Track Import And Export; Importing Tracks - Tascam DP-32 Digital Portastudio Owner's Manual

13 - Exchanging Data with a Computer

Track import and export

You can import and export individual tracks between a
computer and this unit using the AudioDepot folder.
Files must be WAV files (with the ".WAV" extension) to be
imported/exported as tracks.
You can import both mono and stereo files, and export
mono files.
If you want to import an audio file of a different format
into this unit, you must convert it to a WAV file first.

Importing tracks

1. Connect the unit to a computer. (See "Connecting
to a computer" on page 76.)
2. Use the computer to copy WAV files to the
AudioDepot folder on the SD card in this unit.
NOTE
The files to be copied must have single-byte alphanumeric
character names. If you try to copy a file with double-byte
characters, it cannot be imported because the file name will
not appear on the display in step 6 below,.
3. Disconnect the unit properly from the
computer, and then unplug the USB cable. (See
"Disconnecting" on page 77.)
4. Press the MENU button to open the
5. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)
buttons to select (highlight green)
and then press the F4 (t) button.
WAV files that can be imported appear.
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6. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b)
NOTE
• If you are trying to import a WAV file with attributes that
do not match the current song, an error pop-up message
appears. For example, this occurs if the current song is
44.1 kHz and you try to import a 48 kHz WAV file. If there
is no file that can be imported,
appears.
• When the file name is short, spaces appear after the file
name, but those spaces are not included in the actual file
name.
7. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b)
screen.
MENU
,
AUDIO DEPOT
NOTE
If the WAV file to be imported is stereo, you must select a
track pair.
8. Press the F2 (
NOTE
• If there is not enough space or the file format is wrong, an
error message appears.
• The beginning of the file is set at the start of the song
(
recording tracks, you can edit a track with an imported
file. (See "Overview of track Editing" on page 57.)
• To import a stereo WAV file, an empty stereo track is
necessary.
9. Once importing completes, a pop-up window
10. Press the HOME button to return to the Home
buttons to select the WAV file that you want to
import, and then press the F1 (
Empty tracks that can be imported appear.
buttons to select the track to be imported, and
then press the F4 (t) button.
A confirmation message appears.
) button to start importing the
YES
file.
). In the same way as with other
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appears and then the
Audio Depot
reopens.
screen.
) button.
IMPORT
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screen