Fostex MR-8HD

£ 359.91 Web price, inc VAT

Euro Price: €411.54 (1 GBP = 1.1435 EUR)

SRP: £ 458.85

Availability: Normally 7-10 Days

Dolphin ID: 7910

Product SKU: FX-MR8-HD

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Fostex MR-8HD Description

All the essential controls are right where you need them - no confusing menus to wade through to crank up the built-in guitar distortion - right there on the top panel. Real knobs. Real faders.

The MR8-HD features 4 balanced phantom powered XLR / unbalanced jack inputs. The 8 tracks record at true uncompressed CD quality to the internal hard drive, there's the facility for 4 track simultaneous recording, built-in mic and guitar amp simulation, reverb / delay and cool mastering effects. Plus, the USB interface and the WAV file recording make it a snap to transfer recordings to and from a PC for further editing / CD burning.

Each of the MR-8HD's 'dual' mic/line inputs has phantom power for use with professional condenser mics, it's own level control and clip LED. In addition, Input A features a special guitar input with it's own analogue distortion level control. Digital Reverb/Delay and guitar amp or mic simulation FX can be added whilst recording any track. All channels feature a 45mm volume fader and dedicated controls for pan and external FX send.

For added flexibility full 8-track bouncing is available complete with digital mastering effects.

Features:

8 Recording Tracks - Ultra-high quality sound - up to 16-bit resolution at 44.1 kHz without quality-sapping compression
4 track Simultaneous Recording - Great for capturing multiple instruments / vocal parts
Extended Recording Time - More than 15 hours of 8-track recording at CD quality
Full 8-track bouncing - Mix-down all tracks in stereo
FAT32 Disc Format and WAV Recording
USB port for easy transfer of recordings to PC. 'WAV Manager' software included
S/P DIF Digital Out For digital mastering to external CD recorder, MD etc.
Fantastic Built-In Digital FX - Including reverbs, delays, guitar amp simulations and microphone simulations
Analogue Guitar Distortion, Plug a guitar right in - awesome distortion available with dedicated control knob
4 XLR InputsWith phantom power and trim control
Direct CD-RW Connection - master direct to externally connected USB CD-RW

Fostex MR-8HD Reviews

Fostex MR-8HD

Jon McDonald
August 24, 2006

Rating: 9/10

The Fostex MR-8HD does everything that home musicians could possibly want, and still has some features that will surprise you like the professional- quality clic-track feature. For sheer versatility it is a winner.

Ideal for building up a track at a time where you play everything yourself (we've all been there), or for a band/small group wanting to capture a live performance or create a demo.

With so many features and professional-type effects built-in and easily accessed you need look no further when it comes to choosing a digital recorder.

With a keyboard or synth plugged in you can build up layers of effects and ambient moods a track at a time so easily that you have to be disciplined no to over-do it. Overdubbing of guitar/ vocals/ harmony etc. then follows leading to a professional-sounding result.

Edit or re-do anything if you make a mistake, even removing a single wrong note or wrong word is possible. Only a short time for a session? no problem, the 'work in progress' can be saved to the MR-8's hard disk and returned to any time later.

Getting the track onto your PC is simple, as is the final stage of burning to CD. I use Nero software to add final mastering touches and burn CDs, it is highly compatible.

The tactile faders and knobs are a welcome feature as they feel 'real' giving a hands-on, almost retro feeling during recording, for perfect fades and cues for dubbing musical phrases/choruses onto the final mix.

One feature I particularly like is the the MR8 works with all the gear you probably already have, guitar Fx units included and it can be played as a sound source through the mic. input of your home audio system as a alternative to earphones.

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