The Fostex MR-8 8-Track Digital Recorder is incredibly user-friendly and portable. The MR-8 offers genuine 16-bit/44.1kHz, CD-level sound quality. 2-track simultaneous recording and 8-track playback is just the tip of the iceberg. 38 self-illuminating keys, 13 knobs, and 7 smooth-moving faders combined with a 128x64 backlit LCD make it way easier to operate than most digital recorders. The hands-on interface eliminates tedious flipping through multiple menu pages to make settings. Onboard guitar distortion, amp modeling, built-in mic, mic modeling, digital reverb and delay section, plus advanced editing, mastering, and archiving features make stellar demos a breeze. Mastering effect for stereo bus, USB port for WAV transfer to PC, and optical S/PDIF out. Battery or included power supply operation.An update to the MR-8 software (from V1.11 to V1.20) drastically improves the CompactFlash card WRITE/READ performance. The MR-8 can now accept CF cards which were previously considered to be inappropriate. Due to the differences in configuration of the created WAV files between the software V1.11 or before MR-8 and the V1.20 updated MR-8, files are only forward compatible, not backward compatible. Again, files created on an updated MR-8 (V1.20) cannot be transferred to an older, non-updated MR-8 (V1.11 or earlier).

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