Fostex CR500 User manual

Brand: Fostex

Model: CR500

Type: User manual

Fostex CR500 is a versatile audio recording device capable of creating CD-DA discs with the newly added track increment function. This feature allows for automatic track creation during live recording by pressing the [RECORD] key while in [SHIFT] mode. With this function, you can easily divide a recording into separate tracks for each song, making it ideal for live performances or creating mixtapes. However, it's important to note that using this function will result in a 100 ms silent gap between tracks when played on CD players other than the CR500.

CR500 Owner’s Manual (V1.10 Supplement)

With the software upgrade of the CR500, the track increment function has been newly added.

This function is useful when recording to a CD-DA disc (the track increment function does not

work when recording a BWF file).

The track increment function automatically creates a new audio track during CD-DA recording by

pressing the [RECORD] key while the [SHIFT] mode is active. Therefore, using this function, you

can create a track for each song during live recording.

Track 01

Rec Start

Rec End

Track 02 Track 03

Track 04

Track 01

Rec Start

Rec End

<Important!>

When a track is incremented by the track increment function, an approximately 100 ms gap (silent

space) is inserted between tracks. That is, when you burn an audio CD using this function and play

it back using any CD player other than the CR500, it is played back with a silent space between

tracks (though it is played back with no silent space between tracks when you use the CR500).

Therefore, it is recommended not to execute this function in the middle of a song. Execute this

function at a point between songs, etc.

When you stop recording, an audio track is created on a disc. The following shows the screen example when

you disable the record ready mode after you stop recording.

By using the track increment function, you can create more than one audio track in a single recording

process. If you execute the track increment function three times during live recording as in the figure below,

four audio tracks are created. The following shows the screen example when you disable the record ready

mode after you stop recording.

<Note>:

Pressing the [RECORD] key while the SHIFT mode is active during recording turns

off the shift mode. To divide the track again, do not forget to press the [SHIFT] key to turn on

the shift mode before pressing the [RECORD] key.

EXIT/NO

SHIFT

PUSH

MENU/ENTER/YES

SKIP/CURSOR

STOP/HOME

RECORD PLAY

REWIND

F FWD

PQRS

REC END

ABS 0

symbol TUV WXYZ

CONTRAST

FILE SEL

space ABC DEF

EDIT TIME

CLEAR

MEMORY SET

MEMORY

GHI JKL MNO

DISPLAY

LOCATE

+10

DIR SEL

REC RDY

[SHIFT] key

[RECORD] key

Fostex CR500 User manual

Fostex CR500 User manual

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