Restoring A Song - Tascam DP-01 Owner's Manual

Using the USB connection
4
You can now use the left and right cursor keys and the wheel to name
the song archive (up to 7 characters):
- - - -
F i l e
[ E N T E R ]
5
Press to back up the song to the FAT partition. An error mes-
ENTER
sage appears if there is not enough space.
The song is then copied as an archive from the current partition to the
FAT partition (with a
the DP-01 goes through the file archiving process.
6
Connect the DP-01 to the computer using the USB cable, and "open"
the drive (""Open" and "Close"" on page 41).
7
Use the PC operating system to copy or move the song archive from
the directory of the DP-01 FAT partition to the PC.
BACKUP
...
Once the song archive is on the PC, you can "close" the DP-01.
...
The song archive on the PC can then be backed up to CD-R, etc. You
can restore it later to the same DP-01 or to a friend's DP-01, allowing
you to complete the recording at another location, or perform the final
mix where there are better speakers available, etc.

Restoring a song

This is basically the reverse of the backup process, allowing you to transfer a
song archive from a PC to the DP-01.
1
Connect the DP-01 to the PC using the USB cable, and "open" the
drive (""Open" and "Close"" on page 41).
2
Use the PC operating system to copy the song archive from the PC to
the directory of the DP-01 FAT partition.
BACKUP
3
"Close" the DP-01.
4
Press and select the
MENU
5
Select the
SONG RESTORE
shows the song archive files on the FAT partition
- - -
/
6
Select a song archive using the wheel and press
song is saved.
7
The "real" song name is extracted from the archive and shown:
| S o n g : B i g B a n g
| A r e
8
Press to load the archived song as the current song. Suitable
ENTER
messages are shown if there is not enough disk space, etc.
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B A C K U P - - - -
[ S O N G 0 0 0 U ]
- > E x e
extension). Messages appear on the screen as
.001
menu.
BACKUP
action and press the y key. The display
R E S T O R E - - - -
M Y B L U E . 0 0 1
B I G B A N G . 0 0 1
T R I O I N F . 0 0 1
y o u s u r e ? |
. The current
ENTER
|
If you do not have
enough space on
the FAT partition to back up a
song, you must connect the DP-01
to a PC and manage the files from
the PC.
You should not
rename the song
archive on the PC as this may
"confuse" the DP-01 when you
come to restore it.
If there are no
song archive files
on the FAT partition, a message is
shown.
Although the DP-
01 displays shorter
filenames with spaces at the end
of the name, these spaces are not
part of the actual filename.