Fostex D80 help

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My band have recorded some songs onto a D80. Just wondered if there was any way of transferring the songs onto a pc for mixing the seperate tracks with cubase? I havent used a D80 before so i dont know much about it...
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
The short answer is No.

The Fostex uses a proprietry file format which is not compatible with a PC, as opposed to normal "wav" files.

It may be possible by running the Fostex to a PC through a mixer, to transfer the individual tracks but how many you can transfer similtaneously depends on the specific mixer used and what soundcard is in the PC. Alternatively you will have to mixdown through an analogue mixer.

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ok thanks. I will have to try putting them into the pc individually and then lining them up later, maybe if i made some sort of marker on each track to line them up, a click or something...
Dont know if that will work very well
 
I don't mix "in the box" so I can't give an definitive answer but I would imagine that if you have an audible signal at the start of each song, on EVERY track, that it would be possible to line them up. Obviously, a multiple input soundcard would be a great help.

Good luck.

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Hey why don't you run the D80 and your pc in sync so the tracks will always be lined up, (MTC). What kind of software you are using
 
Lestat_josie said:
ok thanks. I will have to try putting them into the pc individually and then lining them up later, maybe if i made some sort of marker on each track to line them up, a click or something...
Dont know if that will work very well
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Exactly correct, and MUCH more accurate than MTC sync.
 
unfortunately i dont have a multiple input soundcard... i do have an optical one though so i will use that and line the tracks up later. Thanks for the help :)
 
No problem. I did the two at a time through s/pdif with a click for lining 'em up thing for a couple years before I moved up (way up) in the recording world. I'll always be sentimental toward the old D series recorders, though.
 
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