Recording Settings; Changing The Recording Mode (Selecting A Sound Quality) - Yamaha PocketrakCX - POCKETRAK CX 2 GB Digital Player Reference Manual

Recording Settings

Changing the Recording mode (Selecting a sound quality)

The POCKETRAK CX enables you to record audio in MP3 or PCM (WAV) format. In PCM mode,
non-compressed audio data will be recorded. In MP3 mode, compressed audio data will be
recorded. With the better sound quality, the data size will be larger and available recording time
will be shorter. Refer to the table below to select a Recording mode that will suit your purpose.
Recording mode and application examples
Recording
format
PCM
MP3
Available recording time (with the included microSD card)
Recording mode
PCM 48 kHz
PCM 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 kbps
MP3 192 kbps
MP3 128 kbps
MP3 64 kbps
MP3 32 kbps
• If you record multiple files, the total available recording time will be shorter than
the times estimated above.
• If you are using a 2GB or larger microSD card, the largest available recording space
(for continuous recording in one file) is 2GB.
POCKETRAK CX Reference Manual
Sampling
File
frequency
extension
or bit rate
48 kHz
.WAV
44.1 kHz
320 kbps
192 kbps
128 kbps
.MP3
64 kbps
32 kbps
Available recording time (estimated)
About 2 hours 50 minutes
About 3 hours 5 minutes
About 13 hours 35 minutes
About 22 hours 45 minutes
About 34 hours 5 minutes
About 68 hours 15 minutes
About 136 hours 30 minutes
Application examples
Recording a musical performance, creating
a master recording, creating a CD, and
recording other original sound sources
High-quality recording of musical practice
sessions, conference meetings, etc. com-
pressed into a smaller size file
Recordings for which extended duration is
more important than sound quality
("32kbps" indicates a monaural recording.)
Recording Settings
Higher sound
quality
Standard
sound quality
Longer record-
ing time
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