Tech Demo: Fostex FR2

Fostex FR2

In today's tech demo (30/1/15) Lee talked about the Fostex FR2 field recorder which is worth around £1000 and is designed for recording sound while filming both indoors and alternatively location. On location it can actually be carried around by the sound op in a bag that you wear like a satchel from Indiana Jones which suspends the device and bag down on one side of your waste.

When it comes to powering the device the batteries get drained very quickly so if you are able to plug into the mains of the building/location you are at if you are unable to do so you will need to acquire 8x Duracell Batteries which only give you 30-40 Minutes of power so to be on the safe side it is always recommended to have plenty of spares at hand.

F Card - Will not break before the device its designed so if anything goes wrong all the stuff recorded will be safe because re shooting may be more costly than just replacing the Fostex especially if its on a big budget movie. A 4GB F card will record 3-4 hours or 14 hours

Switch of before adding the card and if there is a need to there is an emergency eject button also always format card before use to actually format the card on the Fostex go to the menu down to to disk format and accept if something pops for whatever reason and you don't want to accept either switch it of or click the home button to get out of the menu.

And if you want to playback something you can find that by going on the menu and down to file

Hertz - A unit of frequency
22.05 low quality
48 TV broadcast and short films


NOTES

• Always take a record of the time code
• 6 seconds before record can be captured
• Don't use phantom power unless needed 
• When recording stereo and only used one mic to record make sure to let the editor know
• Can have horrible hissing sound all way through and it wont be recognized unless there is gaps
• Use full jack headphones or an adapter on mini jack headphones
• Use mono input for one mic
• 20 is the lowest you want to go for a human voice recording
• XLR Input on the left handside