Creating And Changeover To A New File During Continued Recording (Track Increment); Manual Track Increment During Recording; Automatic Track Incrementation By Set Time - Tascam DR-40 Reference Manual

4 – Recording
:
MARK
If the input signal level falls below the standard level for
more than five seconds, which is set on
adds marks when the input signal level becomes higher
than the standard level again.
11 Press the (HOME) [8] button to stop automatic
recording.
TIP
By using this in combination with the
can record events without losing the beginnings of sounds.
CAUTION
• Auto-recording does not work in OVERDUB mode.
• When the auto-recording function is on, unless overridden
by overdubbing mode, the self-timer cannot be used.
Creating and changeover to a new file
during continued recording (Track
increment)
You can manually or automatically split a recording by
creating a new file. (Track increment)
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LEVEL
function, you
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Manual track increment during recording

You can manually split a recording by creating a new file.
Press the / button while recording.
NOTE
• When new files are created, incremental numbers are added
to the end of each project name.
• A new file cannot be created if the total number of files and
folders would exceed 5000.
• Files shorter than two seconds cannot be created. If the
sampling frequency is 96 kHz, files shorter than four
seconds cannot be created.
• If the name of a newly created file would be the same as
that of an existing file, the number will be incremented until
the new file has a unique name.
• Track increment is not possible in OVERDUB mode.

Automatic track incrementation by set time

Without pausing recording, a new file can be created
automatically during recording when the time set on the
TRACK INC screen is reached. Follow these procedures to set
the amount of time that triggers track incrementation.
1 Press the MENU button to open the MENU screen.