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Ok Im new to this home recording stuff and im a newbe here. So please forgive me for cross posting.
Ive just received my fostex160. I started reading the manual and I feel like sending it back because i dont understand a damm thing it says. I love creating music and allways hads fun with it but looking at the manual I feel lost and confused about the whole recording thing. Is it better to just use the fostex on my own...hit and miss so to say. hmmm..any input would be greatly welcomed! herm.
 
i GOT A vf80, BUT I'LL SEE WOT I CAN DO

If it's anywhere near like the VF80, then the best way, in the simplest form, is to first. get a beat down on to trak 1 & 2! Then get a mic in, select "REC" track 3, recordya verse or whatever. Then go to trak 4, select "REC" trak 4, e.t.c
If there's input A & B, then this is the order u need to put mics in:
Input A, TRACK1, 3,5,7 e.t.c. Input B,TRACK 2,4,6,8, e.t.c Im tired... i'll write more someother day.........zzzzzZZZZZZZZZ
 
DONT GIVE UP

try and make some track recording, when you run into problems look in manual or ask specific questins here. Just jump in and try and get some sounds on the machine, you will be ok, just be more patient
 
OK Herm, you sound like you're panicking. Don't. You WILL get it (probably sooner than you think) and then you'll be able to post advise a few weeks from now for others. The fact is, the Fostex machines are about the easiest to learn... The manuals are written in a manner that sounds more complicated than things actually are.

Go to page 31 in the manual and see if you can lay down one track. Rewind, playback, etc, then record over what you first recorded. Do it over and over till you get the feel of the machine. Then do a direct recording on another track... Now you have a two-track recording.

Digital recording is a new paradigm, but once you get into it you'll never go back. In some ways Fostex machines are designed to act very much like tape machines in how one goes about using them. Plus, like all digital devices, there are TONS of features, so making a basic recording can seem complicated.

If problems persist, post specifics here. People will respond. I guarantee, if you stick with it, you'll be very glad you did.
 
Thanks!!

Thanks to you all for your help and thank you billisa for you input. Im seeing that the manual is not to user friendly.. this *is* going to be fun to learn!! Im Glad I found the Forum!! Herman.
 
Don't give up!
I have the VF-80 and felt like it's manual was very intimidating. Just try learning it one track at a time. The menu itself is very intuitive.
I have also found the book "Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies" by Jeff Strong to be very helpful. The manual will only tell you what the machine's technical capabilities are. Strong's book helps give a person some of the whys, whens, and hows to make the best use of those capabilities.
 
To get going you need to learn only two things. How to record a track in direct record mode and how to exchange tracks.

Just plug in your mic to one of the XLR inputs or a line level source to one of the 1/4" inputs and record the signal onto the corresponding track. Then exchange the track with one of the unused tracks so you can record another track onto the same track as the first one was recorded originally. This saves you from having to plug in to another input for each take. To listen to the first track while recording the next push the button above the channel fader until it turns green. After having a few tracks on tape, er.. hard disk, you can start learn how to mix using the channel faders and a little EQing and maybe sending some tracks thu the effects processors for additional flavor.
 
Take a look at vf16.com. I believe they have a quickstart guide that will get you up and running. Hopefully, the guide and the VF16 site information applies to the newer vf160.
 
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