FOSTEX DMT8 User Manual

DMT-8 Version 2.0

Supplement to the Owner’s Manual

This document describes the upgraded functions of the DMT-8 Version 2.0. You Will find the DMT-8 Owner’s Manual and this supplemental manual, which explains the extended functions of Version 2.0, packaged with the product. Before using the DMT-8, please read both manuals thoroughly to understand the correct operation of the unit. Refer to the main Owner’s Manual for functions other than those referred to in this supplement.

Changed or added functions

The following function have been changed or added in DMT-8 Version 2.0:

You can control up to five songs on a single hard disk. Also, a new Program

Change function has been added.

2. The Move & paste function, as well as the Copy & Paste function, is available

Pasting data to any individual track, as well as pasting to multiple tracks simultaneously.

3. The following functions have been changed and/or added in SETUP mode:

* Expanded "SAVE" function (saving data to an external DAT). * Improved precision of the "MTC OFFSET" parameter (MTC offset value9. * "dG in" (selecting a digital input channel) has been added. * "dG out" (selecting a digital output channel) has been added. * "rESoLu" (setting Display Resolution mode ON/OFF) has been added. * "SLAvE" (setting Slave mode ON/OFF) has been added. * "dFvicE" (setting a device ID) has been added. * "Undo" (setting an effective range of the Undo function) has been added.

4. Compatible with Fostex System exclusive Message to allow for editing from

an external device via MIDI.

5. A new function to merge and output MMC/FEX (Fostex System Exclusive

Message) and MTC.

6. The maximum number of changing points in a Tempo Map is new 64 for a

time signature, and 64 for a tempo.

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Table of Contents

Before Operating the DMT-8 Version 2.0......................................................................3

1. Program Change function.........................................................................................4

2. Copy & Paste and Move & Past...............................................................................6

Difference between Copy & Paste and Move & Paste........................................6

Procedure for Copy & Paste and Move & Paste................................................6

Copying the data.................................................................................................7

Specifying and storing the Start pint..........................................................7

Specifying and storing the End point.........................................................7

Copying......................................................................................................8

Checking the copied data...........................................................................8

Executing the Copy & Paste function..................................................................9

Specifying and storing the Copy & Paste start point.................................9

Executing the Copy & Paste operation......................................................9

Undo/Redo of the Copy & Paste operation..............................................11

Using the Move & Paste function.......................................................................11

Executing the Move & Paste operation....................................................12

Undo/Redo of the Move & Paste operation.............................................13

Notes on Cut/Erase...................................................................................13

3.Changing and Added function in Setup mode..........................................................14

3-1. Saving recorded data ("SAVE")..................................................................15

Saving data to DAT (SAVE).....................................................................16

Loading from the DAT machine...............................................................17

3-2. Setting the MTC offset time ("MTC OFFSET")..........................................19

3-3. Setting a digital input channel ("dG in")....................................................19

Recording digitally from an external device............................................20

3-4. Setting a digital output channel (dG out")..................................................21

Recording digitally to an external device................................................22

3-5. Setting Display Resolution mode On/Off ("rESoLu")................................23

3-6. Setting Slave mode On/Off ("SLAvE")........................................................24

Synchronizing multiple DMT-8s in Slave mode.........................................25

Checking the sync operation......................................................................25

3-7. Setting MIDI device ID ("dEVicE")............................................................26

3-8. Setting the Undo function range (Undo")..................................................27

4. Compatible with Fostex System Exclusive Message...............................................28

5. A new output function that merges MMC/FEX and MTC internally......................28

6. The maximum number to Tempo Map change points

is new 64 for a time signature, and 64 for a tempo............................................29

Fostex MIDI System Exclusive Message Format for DMT-8 Ver 2.0.........................30

Fostex System Exclusive message......................................................................30

Status Request.....................................................................................................31

Data type............................................................................................................32

Explanation on the Command/Mode set............................................................33

The status request command..............................................................................36

Explanation on the status reply............................................................................38

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Before Operating the DMT-8 Version 2.0

Part of the key function has been changed in Version 2.0. Be sure to place the "key name" label included in the package as shown below. This label will allow you to identily each key clearly and help you understand the explanation in this manual. Refer to the following description regarding the changed key functions.

