Fostex Offers Complete Digital Recording Package

Fostex is now offering a complete digital recording system, consisting of the D2424 24bit/96kHz 24-track hard disk recorder, Hammerfall 24 digital 1/O card and C-Console full function monitor / remote software.

"Bundling this package provides the professional with a complete digital recording solution at a remarkably low price," says Phil Celia, Fostex Director of Sales and Marketing. "Our research has shown that most of our D Series recorders are being used in computer based systems, often syncing to external software editing systems. With the D2424 Recording Bundle, a complete system is achieved by offering a computer connectivity solution and a means to control the recorder from the computer."

The D2424 recorder provides a number of high performance features and functions, including 24-bit/96kHz record/reproduce and 128-times oversampling AD/DA. The unit features 24 tracks with 32 virtual tracks for a total of 56 tracks.

By having the audio reside on the D2424 instead of the computer's hard drive, CPU performance is substantially conserved. This allows an affordable software package to be used as a computer based mixer. The Hammerfall sound card was chosen to provide 24 track, 24-bit audio with real-time mixing and DSP effects. It's unique design, by having 80% of the software burned directly in the card's EPROM, achieves an industry latency breakthrough of 1.5 milliseconds. The card is also fully compatible with all operating systems.

C-Console is a software-based, fully functional remote and system status controller. Depending on the applications, C-Console has a wide variety of significant benefits to current and future Fostex products. With C-Console, the D2424 can be located anywhere in the world and still be controlled as if it was right in front of you. Control is achieved using TCP/IP and can be done over a wired or wireless network or over the Internet. With the voice recognition plug-in, the D2424 can be fully controlled by voice commands. This feature also lends itself to live applications where hands-off operation may be necessary for the operator.