The FR-2 has been designed for flexibility and records industry-standard Broadcast Wav Files (BWF) to either PCMCIA 1.8" hard drives or Type II Compact Flash cards. The FR-2 incorporates many features that have resulted from Fostex's wide experience in digital location recording - such as a 10 second pre-record buffer, battery power, on-board limiter and phantom-powered, balanced mic inputs.
The file-per-take system developed on the industry acclaimed PD-6 and DV40 machines, is a welcome feature to a recorder within this price range. The FR-2 also features scene and auto take naming, which makes keeping track of multiple takes a breeze.
Specific 'firsts' on the FR-2 include the ability to record up to 24-bit 192KHz, making it ideal for high quality sound effects recording; and the optional timecode card, which has a fully-featured reader/generator, including 23.976, and external word/video references.
Fostex products are available in the UK from SCV London.
(Lee Baldock)
