Compact Flash Card Question

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 25 Oct 2010 10:20 am

I have a Fostex MR-8 recorder and it has a 128 Meg. compact flash card in it,I want to put a much larger card in it,is there a difference in cards? I noticed some are called Ultra I'm wondering if that will work in the unit,Thanks,Stu

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 25 Oct 2010 7:16 pm

I got it figured out,the card can't be bigger than a 2 gig,I had just bought a n 8 gig @whale-mart so I returned it Ehhh!

Tony Dingus · Post by **Tony Dingus** » 30 Oct 2010 7:29 pm

I've got the same problem with mine. I guess I/we need to get one from Fostex.

Tony

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 31 Oct 2010 2:19 am

The problem with memory card limitations is not limited to the Fostex. There are a lot of devices including cameras and even PC's that will not read cards over a certain size.

I have a Canon camera (about 4 years old) and it will only recognize a maximum of a 2 GB card.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 2 Nov 2010 9:45 am

Tony,I found a 1 gig Lexar card in a thrift store the other day for $3.50 and it works,I also found a 2 gig on ebay for $10.00 so I should be good for a while,I couldn't find the list of compatible cards on the Fostex site.

Michael Haselman · Post by **Michael Haselman** » 11 Feb 2011 7:46 am

Late to the game on this but check here for list of compatible CF cards. The Delkins are the ones usually readily available. Just got an MR-8 myself. Fun machine.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 16 Feb 2011 7:46 pm

Michael,yes the little Fostex is a great thing to have,My steel sounds great thru it's electronics...not sure why but it has great mids in the flat position.

Michael Haselman · Post by **Michael Haselman** » 17 Feb 2011 6:43 am

I don't know if we're talking about the same machine, since my MR-8 doesn't have EQ. And, I have an updated list of CF cards to use. You can get most of them for around $10. If you want I'll email it to you when I get home.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 27 Feb 2011 7:51 pm

Michael,yes we're talking about the same machine,no eq but there is something about the way it records that sounds great,I can't explain it but I've had old portastudios that also had a certain tone to them...if that makes any sense?