Track Minutes And Recording Time - Roland VS-1680 Owner's Manual

Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-1680 Terminology)

Track Minutes and Recording Time

With cassette tape recorders, the amount of time you can record on a tape is pre-
determined by the length of that tape. Moreover, any unused portion of the tape
is wasted.
fig.01-15(tape.eps)
In contrast, with disk recording, although available recording time is determined
by the amount of disk space, only the disk space used in recording is taken, and
beyond that, has no affect on the disk's remaining free space. Thus, depending
on how you use tracks and phrases, the amount of available recording time will
vary. Thus, this calls for a standard unit corresponding to the time of one contin-
uous monaural signal recorded to one track. This unit is referred to as a track
minute.
fig.01-16(disc.eps)
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available recording time
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
00h00m00s00
In Case of Tape Recording (using 30-minute tape)
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
00h00m00s00
00h30m00s00
available recording time
00h30m00s00
In Case of Disk Recording
Time
00h40m00s00
Time