mode of the FD-4 to on and off.
When Slave mode is turned on, the FD-4 will lock to MTC
input from the master device. The FD-4 can also sync to the
selected external sync signal if you select an appropriate
Slave type.
With this menu setting, you can set up a system in which
multiple FD-4s operate in sync or an FD-4 synchronizes to
a Fostex digital multitrack recorder, as well as the FD-4 lock-
ing to MTC output from the sequence software.

• Initial setting: oFF
• Option: on or oFF

* You can set the mode for each Program individually.
* The settings can be saved and loaded as part of song data.
* The settings are maintained after you turn off the power to the unit.
* The Program is automatically checked before the operation.
* The sampling rate is automatically checked before the operation.