1/G1 2/G2 3/G3 4/G4 5/G1 6/G2 7/G3 8/G4 DISP SEL

AUTO RTN

AUTO PLAY IN OUT START IN OUT END

COPY PASTE ERASE

REHEARSAL

TAKE

AUTO PUNCH

COPY/MOVE

CLIPBOARD

RECORD TRACK

LOCATE

AUTO PUNCH

AUTO RTN

UNDO REDO

HD ACCESS

EXECUTE

TIMEBASE SEL

PGM CHANGE

/YES

EXIT

/NO

AECALLSTOREHOLD

The following functions have been added to the HOLD/> key, STORE key, and PASTE key.

1. Pressing the STORE key while holding down the HOLD/> key allows you

to select a Program. You can select a Program any time other than when the recorder section is in REC mode or Play mode. Refer to "Program Change function on the next page for details.

2. The Move & Paste function has been added to the PASTE key.

Using this key allows you to select whether you execute the Copy & Paste function or the Move & Paste function. Refer to "Copy & Paste/ Move & Paste" on page 6 for details.

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1. Program Change function

The Program Change function allows you to select any of five Programs (1-

5) to which the hard disk apace is allotted, so you can record, playback, eddit, and archives up to five songs individually on a single hard disk (as long as there is adequate free space on the disk). You can create an individual song, so that for example the first song is in Program 1, the second song in Program 2 etc.

To perform recording, playback , edit, and archives, first select a desired Program.

How to switch a Program

* You can select a Program any time other than when the recorder section is in REC mode or PLAY mode. When you turn on the power to the DMT-8, a Program with the Time Base used before you turned off the power will be selected. (When you turn on the power to the unit for the first time after unpacking, the DMT-8 will start with Program 1 with "ABS TIME" base.) Make sure that the DMT-8 is stopped when you select a Program.

ABS

HMPS

Displayed Program Number

Here, let’s assume that Program 1 with "ABS TIME" display was selected when you turned on the power to the DMT-8.

1. While the screen shown above is displayed, pressing the STORE key while holding down the HOLD/> key and repeatedly to switch Programs from P1 through P5. The following figure indicates that each Program with a Time Base of "ABS" is selected.

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

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If the Time Base for each Program is different, something similar to the following figure will appear. In this example, Program I has a Time Base of "ABS Time", Program 2 with a Time Base of "BAR/BEAT/CLK", Program 3 with "MTC TIME", and Programs 4 and 5 with "ABS TIME".

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

ABS

HMPS

<Note>

You can record up to about 12.5 minutes total for all five Programs. That is, if you have recorded one 12-minutes Program, you cannot record anything in any other Programs as shown in the diagram below. Check the REMAIN display for available recording time before recording.

Tune of program 1 Tune of program 2 Tune of program 3 Tune of program 4 Tune of program 5

Hard disk recordable time (approx. 12.5 min.)

Recordable time by program 2 - 5.Tune of program 1

<Note>

The new Program Change function has changed the way you use "SAVE" in Setup mode as compared to the original explanation in the main manual. refer to pages 15~18 of this supplement for detailed operation.

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2. Copy & Paste and Move & Paste

A new Move & Paste function is available, in addition to the Copy & Paste function. Formerly, you could paste data in the copy source track. Now, you can also paste in a track other than the Copy or Move source track. It is possible to specify the number of times (0-99) you wish to paste the same data repeatedly.

Difference between Copy & Paste and Move & Paste

* The Copy & Paste function pastes data (that is copied on the Clipboards shown below) to any location of any track. The copy source data remains intact.

* The Move & Paste function is almost the same as the Copy & Paste, except that exciting the Move & Paste function will erase the move source data (the Clipboard will be also cleared).

