Folder Structure Overview; Folder Structure; File Name; File Formats - Tascam DA-6400 Owner's Manual

5 – Working with Folders (BROWSE screen)

Folder structure overview

This unit manages audio files inside audio folders.
In order to keep takes together on an SSD/HDD drive, there
are audio folders such as "DA Files" and audio file groups called
takes inside audio folders.

Folder structure

The folder structure is as shown in the illustration below.
You can use a USB cable to connect the SSD/HDD to a computer
and check the folder and file structure from it.
CAUTION
Changing or deleting files inside folders, or changing their
names might make it impossible for the unit to play back
those folders.
NOTE
• Other folders and files used for management are also
created.
• Only a folder in the root directory of the SSD/HDD can be
selected as the current folder. Folders in other locations
cannot be selected as the current folder.

File name

The rules for file names are as follows
T[3-digit take number]_[file name]_[3-digit number]_[2-digit
channel number].wav
ROOT
DA Files
da6400_takes.bin *
T001_20150901-112313_001_01.wav
T001_20150901-112313_001_02.wav
：
T001_20150901-112313_001_63.wav
T001_20150901-112313_001_64.wav
T002_20150901-121554_001_01.wav
T002_20150901-121554_001_02.wav
：
T002_20150901-121554_001_63.wav
T002_20150901-121554_001_64.wav
*: automatically created audio management file
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File formats

This unit can record and play files of the following formats.
File formats: BWF, WAV*
Sampling frequencies: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz
Quantization bit depth: 16/24-bit
Number of channels: 1
*This unit cannot record WAV files, but it can play them back.
NOTE
• This unit recognizes and groups up to 64 mono WAV files
together as a single take if they have file names in the
format "[name]_[2-digit channel number].wav".
• If the channel number has only one digit, a "0" will be added
to the beginning of the number, resulting in "01" and "02",
for example.
• If the 2-digit channel number is "65" or higher in the name
of a WAV file, it will be recognized as a single take.
• If the name of a WAV file does not have a 2-digit channel
number, it will be recognized as a single take.