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6-Understanding the Hard Disk Recorder
VS-2000 Hard Disk Drives ............................................................................................................................................. 93
What's a Hard Drive? .............................................................................................................................................. 93
How a VS-2000 Hard Drive Organizes Data ....................................................................................................... 93
Preparing a Hard Drive for Use ............................................................................................................................. 94
How Audio Is Recorded on a VS-2000 Hard Drive ................................................................................................... 94
How Recordings Are Played Back ............................................................................................................................... 94
Random Access ........................................................................................................................................................ 94
What's Pointer-Based Playback? ........................................................................................................................... 94
Non-Destructive, Pointer-Based Editing ..................................................................................................................... 95
Pointer-Based Editing .............................................................................................................................................. 95
What Is a VS-2000 Track? ............................................................................................................................................... 97
The Power of V-Tracks ............................................................................................................................................ 97
Track Editing Basics ........................................................................................................................................................ 98
About Editing Phrases ............................................................................................................................................ 98
About Editing Regions ............................................................................................................................................ 98
7-Project and Drive Operations
Navigating the PROJECT Menu Screens ..................................................................................................................... 99
Working with the PROJECT LIST ......................................................................................................................... 99
About "Store Current?" Messages ...................................................................................................................... 100
Project Operations ......................................................................................................................................................... 101
About F6 (MARK) .................................................................................................................................................. 101
SELECT .................................................................................................................................................................... 101
NEW ......................................................................................................................................................................... 102
NAME ...................................................................................................................................................................... 103
PROTECT ................................................................................................................................................................ 104
OPTIMIZE ............................................................................................................................................................... 105
Destination Drive Selection .................................................................................................................................. 105
COPY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 106
ERASE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 107
SPLIT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 107
COMBINE ............................................................................................................................................................... 109
BACKUP ................................................................................................................................................................. 110
RECOVER ............................................................................................................................................................... 111
IMPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 112
EXPORT ................................................................................................................................................................... 113
Drive Operations ........................................................................................................................................................... 115
Disk Maintenance .................................................................................................................................................. 115
Fragmentation ........................................................................................................................................................ 115
Format Drive .......................................................................................................................................................... 117
Clear Partition ........................................................................................................................................................ 119
Drive Check ............................................................................................................................................................ 120
8-The Home Screen
Elements of the Home Screen ...................................................................................................................................... 123
Display Pop-Up Menu Button ............................................................................................................................. 123
Current Channel Display ...................................................................................................................................... 124
PAN Knobs ............................................................................................................................................................. 124
Meters Display ....................................................................................................................................................... 124
Position Bar ............................................................................................................................................................. 126
The Playlist ............................................................................................................................................................. 126
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