Clipboard In Point Clipboard Out Point

Source Track

COPY & PASTE

Paste Track

Auto Punch In Point

COPY

PASTE

Clipboard In Point Clipboard Out Point

Source Track

MOVE

MOVE & PASTE

PASTE

Paste Track

Auto Punch In Point

Procedure for Copy & Paste and Move & Paste

(The first two steps are same for either function.)

1. Store the copy start point (CLIPBOARD IN point) and the end point (CLIPBOARD OUT point) to copy the data into the Clipboard, select the copy source track, and press the COPY key.

2. Store the paste start point (AUTO PUNCH IN point) to specify location to paste.

3. Pass the PASTE key, and select "Copy & Paste" or "Move & Paste". (Pressing the PASTE key will toggle between these two points.) Select a paste destination track, enter this number of repeat to paste, and press the EXECUTE/YES key.

Copying the data

* The following procedure is based on data with the ABS Time Base. To change the Time Base to MTC or MIDI BAR/BEAT CLK, press the DISP SEL key while pressing and holding down the EXECUTE/ YES key.

Specifying and storing the Start point (Clipboard In point)

1. Press the RECALL key, then the CLIPBOARD IN key (or predd only the CLIPBOARD IN key) to enter edit mode.

2. Select the digit to edit using the HOLD/> key on the SHUTTLE dial, and use the JOG dial to set a desired time value.

3. Press the STORE key, then the CLIPBOARD IN key. The specified time will be stored at the CLIPBOARD IN key as the copy start point (clipboard In point), and the DMT-8 will quit edit mode, displaying the previous screen.

* You can store the start point in real-time instead of following Steps 1-3 described above. (While playing back the data, predd the STORE key, the CLIPBOARD IN key.)

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Specifying and storing the End point (Clipboard In point)

4. Press the RECALL key, then the CLIPBOARD OUT key (or predd only the CLIPBOARD OUT key) to enter edit mode.

5. Select the digit to edit using the HOLD/> key or the SHUTTLE dial, and use the JOG dial to set a desired time value.

6. Press the STORE key, then the CLIPBOARD OUT key. the specified time will be stored at the CLIPBOARD OUT key as the copy end point (Clipboard Out point), and the DMT-8 will quit edit mode, displaying the previous screen.

* To check to see if the correct In/Out points have been stored, press the CLIPBOARD IN/CLIPBOARD OUT keys. The display will show the stored time value.

Hints;

When you are sorting the In/Out points in real-time while using the "BAR/BEAT/CLK" Time Base, you can store then in steps of beats if the "rESoLu" (Display Resolution mode On/Off) in Setup mode is "ON". When this resolution mode is "ON" the CLK value will be rounder up or off to "00" (at the beginning of the data) as soon as you press the STORE key. This function is useful when you wish to use the Copy & Paste or Move & Paste function in steps of beats. Refer to page 23 of this supplement for detailed operation.

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Copying

7. Select a copy source track using the RECORD TRACK select key.

* You can select a mono track or multiple tracks. When using the Copt & Paste or Move & Paste function, however, you can change the paste destination track only when you have selected a mono track, or an odd-numbered track and the adjacent even numbered track (i.e.; 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8). If you have copied multiple tracks (other than the above combination),

the data will be pasted to the copy source tracks. (track 1 -> track 1....

.....track 3 -> track 3 etc.)

8. Press the COPY key. The data will be copied immediately. The display will show Copy Clip", the

"COMPLETED!" and returns to the previous screen.

Now, the specified sound data has been copied onto the Clipboard as paste data. Follow the procedure below to use the Copy & Paste operation, or the Move & Paste operation.

* The setups up to here apply to both the Copy & Paste function and the Move & Paste operation, since you will eventually select one of the functions before you press the PASTE key.

< Note>

If you press the COPY key without selecting a copy source track by the RECORD TRACK select key, the display will show "SELECT trk" (meaning "select a track.") and return to the previous screen. In this case, select a copy source track and try again to copy the data.

< Note>

If the Out point has been specified before the In point (the In point value is the same or larger than the Out point value), the display will show the error message "Void In" or "Void Out" and return to the previous screen. In this case, set correct In/ Out points and try again to copy the data.

