Loading Songs Created On Different Tascam Model Series Products - Tascam 12 Owner's Manual

4 - Managing Songs
Loading songs created on different
TASCAM Model series products
Songs created on TASCAM Model series products with different
channel counts can be loaded on this unit.
Use the following procedure to load the song you want.
1.
Open the SONG Screen when the recorder is stopped. (see
"Menu operation procedures" on page 29)
2.
Select the song that you want to load and press the MULTI
JOG dial to open the menu list pop-up.
The name of the product used to create the song will be
shown next to the LOAD item if it is different from this unit.
Loading a song made on a Model 24
3.
Select LOAD, and press the MULTI JOG dial.
After the selected song loads, the SONG Screen will reopen.
Loading a song from a unit with fewer
channels on a unit with more channels
When loading a song from a unit with fewer channels on a
unit with more channels, empty tracks will be created for the
additional channels and the song will be converted for use with
the model with more channels before loading.
Example: Loading a song from a Model 12 to a Model 24
Source song Song after loading
Tracks 1–10 Tracks 1–10 are loaded.
Empty tracks are created for tracks
-
11–22.
This is loaded as track 23 (MAIN
Track 11 (MAIN MIX L)
MIX L).
This is loaded as track 24 (MAIN
Track 12 (MAIN MIX R)
MIX R).
NOTE
i If the SD card is write-protected, the song will be loaded
without conversion. See "SD card write protection switches"
on page 32 for details about SD card write protection.
i If a song is protected, it will be loaded without conversion. It
will automatically be converted if protection is disabled. See
"Protecting/unprotecting songs" on page 37 for details
about song protection.
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TASCAM Model 12
Loading a song from a unit with more
channels on a unit with fewer channels
When loading a song from a unit with more channels on a
unit with fewer channels, some tracks will not be available for
recording and playback.
The unit will load tracks up to its number of channels from the
song in order from the first.
MAIN MIX L/R tracks will be loaded as MAIN MIX L/R tracks.
The song will not be converted.
Example: Loading a song from a Model 24 to a Model 12
Source song Song after loading
Tracks 1–10 Tracks 1–10 are loaded.
Tracks 11–22 These are not loaded.
This is loaded as track 11 (MAIN
Track 23 (MAIN MIX L)
MIX L).
This is loaded as track 12 (MAIN
Track 24 (MAIN MIX R)
MIX R).