5 - song management, Partitions and songs, Selecting the active partition – Tascam DP-008 User Manual

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TASCAM DP-008

This unit manages data in song files.

Ordinarily, every song is given its own file.

The first step is to load the song that you want

to manage (load an existing song or create a

new song).
In a song, the audio data for the recorded

multitrack (

TRACK 1

–

) and stereo master

track that have been created are saved.
This chapter, starts with an explanation of

SD card partitions, and then covers basic

operations, including procedures for loading

songs and creating new song, as well as

various song management functions.

Partitions and songs

This unit uses SD cards to record songs.

SD cards formatted by the unit are divided

into partitions. “MTR partitions” are for the

recording of data and “FAT partitions” can be

read by a personal computer. SD cards with

high capacities are formatted with multiple

MTR partitions.
When you want to record, playback or edit a

song, select an MTR partition to make it the

active partition and load a song on it or create

a new song.

Selecting the active

partition

If you want to use a file that is on a partition

other than the currently active partition in

order to load an existing song or create a new

song on it, you must change the partition.
Follow these steps to select a partition on an
SD card that has multiple MTR partitions.
1 When the recorder is stopped, press the

key to open the

screen.

2 Use the

DATA

wheel to select

CARD

and

press the

(¥) key to open the

CARD

menu screen.

3 Use the

DATA

wheel to select

PARTITION

and press the

(¥) key to open the

PARTITION

screen. The display shows the

MTR partition list.

[SD card with one partition]

[SD card with multiple partitions]

An asterisk (Ú) shows the active partition.

The sizes of the partitions are shown (not
available space).

4 Rotate the

DATA

wheel to select the

partition and press

F2 (

EXEC

)

. A confir-

mation message appears.

5 Press

F3 (

YES

)

to select. The unit saves the

current song before changing partitions.

It then loads the last used song on that

partition.

5 – Song Management