< Note>

You can copy a set of data into the Clipboard. If you copy another set of data, the existing data in the Clipboard will be over written by the new one.

Checking the copied data

You can listen to the copied data on the Clipboard (Clipboard Play function). To listen to the copied data, press the PLAY button while pressing and holding down the STOP button (Clipboard Play mode). The data will be played back from the beginning. To stop monitoring the data, press the STOP button.

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* During Clipboard Play mode, the indicator of the copied track will blink and the selected Time Base will show the position of the copy source.

Executing the Copy & Paste function

< Note >

You need enough unrecorded space on the hard disk to execute the Copy & Paste operation. If you press the EXECUTE/YES key to try to paste with insufficient disk space, the display will immediately show the error message "Over time", then show the excess time using the currently-selected Time Base (time or bar). In this case, shorten the copy data by the amount of excess time. Alternatively, move ABS END backward using the CUT function as described in page 89 of the DMT-8 main manual in order to obtain more free space on the disk.

< Note >

You can select Copy & Paste destination tracks other than the copy source track only when you have selected a mono track, or an oddnumbered track and the adjacent even-numbered track (i.e.; 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8) as source tracks. If you have copied tracks other the above combination, such as 1-5 or 3-8, the data will be copy & pasted to the copy source tracks.

Specifying and storing the copy & paste start point (Punch In point)

This start point can be used for both Copy & Paste operation and Move & Paste operation.

1. Press the RECALL key, then the AUTO PUNCH IN key (or press only the

AUTO PUNCH IN key) to enter edit mode.

2. Select the digit to edit using the HOLD/> key or the SHUTTLE dial, and

use the JOG dial to set a desired time value.

3. Press the STORE key, then the AUTO PUNCH IN key. The specified time will be stored as the paste start point, and the DMT-8 will quit edit mode, displaying the previous screen.

* To check to see if the correct In point have been stored, press the AUTO PUNCH IN key. The display will show the stored time value.

Executing the Copy & Paste operation

* The data on the Clipboard remain unchanged after you execute the Copy & Paste operation. Therefore, you can paste the same data as many times as you wish. (However, the data on the Clipboard will be cleared after executing the Move & Paste operation.)

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4. Press the PASTE key. Pressing the key repeatedly will change the display indication in the following

order; "coPy PASt" ->-> (after one second) ->-> "rPt 01 PASt ARE YOU SURE?" (ready for the Copy & Paste operation), alternatively "movE PASt" ->-> (after one second) ->-> "rPt 01 movE ARE YOU SURE?" (ready for the Move & Paste operation). In this procedure, select "rPt 01 PASt ARE YOU SURE?" to execute the Copy & Paste operation. The copy source track number will light up, and "01" will blink indicating that the number of repeats to paste is "one".

5. Specify the copy destination track and the number of repeats to paste.

* Specifying the copy & paste destination track; select the destination track using the RECORD TRACK select key. (You do not need to specify the track if you are going to copy & paste data in the copy source track.)

* Specifying the number of repeats to copy & paste; Turn the JOG dial to change the blinking number "01" to any value between 01 and 99. (If there is not enough free space on the hard disk, the repeat time will be limited to a number less than 99, and you will be enable to specify a larger number when you turn the JOG dial.)

6. Press the EXECUTE/YES key. The upper row of the display will show the time taken for the Copy & Paste

operation, then "CoPY", "PASt", then "COMPLETED!". Press the EXIT/NO key to go back to the previous screen.

Now the audio data on the Clipboard has been pasted to the specified track stating with the AUTO PUNCH IN point. For example, executing the function with a repeat number of "rPt 03" (three times)will paste the data as shown in the diagram below.

Auto Punch In Point

Repeat number of "03"

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* To cancel the Copy & Paste operation, press the EXIT/NO key when the display blinks the "ARE YOU SURE?" massage. If you wish to abort the Copy & Paste operation after you have pressed the EXCUTE/YES key, press the STOP button or the EXIT/NO key before the display show "COMPLETE!" medicating completion of the Copy & Paste operation. If you cancel or abort the Copy & Paste operation in these ways, no part of the copied data will be pasted. (Even if you abort an operation in progress, nothing will be pasted.)

