Long Time Recording; About The Recording Time - Tascam BB-1000CD Owner's Manual

4.
Press the key to return to the Home screen.
HOME
TIP
• You can skip unnecessary silent moments during recording by
setting START and STOP above. If you want to divide recording
fi les at each silence but require no skipping silence, activate
DIVIDE only.
• By the combination of START, STOP and DIVIDE, you can set the
unit to record sounds skipping silence longer than 5 seconds
(time set on STOP) and dividing fi les at each silence, for example.

Long time recording

You can change the recording file format to make the re-
cording time longer.
1.
Press the key to open the
MENU
2.
Press the
CURSOR [ § / ¶
and press the key.
ENTER
3.
Press the
CURSOR [ § / ¶
4.
Turn the wheel to select a file format and press
DATA
the
ENTER.

About the recording time

The following tables show the recording times for each recording format and media capacity.
Recording format
CD-DA 16 Bit, 44.1 kHz
Recording format
(FILE TYPE）
WAV 16 Bit, 44.1 kHz
Low
MP3
(44.1 kHz, 64 kbps)
Normal
(44.1 kHz, 128 kbps)
High
(44.1 kHz, 192 kbps)
The recording times on the table above is approximate ones. Actual recording time may vary depending on the SD/SDHC
•
card you use.
The recording times on the table above show total time recordable on an SD/SDHC card, not the maximum continuous
•
recording time.
You cannot record continuously for more than 23 hours and 59 minutes. The maximum size of a single recording file is 2
•
GB.
screen.
MENU
key to select
] REC SETTING
key to select .
] FILE TYPE
650MB
1 hour 14 minutes
1GB 2GB
1 hour 39 minutes 3 hours 18 minutes
35 hours 50 minutes 71 hours 40 minutes 143 hours 20 minutes 286 hours 40 minutes 573 hours 20 minutes
17 hours 55 minutes 35 hours 50 minutes 71 hours 40 minutes 143 hours 20 minutes 286 hours 40 minutes
11 hours57 minutes 23 hours 54 minutes 47 hours 48 minutes
10–Other useful functions
NOTE
You can select a format from WAV, MP3 (low), MP3 (normal), and
MP3 (high). The recording time is longer in the following order: MP3
(low)>MP3 (normal)>MP3 (high)>WAV. The longer the recording
time is, the worse the sound quality becomes.
CAUTION
Select WAV when you use overdubbing or you want to edit the fi le
using the DIVIDE function on the EDIT screen after recording. (
page 39 "Overdubbing" on "8-Recording")
5.
Press the key to return to the Home screen.
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CD / capacity
700MB
1hour 20 minutes
SD/SDHC card capacity
4GB
6 hours 36 minutes 13 hours 12 minutes
95 hours 36 minutes 191 hours 12 minutes
8GB 16GB
26 hours 24 minutes
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