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20900-FostexVF80sell/Sorenson 6/6/02 11:27 AM Page 1 VF80 Digital Power Tool Main Features DIGITAL MIXER ■ New A.S.P.+ digital channel effects. 44 effect types including stunning amp simulations & distortion ■ Mastering Mode (using tracks 7 & 8) with EQ, compressor and effects ■ 10 preset Mastering Libraries: Flat, Wet Mix, Light Mix, Live Mix, Pop Mix, Dance, Hard, 70’s, Hall and Lo-Fi modes ■ 2 x inputs with phantom powered balanced XLRs and unbalanced 6mm jacks. Trim controls, on/off switches and peak LED indicators ■ Stereo Out ■ 7 x track faders and 1 x Master fader (stereo buss) - all 60mm ■ Full MTC/MMC compliance, MIDI clock & song position pointer ■ 2-band EQ on channels 1-6 (shelving type) plus 36 EQ presets UPGRADABLE HARD DRIVE ■ 99 mix scene memory per The removable plate on the underside of a VF80 allows program with title edits you to change the internal ■ Non-destructive, non linear E-IDE hard drive. A larger hard drive means more Copy/Move-Paste / Erase audio recording time. editing Visit www.fostex.co.jp for a ■ Jog wheel audio scrubbing list of compatible drives. with wave-form display ■ Clipboard data available to be pasted to the same, another, or multiple tracks and automatically repeated up to 99 times. DIGITAL MULTITRACKER INTUITIVE OPERATION ■ S/P DIF digital I/O This 8-Track Digital Power Tool is in the The VF80 is just so easy to operate. Large illuminated tradition of its 16-Track predecessor, the VF160. buttons change color depending on mode of operation, DIGITAL RECORDER It’s an all-in-one solution to today’s recording 60mm faders offer precise tracking and a clear backlit ■ Full digital 8-track multitrack needs—a digital hard disk recorder, digital mixer LCD display make for easy sound editing and feature recorder with built-in effects, a digital editor with cut, selection.The bounce feature makes for easy ‘single ■ Optional internal CD-R/RW drive for mastering & back-up copy, paste functions, and a digital mastering button push’ mix-down. ■ 8 recording tracks plus 16 device with optional built-in CD burner.. additional ghost tracks for multiple takes. 24 recording tracks in total And if you’re a guitar player, you’re really going to ■ No compression recording to love the dedicated guitar inputs and simulation- internal, user upgradable, effects controls. These are not just overworked 3.5" E-IDE hard disc ■ tone controls, these are useful, powerful FLEXIBLE INPUT STAGE ONE-BUTTON BOUNCING Up to 7.8 hours of 8 track Both inputs have balanced and The bounce function allows audio from recording on 20GB hard disc algorithms that will help you create new sounds. unbalanced connectors, trim control tracks 1 through 6 to be bounced to tracks 7/8 at the touch of a button. ■ .WAV file import/export (via CD) and switchable +48V phantom power. *OPTIONAL CD-R/RW You can retro-fit your VF80 with an optional CD-R/RW drive which will allow you to master digital audio CD’s. But that’s not all. Hard disc data can DEDICATED MASTERING EFFECTS also be backed up to data CDs. You can add dedicated digital master WAV file import and export is effects whilst mastering tracks 7 & 8 to supported via CD media. external stereo recorder or internal CD. 20900-FostexVF80sell/Sorenson 6/6/02 11:28 AM Page 2 8 TRACK DIGITAL RECORDING & MIXING 5 7 9 10 Specifications CHANNEL EFFECT TYPES DIGITAL MIXER SECTION 1 2 3 4 6 8 Name Input (A – B) 2x ø6mm phone jack (unbalanced) L01 Normal Hall 2x XLR-3-31 type (balanced) L02 Presence Hall Input Impedance >40k ohms (unbalanced) >3k ohms (balanced) L03 Wet Hall Rated Input Level -50dBV - +4dBu L04 No E/R Hall Phantom Power +48V (switchable) L05 Lo-Freq Hall Stereo Out 2x ø6mm phone jack L06 Stadium Load Impedance >10k ohms Rated Output Level -10dBV L07 Auditorium Headphone Out 1x ø6mm stereo phone jack L08 Hallway Load Impedance >8k ohms L09 Normal Room Maximum Output 20mW (at 32 ohms) L10 Dead Room Digital S/P DIF In/Out 2 x Coaxial Format IEC60958 (S/P DIF) L11 Presence Room VF80 INTERFACING MIDI In/Out 2 x DIN 5 pin / MIDI standard 1 Input A unbalanced input 4 Input