clipboard setting in fostex vf160ex

[Modern_Talking]

hello to all

I have done my mixes on my fostex vf160ex recording and now i am trying to put the song on a cd (making an audio cd).
I follow the instruction in the manual i keep getting 1 error. it says "VOID OUT" error which means my clipboard's in/out maybe not set properly. In the manual it doesn't tell you how to setup the clipboard in/out points.

Does anyone know how to or how to get rid of this annoying void out message .

steps:
pressed SETUP key
then went to SAVE PGM
then to IDE
then to CD-DA
then 01 P02 Mymix 00:00 <---- this is where i'm stuck. It should not read 00 . And the note(s) says if the program time reads 00's, adjust the clipboard in and out point.
How do you adjust the clipboard in/out point. The manual doesn't specify that or I can't find it in the manual .

thanks.

 

[spanishgrass@cs]

Clipboard Setting

Try this. Rewind to the beginning of each program you want to save. Press store, then press clipboard in. Next fast forward to the end of the recording either by pressing the forward button or by pressing the play and forward button at the same time. Once at the end of the recorded program press store then press clipboard out.Then rewind again. Thats how its done on my VF-160.
Actually you can do this at any point in the program. Adjusting the clipboard setting just means setting the clipboard setting. It took me several weeks to figure that out from my manual.

 

[Modern_Talking]

figured out the problem

hi,
and thanks for the quick response .. I actually figured this thing out... Honestly, I went to Fostex's forum and read some of the messages there and online help, and tech support does say that part is not covered in the manual..

Anyways, my problem was, after direct recording on ch 1 and 2, I was not hitting the final mixdown button to creat a final mix to burn onto cd ... So, since I found that info on fostex's forum, I tried it, and yes it worked ..

But appreciate your responde, and I will try your method too .. Only draw back that I didn't like in doing that mixdown step was that I have to wait again for the song to finish before I can burn it onto a cd .. Meaning, first I record it on ch 1 and 2 (song is about 4 min) and then I have to hold down shift + direct rec to enter mixdown mode and then hit rec & play to start the final mixdown (again have to wait 4 min for the song to finish) .... Unless I'm doing something wrong, boy, it does take quiet some time to finish a cd. Say if you had like 10 songs. Your recording it twice.

thanks anyways, I will try your method out and I'm sure that clipboard thing will come handy some other time. .

 

[spanishgrass@cs]

It does take time to do the mixdown. But I look at it this way. The more I use and listen to what I record and then mix the better my ear will become at getting the results I want. I sometimes use headphones and sometimes my peavey monitor to listen to what I 'm mixing and it sounds different in both. And the recorded version also sounds different than what I'm hearing so its just a matter of doing it enough over a long period of time to train my hear. On my vf160 clipboard in & out must be set for each program or it will not save to disc. Once I got the hang of that particular function it takes only about 3-4 seconds for each program. I always do it after the final mixdown and just before saving to disc. I really like my vf160. You can acheive excellent results from it. My problem has been not knowing the terminology. Words like compression, scrub, were the main ones. Thanks to "billinsa" I got the compression thing down and what a great tool that is. He even gave me some starting specs to use and they work perfect for my application. I'm all acoustic. Thanks again "billinsa". I owe you a tall cold one. I still can't do the scrub thing tho. I just don't understand how it works. However my way around it has been to record my music into the recorder as clean and pure as possible. I use a SM58 for voice and a AKGc1000s for my Dobro. That AKG really gives my dobro a clean, pure sound. If anyone wants to give me an indepth instruction on the "scrub" function I'll take it. Good luck with your recording and man isn't this a great forum. I've been here only a couple of weeks. I love it. Thanks again "billinsa."