5-Song Management; Partitions And Songs; Selecting The Active Partition - Tascam DP-004 Owner's Manual

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, in addition to saving the audio data for
the recorded multitrack (tracks 1–4), stereo master
mixes that have been created are also 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.
For more about SD card management, see "9–SD
card Management" on page 81.

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.
5–Song Management
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 With the transport stopped and the Home Screen
open, press the
MENU
2 Use the wheel to select
DATA
( key to open the
¥)
CARD
3 Use the wheel to select
DATA
the ( key to open the
¥)
F4
display shows the MTR partition list.
key to open the screen.
MENU
and press the
CARD
menu screen.
and press
PARTITION
screen The
.
PARTITION
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