Optimizing Hard Disk Space (Song Optimize); Protecting A Song (Song Protect); Protecting A Song - Boss BR-1180 Owner's Manual

Organizing the songs you've recorded
Optimizing hard disk space
(Song Optimize)
When you overdub, punch in and out, and edit tracks, the
recorded data saved to the hard disk before being rewritten
is not deleted, but remains on the disk. In some cases, the
amount of memory used by unneeded data cannot be
ignored, and more hard disk space than necessary is used.
This will cause the time available for recording to be less
than it should be.
Running Song Optimize lets you delete unneeded data from
the hard disk and increase the hard disk's available free
space.
1. Press [UTILITY].
2. Use [CURSOR] to select the "SONG" icon, and press
[ENTER].
fig.R12-01
3. Use [CURSOR] to select the "OPTIMAIZE" icon, and
press [ENTER].
fig.R12-08
The display will ask "Optimize Song?"
4. Press [YES] to execute the Song Optimize operation.
* Depending on the situation, an appreciable length of time may
be required for Optimize to be completed. This is not a
malfunction. Do not turn off the power until Optimize has
completed.
* When Optimize is executed, it erases the history of operations
performed up to that point, so the Undo function can no longer
be used. Also be sure to note that all of the recorded data will
be erased if you carry out an undo after saving a song that's
been optimized.
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Protecting a song (Song Protect)

You can imagine situations where, after taking care to save a
song onto the hard disk, you accidentally overwrite it with a
recording, deleting the performance itself.
To prevent such accidents, you can protect song data so that
it cannot be rewritten accidentally (Song Protect).

Protecting a song

1. Press [UTILITY].
2. Use [CURSOR] to select the "SONG" icon, and press
[ENTER].
fig.R12-01
3. Use [CURSOR] to select the "PROTECT" icon, then
press [ENTER].
fig.R12-09
The display will ask "Protect Off/On?"
4. Use [CURSOR] to select the "ON," and press [ENTER].
If you have changed the recording, editing, or
mixing settings, or effect song patches (p. 51)
The display will ask "Save Current?"
If you wish to save the current song, the state of the
mixer, and any changes in the song patch before you
execute the Song Erase operation, press [YES]. If you
wish to execute the Song Erase operation without
saving, press [NO].