When recording track by track (1 or 2 at a time), which method do you use? Dirct or Buss?

I can't seem to get any sound routed to the headphones. I followed the tutorials in the manual and nothing comes out of the phones. When I turn on the unit, I can here the little click that you hear when turning on an amp, so I know the jack is at hooked up. I need to hook the monitor outs to my stereo to see if they work. And before someone asks, yes the fader and trim control for the channel is where they should be. The gain control on the phones out is up. I know sound is reaching the unit from my keyboards because I can see the meters in the display moving like they should. Is there something I am missing that is not in the manual?

There is a headphone volume control, along with the stereo headphone jack. I normally have the master volume control on "0" and that is more than enough volume for outputs and for the Headphones. My headphone volume control is set to approx 3.

Jack is correct in that with direct each track has it's own dedicated INPUT , with BUS you assign the input or inputs to the desired track you want to record on. For example, using 2 mics to record on one channel...or using multiple mics to record to a stereo pair...too many variables here...

I use BUS exclusively when I record alone and
DIRECT when recording multiple Insruments at the same time such as a Drum kit which I may lay on 4 or 5 tracks.

Your headphones out , it appears that one of the Headphone monitor faders or the master fader is not set correctly.

This stuff can be confusing and more often than not manuals are not really clear.

I would read th section on headphone monitoring once again and be certain.

t

[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 18 July 2005 at 04:18 AM.]

As far as my headphone problem goes, I did have the master fader set to zero and had the phones gain all the up with no sound. Like I stated, I followed the examples in the manual exactly (several times). I was hoping that someone had these same problems and found a solution. Looks like a trip to a repair shop is in order. With less that a minute of recording time on the machine, this doesn't give me much confidence in this unit.

I've got to Fostex's, my own VF160 that I've had for two years and an older VF16 (basically the same except no CD burner) that belongs to the club owner where I pick. The VF16 had a hard drive failure (out of warranty) but the VF160 is going strong, and I've done a lot of recording sessions with it including a 3 hour on-site recording.

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Carter D10 9p/10k, NV400

[This message was edited by Richard Sinkler on 17 July 2005 at 09:38 AM.]

If you have the manual handy, could someone try the steps on page 32, "Preparing To Record".

I follow each step exactly. I don't see the reason for step 2 where you press the Input Select button and the display is in "Select Input/Track!" mode. It doesn't have you do anything except to verify that channels 9 - 16 are flashing green.

Now, when I get to step 7 where it has you move the sliders for channel 1 (I am plugged into the #1 input) and the Master faders to zero, that's what I do.

Step 8 is where you are told to output sound from your sound source and adjust the trim to where the LED just comes on at the loudest sound output of my sound source (I tried both my Tele and Korg Triton keyboard), and that's what I do. Now on page 32, in the upper right hand corner there is a picture of the display. That is the display I have. BUT, when I play my sound source I get nothing out of the headphones or monitor outputs. I have noticed that I do not get any action on the left and right level meters.

Any ideas??

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Carter D10 9p/10k, NV400

[This message was edited by Richard Sinkler on 17 July 2005 at 09:53 AM.]

Then I press the "Record" button (only) so I can hear the input and then set the various input channels for whatever level I want using the "Line/Mic" gain controls on each channel. I set the slider volume control on each channel for whatever "monitor" level I want, and the "Master" volume control on about Zero level. I have a separate 6 channel Headphone amp, that is fed fromt he Headphone amp/jack on the VF160. I have the VF160's headphone volume control on about 3, which gives more than enough for the headphone distribution amp. If you are plugging headphones directly in then obviously you would set the headphone volume control for whatever you want.

I tried the Buss recording instructions also with the same results.

I just don't know. I will contact Fostex and see what they say. I will probably end up selling this thing.

t

[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 19 July 2005 at 03:14 AM.]

It may be to late to send it back but never to late to have someone take a quick look at it for a evaluation...

A few bucks spent for UPS could go a long way here....

it's like bringing it to a friends house to fool with it...except the friend lives 1000 miles away !

Thanks all for your help.