What is the REAL recording time of the Fostex MR8?

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The Fostex web site speaks of 25 "track minutes" but I'm hearing guys complain that they cannot record 3 minute songs using four tracks.

What is the real recording time of the Fostex MR8 with the included 128 mb card in high-quality mode?
 
Not much.

I just got mine last weekend and recorded a 3 1/2 minute song with just one guitar track and one vocal track. I bounced these to 5/6 before reading the manual thoroughly and realizing that I had to have the tracks on 7/8 to create an output .wav file.

I then attempted to bounce from 5/6 to 7/8 (with tracks 1 & 2 still intact) and ran out of room before I finished. I then deleted 5/6 and was able to bounce from 1 & 2 to 7/8 and craeted the .wav file without problem.

This supports what others have said: about 3 minutes of high quality on 4 tracks. This isn't enough, and they shouldn't even ship the thing with less than a 256Mb card.

I ordered a 512 card, and am working in extended mode until it arrives.
 
time

after bouncing and all you will get one 3 min song on the card in high quality mode

most people dump the track files onto the computer and mix from there, giving you all the time you need
 
ps

dont forget to use the delete unused function or you will run out of time.....
 
A standard 128 MB card will do 24 total minutes at 44 KHz. For 8 tracks, that's 3 minutes per track.

As you record and re-record, you use up these minutes unless you delete data and un-do memory. You can delete specific tracks and delete song-level memory used to support un-do functions.

A 512 MB card handles 96 minutes spread the same way.

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Just wanted to let you know that if you ever accidentally do that again, that you can go to Track and move tracks 5/6 to tracks 7/8. That doesn't take up any recording time.

dfutrell said:
Not much.

I just got mine last weekend and recorded a 3 1/2 minute song with just one guitar track and one vocal track. I bounced these to 5/6 before reading the manual thoroughly and realizing that I had to have the tracks on 7/8 to create an output .wav file.

I then attempted to bounce from 5/6 to 7/8 (with tracks 1 & 2 still intact) and ran out of room before I finished. I then deleted 5/6 and was able to bounce from 1 & 2 to 7/8 and craeted the .wav file without problem.

This supports what others have said: about 3 minutes of high quality on 4 tracks. This isn't enough, and they shouldn't even ship the thing with less than a 256Mb card.

I ordered a 512 card, and am working in extended mode until it arrives.
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Yes, I suppose that would have worked (and been smarter!).

Thanks!
 
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