11-Exchanging Data With A Computer - Tascam DP-004 Owner's Manual

You can backup song data on this unit to a computer
and restore backed-up song data later. Moreover,
you can export track files and master files from a
song to a computer and import audio files on the
computer to the unit.
Data transfer always occurs between the unit's FAT
partition and a computer connected by USB to this
unit, so a two-step process is necessary.
NOTE
• The MTR partitions where song files are stored cannot
be directly accessed from a computer.
• In this chapter, "computer" refers to a Windows
or Macintosh computer connected to this unit (see
"Supported operating systems" on page 92).
• In this Owner's Manual, we sometimes refer to the
SD card installed in this unit simply as "this unit" (for
example, "this unit's FAT partition").
In the same way, we refer to the hard disks and other
devices that a computer is equipped with collectively
just as a "computer" (for example, "transfer to the
computer").
The FAT partition has three directories (folders):
BACKUP, WAVE and UTILITY.
11–Exchanging Data with a Computer
NOTE
• Do not erase or change the names of these directo-
ries. The functions explained in this chapter will not
work if you do so.
• The UTILITY directory is used to, for example, update
the system software used by the unit. Please see the
instructions included with the software update for
how to update.
The following types of data can be transferred from
this unit to a computer.
Entire songs
You can transfer the data for an entire song from
the unit's BACKUP directory on the FAT partition
to a computer. This operation is called "backup."
In addition, data backed-up on a computer can
be transferred to the BACKUP directory on the
FAT partition, and then restored as song data. This
operation is called "restore."
WAV format tracks
One or more tracks can be converted to WAV files
and exported to a computer, and WAV files (one at
a time) on a computer can be imported to this unit.
These WAV files are stored on the WAVE directory
of this unit's FAT partition.
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