Capture your inspiration without the hassles.

The MR-8HD CD is one of the easiest to use digital multitracks ever—if you can operate a tape recorder, you'll be recording and multitracking within minutes of opening the box. All the essential controls are right where you need them with no confusing menus to wade through. You turn real knobs and slide real faders. It has four-track simultaneous record with mic and guitar amp simulation, reverb, delay, and mastering effects.

The MR8-HD CD features 4 balanced XLR/1/4" jack inputs with phantom power. You can record up to 8 tracks at a time at 16-bit/44.1kHz—uncompressed CD quality—to the internal hard drive, then master and bounce all 8 tracks and record some more. Each dual mic/line input has it's own level control and clip LED. There's a dedicated guitar input with its own analog distortion and control on channel one. All channels feature a 45mm volume fader and dedicated controls for pan and external FX send.The USB interface and the WAV file recording make it a snap to transfer recordings to/from a PC for further editing or CD duplication.

Fostex MR-8HD CD 8-Track Recorder with CDR Features:

• Recording to 40GB internal 3.5" HD offering more than 15 hours 8-track recording with CD quality (16bit / 44.1kHz)
• 4-track simultaneous recording
• Phantom power on all the four XLR inputs
• Simple and intuitive operational environment inherited from MR-8 with the new push-dial button for easier menu operation
• Full-track (8-track) bouncing to a New Song (track 7/8)
• 128 x 64 dot LCD with comprehensive indication
• Industry-first FAT32 disk format and WAV file recording in the HD multitrack recorder of this class; PC-friendly advantage
• USB port for stereo WAV file transfer to and from PC allowing the full access to the whole HD from PC
• Free "WAV Manager" software available for multiple mono files transfer to and from PC
• S/PDIF Digital Out for digital mastering on an external MD, CD recorder, etc.
• Built-in digital effects including Reverb, Delay as well as Guitar Amp and Microphone simulations
• Analog Guitar Distortion with the dedicated knob
• Twin headphones Outs
• Silver and black colored top panel identical to the latest VF-series

Simple, easy recording that will have you churning out demos over night. Order now!

Fostex MR-8HD CD 8-Track Recorder with CDR Specifications:

• RECORDING/REPRODUCTION
• Recording medium 3.5 inch, hard disk (E-IDE type)
• Approx. Recording Time 943 minutes (8-track on 40GB)
• Recording Format FAT32
• Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz
• Quantization 16-bit linear (non-compression)
• A/D Converter 24-bit Delta-Sigma
• D/A Converter 24-bit Delta-Sigma
• No. of Recording Tracks 8 tracks maximum
• No. of Simultaneous Rec. 4 tracks
• Recording/Reproduction Frequency 20 Hz - 20 kHz
• Dynamic Range 88dB or more (typical)
• T.H.D. 0.05% or less (typical)
  
  INPUTS/OUTPUTS
• Analog In (4ch)
• Connector- XLR-3-31 type (Pin2:hot) and › 6mm TRS phone
• Input Level- 48dBV (MIC) - +4dBV (LINE)
• Input Impedance- 1.5k ohm or more (MIC/BAL)
• - 40k ohm or more (LINE/UNBAL)
• - 500k ohm or more (GUITAR/UNBAL)
  
  Stereo Out (L,R)
• Connector- › 6mm stereo phone
• Output Level- -10dBV (unbalance)
• Load Impedance- 10k ohm or more
  
  Headphones
• Connector- 2 x › 6mm stereo phone
• Max Output- 20mW or more (@32 ohm)
• Load Impedance- 16 ohm or more
  
  MIDI Out
• Connector- DIN 5 Pin
• Format- MIDI Standard
  
  Foot Switch
• Connector- › 6mm phone
• Level- TTL Level
  
  Digital Out Connector- Optical
• Level- IEC 60958 (S/P DIF) 44.1kHz
• Digital Out Connector- B type (data save/load controlled from PC)
  
  General Dimensions312(W) x 264(D) x 88(H) mm
• Weight Approx. 3 kgs
• Power Requirement: 100V - 230V, 50/60Hz
• Power Consumption: 14W

Fostex MR-8HD CD 8-Track Recorder with CDR

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Posted by theteachersnj from New York/New Jersey on Oct 27, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Classic Rock

I purchased this product to do some demo tracks for my band because I was tired of waiting for studio time and thought we would try to record on our own. Well let me tell you that this unit coupled with a good tube pre-amp and studio condenser mike are fantastic. When you have folks who know how to play and record, you can get some real fine results. I mean better than some large studios where you are always competing for time and have some person controlling the board with their own ideas. I am getting some GREAT professional sounding tracks and it is easy to use. You can even write to a CD without transfer to a computer. It has a few limitations like no EQ and a strange external effect send input into one channel, but it still sounds great and works well. Best of all, the price was right.

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Posted by meatcleaver from Texas on Jul 31, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Non-performing singer-songwriter

Reviewer's Play Style: Country, Folk, Blues, Southern Rock

Purchased this recorder after much deliberation. Two friends of mine own the Fostex VFX-80 & VFX-160, & have been pleased with their performance. If you are looking for a digital multi-tracker with great effects... this ain't it!

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Overwhelmed at first but.....

Posted by Arnold McRonald from Louisiana on May 22, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Musician/Bedroom DJ/Weird dude

Reviewer's Play Style: everything

I was freaking out when I first tried to read the manual( I think the space shuttle has a smaller manual) but after going to Fostex message boards and getting tips for other owners I was recording in no time. This thing is killer! I'm having alot of fun with it, sounds excellent! I got the Black one.

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Nice little unit!

Posted by RockinRevRan from Ocala, Florida on May 8, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: All styles

I have had 3 or 4 recorders in the past few years, looking for something thats portable yet powerful. This unit is both! It's by far the easiest to operate, hardly ever looked at the manual. There is however one MAJOR problem I have with it. It has no EQ's per channel!!!! What were they thinking? You can use an external board going down (there went portable) but mixing down, specialy with vocals, EQ is a must! If they would as much as put a single Tone knob on each channel that would be a great inprovment. I love everything else about this unit. Being a vocalist, I really miss having EQ in mix down. Mostly with back ground voc's.

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small problem

Posted by brad from chico, ca on May 4, 2008

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: muscian

Reviewer's Play Style: americana

I bought this unit a few weeks ago. The only problem I have had so far is the second earphone jack shorts out when pushed all the way in! You have to push it in and then pull the plug half way out to make sure it connects. This could be a real problem while recording if the plug comes loose...

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