< Note>

After you copy & paste data onto any part of the copy source data, if you wish to redo the Copy & Paste operation, erasing the pasted part will also change the original copy source data. (Refer to page 88 of the main manual for details.) If you wish to redo the Copy & Paste operation, do not erase the paste part, instead, be sure to undo the operation.

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Undo/Reedo Copy & Paste

You can cancel the Copy & Paste operation by pressing the UNDO key. Pressing the REDO key after pressing the UNDO key will restorer the data that was obtained before undoing the operation (that is, you can restore the status obtained after the first Copy & Paste operation). Pressing the UNDO/REDO keys will cause the display to show "COMPLETED", then return to the previous screen.

< Note >

The Undo/Redo functions are effective only while the DMT-8 is stopped. They are not available in any other mode.

< Note >

The Undo/Redo functions are not effective in the following situations;

[1] After new recording [2] After new editing (such as copy & paste, move & paste, erase, and cut) [3] When the Auto Punch In point is passed during playback or recording with Auto Punch In mode set to ON [4] When you turn the power off and on

Using the Move & Paste function

< Note >

You need enough unrecorded spectre on the hard disk to execute the Move & Paste operation or the Copy & Paste operation. (The alarm message "Over timE" and the soution of the Copy & Paste operation will apply to the Move & Paste operation.)

< Note >

The same restriction as the Copy & Paste function applies to the Move & Paste operation between the different tracks. (Refer to the section explaining the Copy & Paste function for more details.)

As in the Copy & Paste operation, copy the data into the Clipboard, and store the paste start point (Auto Punch In point). (Refer to the Copy & Paste section for a detailed procedure.)

* The steps up to this point are exactly the same as for Copy & Paste operation.

Exciting the Move & Paste operation

1. Press the PASTE key. Pressing the key repeatedly will change the display indication in the following

order; "coPy PASt" ->->(after one second) ->-> "rPt 01 PASt ARE YOU SURE?" (ready for the Copy & Paste operation), alternatively "movE PASt" ->-> (after one second) ->-> "rPt 01 movE ARE YOU SURE?" (ready for the Move & Paste operation). In this procedure. select "rPt 01 movE ARE YOU SURE?" to execute the Move & Paste operation. The copy source track number will light up, and "01" will blink, indicating that the number of repeats to paste is "one".

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2. Specify the move destination track and the number of repeats to paste.

* Specifying the move & paste designation track; Select the destination track using the RECORD TRACK select key. (You do not need to specify the track if you are going to move & paste data in the copy source track.)

* Specifying the number of repeats to move & paste; Turn the JOG dial to change the blinking number "01" to any value between 01 and 99. (if there is not enough free space on the hard disk, the repeat time will be limited to a number less than 99, and you will be unable to specify a large number when you turn the JOG dial.)

3. Press the EXECUTE/YES key. The upper row of the display will show the time taken for the Move & Paste

operation, then "MoVE", "PASt", then "COMPLETED!", Press the EXIT/NO key to go back to the previous screen.

Now the audio data on the Clipboard has been pasted to the specified track starting with the Auto Punch In point. Unlike the Copy & Paste operation, executing the Move & Paste function will erase the original data and the data on the Clipboard.

For example, executing the function with a repeat number of "rPt 03" (three times) will paste the data as shown in the diagram below.

Auto Punch In Point

Repeat number of "03"

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* To cancel the Move & Paste operation, press the EXIT/NO key when the display shows blinks the "ARE YOU SURE?" message. If you wish to abort the paste operation after you have pressed the EXECUTE/YES key, press the STOP button or the EXIT/NO key before the display shows "COMPLETED!", indicating the completion of the paste operation. If you cancel or abort the press operation in these ways, no part of the copied data will be pasted at all. (Even if you abort an operation in progress, nothing will be pasated.)

< Note>

The data on the Clipboard will be cleared after the Move & Paste function is executed. Therefore, you cannot paste the same data again.

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