Jake Reynolds
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I have Fostex FD-4 and would like to connect it to a computer to record from?
I can do it simply with a 1/4 jack to usb going from a headphone slot into my computer. But I am concerned this vastly reduced audio quality, what s the best way I can transfer audio from the Fostex? I would like to do this digitally. It's ports are as follows,
- R+L Mono Out
- R+L Stereo Out (I presume these are for studio monitors
- 1+2 Aux Send
- L+R Aux Return 1
- L+R Aux Return 2
- SCSI (I understandand that this was for connecting a hard drive, however my model has one built in so I believe it too be useless... Could be mistaken)
- Data In + Data Out (I believe to be optical S/PDIF ports, or Toslinks)
- Midi In + Midi Out
- Recorder In + Recorder Out (This sounds like it d be the best bet, but am unsure whether using phono to usb has the same audio quality issues)
I can do it simply with a 1/4 jack to usb going from a headphone slot into my computer. But I am concerned this vastly reduced audio quality, what s the best way I can transfer audio from the Fostex? I would like to do this digitally. It's ports are as follows,
- R+L Mono Out
- R+L Stereo Out (I presume these are for studio monitors
- 1+2 Aux Send
- L+R Aux Return 1
- L+R Aux Return 2
- SCSI (I understandand that this was for connecting a hard drive, however my model has one built in so I believe it too be useless... Could be mistaken)
- Data In + Data Out (I believe to be optical S/PDIF ports, or Toslinks)
- Midi In + Midi Out
- Recorder In + Recorder Out (This sounds like it d be the best bet, but am unsure whether using phono to usb has the same audio quality issues)
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