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Save/load a WAV file
Song data can be saved to or load from a SCSI disk by the FDMS-3 (Fostex Disk Management System-3) format,
as well as by the WAV file format (RIFF WAVE file format) using a DOS-formatted disk. As you can handle song
data of the VF-16 with a WAV file, it is possible to directly import/export data from/to a personal computer,
to playback/edit a data file with various software applications, and to import a data file edited by a computer
to the VF-16.
About backup disks:
•The save/load by a WAV file can be done only by using a disk DOS-formatted with FAT16.
The VF-16 executes the save/load of a WAV file when it recognizes the disk DOS-formatted with FAT16.
The VF-16 cannot recognizes a disk DOS-formatted with FAT32.
•You cannot DOS-format a disk from the "Disk Format?" menu in the SETUP mode.
A backup disk that handles WAV files must be DOS-formatted with FAT16 by a personal computer in
advance.
When a disk larger than 2 GB is DOS-formatted with FAT16, the disk is partitioned at the 2 GB maximum
size. In such a case, the VF-16 only recognizes the first partition and does not recognize the following
partition(s). Therefore, the maximum available size of a backup disk for the VF-16 is 2 GB.
To avoid an accidental erasure of data by overwriting, etc., we suggest to use a clean disk just formatted
for the save/load of WAV files.
About directory of a backup disk:
•A WAV file saved is recorded in the root directory (in the first layer) on the backup disk.
•A WAV file that can be loaded must be allocated in the root directory on the backup disk.
A WAV file moved from the root directory to another area such as a folder cannot be recognized by the
VF-16, which may cause a malfunction.
About file names of WAV files
•A WAV file the VF-16 saves is recorded with a file name "******##.WAV".
•A WAV file the VF-16 can load must have a file name "******##.WAV".
The first 6 characters "******" are the title that is shown in the "Title Edit" screen in the SETUP mode.
These characters can be changed when saving using a WAV file or edited by a computer.
The following 2 characters "##" indicate the track number (1 to 24) for the save/load using a WAV file.
The last ".WAV" is the file extension indicating that the file format is WAV.
The VF-16 does not recognize other file names than above. See the following description for each operation
about details.
By using the specifications above, you can load only the desired tracks of a WAV file or load a track-
swapped WAV file. See "Loading a WAV file" described later for details.