B balanced XLR input 8 Footswitch L12 Drum Booth Punch In/Out 1x ø6mm phone jack (Model 8051) 2 Inputs A balanced XLR 5 MIDI IN, OUT 9 Optical S/P DIF In & Out L13 Garage Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz input 6 Headphone Out 10 Phantom Power On/Off L14 Normal Plate 3 Input B unbalanced input 7 Master Stereo Out DIGITAL RECORDER SECTION L15 Old Plate Recording Media Internal E-IDE 3.5-inch hard disk L16 Presence Plate Recording format FDMS-3 (version 1) L17 Wet Plate (Fostex Disk Management System) L18 Digital Plate Save/Load FDIO-1 / CD-1A (optional) Sampling Frequency 44.1kHz L19 Normal Vocal Quantization 16bit linear (non compressed) MASTER EFFECT TYPES L20 Presence Vocal Uses a combination of compression, Recording time Dependent of disk size L21 Solo Vocal 3-band EQ and ambience to offer 10 eg: approx. 7.8 hours of 8 track @ ultra-usable mixdown settings. 16bit/44.1kHz on a 20 GB disk L22 Arena Vocal THE BEST DSP EFFECTS Name ENGINE IS NOW EVEN BETTER Number of tracks 8 + 16 additional tracks L23 Arena Chorus L0 Flat A.S.P. + (Advanced Signal Processing) is a unique digital Simultaneous recording tracks 2 L24 Karaoke L1 We t effects processing technology developed by, and newly Simultaneous playback tracks 8 enhanced Fostex. EQ - Lo band 100Hz ±18dB (shelving / peaking / L25 Mono Delay-Hall L2 Light New for the VF80 are incredible microphone / amplifier HPF depending on preset) L26 Mono Delay-Plate L3 simulation algorithms which use a Double Accuracy Live EQ - Hi band 10kHz ±18dB (shelving / peaking / Operation technique for each frequency. Popular mic L27 Panning Delay-Hall L4 Pop sounds are emulated to perfection whilst the awesome LPF depending on preset) L28 Panning Delay-Plate L5 Dance amp simulation has to be heard to be believed. Pitch control ±6% (0.01% step) Crossfade 10ms L29 Mono Delay L6 Hard Dynamic Range 92dB L30 Panning Delay L7 70s T.H.D. 0.01% (typical) L31 Mono Bpm Delay L8 Hall Crosstalk > 60dB @ 1kHz L32 Panning Bpm Delay L9 Lo-Fi A/D converter (20bit) Delta-Sigma 64x over sampling L33 Short Delay D/A converter (24bit) Delta-Sigma 128x over sampling EQ LIBRARY PRESETS L34 Doubling Name OPTIONS L35 Chorus L01 LightKick L10 LoFi_Cym L19 E.Pf L28 Brass_Sec Model CD-1A CD-R/RW Drive L36 Flange L02 TightKick L11 Perc. L20 Clean_EG L29 W.WindSec Type Internal EDIE CD-Recordable L37 Mono Pitch L03 Ana.Kick L12 Ta m b . L21 CrunCh_EQ L30 Male_Vo CD-ReWritable L38 Delay Pitch L04 Snappy_SD L13 Fat_Bass L22 OverDrvEG L31 Female_Vo Model 8051 Footswitch L39 Distortion (Guitar-8) L05 Power_SD L14 Norm.Bass L23 Dist.EG L32 Chorus Operation Non latching L40 Distortion (Bass-3) L06 Deep_SD L15 Loud_Bass L24 Metal.EG L33 SpeeCh PHYSICAL L41 Distortion (Drum-3) L07 Talk_Tom L16 L25 L34 Bright_Pf Stroke_AG Digi.Mix Dimensions 307 (W) x 108 (H) x 217 (D)mm L42 Distortion (Voice-3) L08 Melo_Tom L17 Loud_Pf L26 Arpeg.EAG L35 AnalogMix We ight approx. 2.4kg L43 Guitar Amp Simulation-5 L09 W.GongTom L18 Power_Pf L27 Arpeg.AG L36 Telephone Power 120V / 230V L44 Mic Simulation-18 Consumption 15W VF80 Optional Extras Optional Model CD-1A 8051 FOOTSWITCH For remote VF80 Punch In/Out operation. Comes with 2m cable. CD-1A Internal CD for mastering and back-up - see right. *OPTIONAL CD-R/RW COP-1 / 96K You can retro-fit your VF80 with an optional CD-R/RW drive which will allow Optical S/P-DIF to coaxial S/P-DIF converter for you to master digital audio CD’s. use with non-optical equipped DAT machines. But that’s not all. Hard disc data can also T-5 / T-7 HEADPHONES be backed up to data CDs. Great all-round stereo headphones offering WAV file import and export is supported via CD media. quality monitoring of your VF80 recordings. Distributor / Authorized Dealer Fostex America • 15431 Blackburn Avenue • Norwalk, CA 90650 Fostex Corporation, 3-2-35 Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo, Japan 196-0021 Te l: 562.921.1112 Fax: 562.802.1964 Te l: +81 (0)42-546-4974 Fax: +81 (0)42-546-9222 In accordance with our policy of continuous development, we reserve the right to change specifications without notice. All trademarks respected. .