can the fd-4 be hooked straight into a pc?

[cvd]

And if it can, what would I need to do it? I'm using the zip disc now, and would really like something bigger. I am running windows, and would like to get another hard drive strictly for use with the 4 track. Thanks for any info you have.

Chris

[bbbmusic]

I dump my FD4 to my computer. I had to get the optical converter from Fostex that converts to digital, then, I got a converter at MARS to go from digital to USB. Or, if you have a digital sound card you can eliminate one converter. But I found the digital sound cards that would do the trick, were fairly expensive. Then you have to go to the setup menu on the FD4 and scroll to the outputs and tell it to send the digital signal out the optical port. You can only send 2 channels at a time. I haven't had a problem and it works real well.
Good luck
B³