Description
The Fostex D-10 was the first machine to include RAM to offer instant start and 'RAM scrubbing'.
The D-10, in addition to performing as a DAT recorder, is a digital master recorder with various functions enabling it to be used as a professional recorder for use in broadcasting stations and post production studios.
Features
- Contains two 4 megabit RAM cards making instant start and RAM scrub possible.
- External sync operation using digital signals is possible.
- multifunction display
- multiple cue levels
- multiple cue times
- onboard parallel ports
- 20-bit/8X oversampling capability
- 3U rack mountable.
Technical Specifications
| Recording format | IEC DIS DAT Standard Part 1 |
| Recording tape | Digital Audio Tape |
| Number of channels | 2 x Audio |
| Recording time | Max. 120 minutes (with 120 min. tape) |
| Head configuration | Cylinder 2-head (Amorphous Ferrite) Composite type, ø30mm, 2000 rpm |
| Error correction | Double Reed Solomon code |
| Track pitch | 13.6 µm |
| Sampling frequency | 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz |
| Quantization | 16 Bit Linear |
| Modulation | Eight to Ten Modulation |
| Transfer rate | 2.4 Mbit/sec |
| Emphasis | 50 µsec/15 µsec |
| Copy guard | Not provided |
| Power requirements | 100V AC 50/60Hz, 120VAC 60Hz, 230V~50/60Hz, 240V~50Hz |
| Power consumption | 28W |
| Memory backup | By battery (approx. 2 months) |
| Dimensions | 482(W) x 133(H) x 317(D) mm |
| Weight | 7.5 kg |
| Motor construction | 4 Motors (2 x DD) |
| Tape loading method | Tray method (internal tape is visible from outside) |
| Tape speed | 8.15 mm/sec / 12.225 mm/sec (automatically selected) |
| Fast wind speed/Search speed | Max. 250 times from normal speed |
| Fast wind time | Approx. 50 sec. (with 120 minutes tape) |
| Search speed | 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 25~250 times |
| RAM | 8 Mbit, 5 sec. (48 kHz max.) |
| RAM search speed | 0~1 times |
| R/P frequency response | 20Hz~20kHz ±0.5dB |
| S/N ratio | More than 92 dB (Emphasis OFF) |
| Dynamic range | More than 92 dB (Emphasis OFF) |
| T.H.D. | Less than 0.05% (Emphasis OFF, 1 kHz, +4 dBu) |
| Channel separation | More than 80 dB (1 kHz) |
| Wow & Flutter | Less than 0.002% WTD/peak |
| Reference record level | -20 dB/-12 dB (selectable) |
| Meter display | FL 28 segments (level), 7 seg. x 14 lines |
| Analog audio input | XLR & RCA selectable |
| XLR-3 input level | +4 dBu/10 kΩ (balance) |
| RCA input level | -10 dBV/10 kΩ (unbalance) |
| A/D converter | 16 bit delta Σ 64 times over sampling (AK5326) |
| XLR-3 output level | +4 dBu/600Ω or more (balance) |
| RCA output level | -10 dBV/10 kΩ or more (unbalance) |
| D/A converter | 18 bit 8 times over sampling |
| Headphones output | 50 mW at 32Ω (min. load 8Ω) |
| Output load impedance | 8Ω or more |
| Digital input XLR-3 | Complies to AES/EBU standard |
| Digital input optical | Complies to IEC consumer (optical) standard |
| Digital output XLR-3 | Complies to AES/EBU standard (RAM playback is not available) |
| Digital output optical | Complies to IEC consumer (optical) standard |
| GPI input | DIN 5P type — PLAY, STOP, FWD, RWD, RAM REHEARSAL (TTL level) |
| GPI output | DIN 5P type — EVENT 0, EVENT 1 (TTL level) |
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