Fostex VF80CDR Digital 8-Track with Built-In CD Burner

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With internal CD-R drive.

It's priced like an analog recorder but the new VF80 is a digital powerhouse that comes with a factory-installed 20GB hard drive, built-in CD burner (CD-R/RW), and an improved version of Fostex' A.S.P.+ digital effects processing, which includes guitar effects, microphone modeling, guitar amp modeling, reverbs, delays, compression and more! A cool Training Mode lets you loop sections of a song to play along with and learn parts, and also eliminates pre-recorded vocals! Other features include digital mixing, waveform display, 2 guitar inputs, 2 XLR inputs with phantom power, 8 hours of 8-track, non-compressed recording time with the standard hard drive, S/PDIF I/O, and mastering effects.

The Fostex VF80CDR is the breakthrough digital multi-tracker positioned at the pricing dividision between digital and analog MTR's. Inheriting many of the technologies Fostex has developed in their long history of MTR designs, the VF80CDR offers 8-track digital recording, an intuitive digital mixer, improved A.S.P.+ digital effects, 99 scene memory, waveform display, XLR inputs with phantom power, and the list goes on. Based on its predecessor, the VF80 comes with improved features including a superior on-board effects chip and an internal Fostex CD-1A CD-R/RW burner.

Features:

New and Improved A.S.P.+ Effects

Guitar Effects

Microphone Modeling

Guitar Amp Modeling

Factory-installed 20GB drive (64 hrs. mono/8 hrs 8-track recording; non-compressed)

2 Guitar inputs

2 XLR inputs with phantom read more power

S/PDIF I/O

Mastering Effects

Built-in CD-R/RW drive

Training mode - helps you learn music passages and eliminate pre-recorded vocals
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For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-994-4984

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (30 ratings)
Submitted July 16, 2003 by a customer from aol.com

"This machine is so user friendly who needs a audio recording studio (Professional)?"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent growth potential, I love it!
Sound
I have experience in multi track recording and find that the VF 80 w/ cdrw, is one of the easiest, user friendly, common sense type of tool on the market. It combines alot of the basic theory in audio recording (bouncing, ping pong etc. )with the modern day (paste an copy, midi format, wave format). It has surprising control on each track, and gives the audio supreme sound and quality. I have enjoyed mine thus far, I've had it for one month. Easy to operate, and moderately priced! Love It
Features
The most useful features are the easy panning and editing of tracks especially the reverb, and the ability to apply each track with minimal to maximum amount of sound per designated channel as needed.
Quality
It has a modern, technical look and is user friendly.
Value
Yes, maybe more.
Manufacturer Support
Have not had to deal with anyone yet!
The Wow Factor
Excellent

Musical Style:

Rock,, Jazz, Hawaiian (Contemporary and some traditional)
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