EQ on the MR8HD

[jalbert]

Can anyone who has a Fostex MR8HD tell me how you adjust the EQ? I'm thinking of buying one but I don't see any EQ knobs in the pictures I can find.

[dwillis45]

Originally Posted by jalbert

Can anyone who has a Fostex MR8HD tell me how you adjust the EQ? I'm thinking of buying one but I don't see any EQ knobs in the pictures I can find.

If it's similar to the VF 16-160 Fostex series, the Eq is controlled by accessing a digital menu and making selections using the pads on the surface of the recorder. In other words, there are no control knobs--it's all digital and menu driven.

[jalbert]

Originally Posted by dwillis45

If it's similar to the VF 16-160 Fostex series, the Eq is controlled by accessing a digital menu and making selections using the pads on the surface of the recorder. In other words, there are no control knobs--it's all digital and menu driven.

That's what I figured but I printed out the user's manual and I can't find anything in the directions that refers to 'tone', 'hi's/low's', or 'EQ'. Where is it? What is it called? Thanks.

[jalbert]

Just thought I'd tell anyone that's interested that there is NO EQ on the MR8HD. I know it seems nuts but I emailed Fostex and asked and this is what they said:

Hi! Thank you for your email.
I am afraid to say that there is no EQ on MR8HD.
You may use an simple external mixer and equalize input signal before it
gets into MR8HD INPUTS.

I can't figure out why they wouldn't include the ability to simply adjust the tone of each track but they don't.

[dwillis45]

I'm sure they are trying to limit features to bring the recorder in at a low cost. Even if they did provide EQ, it might be limited. On the old VF16, for example, there was a high pass filter that would cut everything below about 400 hz. They had better eq controls for mids and highs but the bottom was a source of frustration for many users.