Playback; Autoplay; Audio File Formats; Wav - Sound Devices 788T User Manual And Technical Information

788T User Guide and Technical Information

Playback

The 788T has high-resolution playback circuitry and is appropriate for any reference audio applica-
tion. Any fi le recorded by the 788T can be played back. In addition, MP2, MP3, and WAV fi les can be
copied to the storage media from a computer can be played back. This is useful when using the 788T
as a high-resolution playback device. In Playback mode, the LCD backlight will illuminate green by
factory default, this can be defeated in the Setup Menu option LCD: BACKLIGHT MODE.
The 788T plays back the last recorded audio fi le unless another fi le is selected. There are two ways to
select another fi le for playback. To select another fi le in the current record directory, from stop mode,
push either the FastForward or reverse key to put the 788T into play-stop mode. The fi lename dis-
play will begin fl ashing and the FAST FORWARD and REWIND keys are used to step through fi les
available in the current record directory. To select a fi le in an alternate directory, press the HDD key
to enter the media directories. Navigate to the appropriate directory. Select the fi le that is desired for
play back with the Multi-Function Rotary Switch and press the PLAY key.
The current playback media is indicated by the highlighted (white type on black background) media
descriptor on the left hand side of the main LCD display. Regardless of the directory selected for
playback, when the REC key is pressed, the 788T will revert to the directory determined by the
REC: MEDIA SELECT and FILE: FOLDER OPTIONS Setup Menu settings.

AutoPlay

The 788T can be set to play back all valid audio fi les in a directory. Files will play back in
their order in the directory. Varios autoplay options can be set in the Setup Menu option
PLAY: AUTOPLAY MODE:
• Disabled – auto playback is Off
• Play all – all fi les in the directory will play, then stop when all fi les have been played
• Repeat one – the selected fi le will play back continuously until stopped by the user
• Repeat all – all fi les in the directory will play in succession, then repeat until the Stop key is
pressed.

Audio File Formats

The 788T records audio to the industry-standard Broadcast Wave fi le format, either monophonic or
polyphonic. Additionally, the 788T will also playback fi les in the WAV, MP2, or MP3 formats. The
788T will also read fi les with the .BWF extension.

.WAV

The 788T writes AES-31 Broadcast Wave formatted fi les. The audio fi les created by the 788T include
additional information (Metadata) in the fi le's header, BEXT (Broadcast Audio Extension) and iXML
data chunks.
ditional broadcast wave data chunks will simply ignore them.

File Type

The 788T has two fi le type options for recording, WAV mono and WAV poly. Select the fi le type in
the Setup Menu option REC: FILE TYPE.

Monophonic

When WAV Mono is selected, the 788T will generate a separate audio fi le for each recorded track.
The mono fi les generated by the 788T have fi le names similar to T01_1.WAV and T01_2.WAV. The fi le
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See Appendix 2 – Metadata Implementation. Software that does not recognize these ad-