Fostex PD-6 operation manual About recording modes, One file mode, Two file mode

PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Chapter 2: Before using the PD-6)

About recording modes

With a disk formatted in the UDF Rev1.5 “Normal” mode, you can make recording in the “One file mode” or “Two file mode”, which can be selected by the [REC TR] select switch.

If you set the [REC TR] select switch to 2, 4, 5 or 6, recording is made by the “One file mode”, in which a single audio file is created when recording starts. See the figure on the right.

In the “One file mode”, each time recording is made, a new audio file with the incremented number is created.

If you set the [REC TR] select switch to 2+4 or 1+5, recording is made by the “Two file mode”, in which two audio files (two-track and four-track files, or one-track and five-track files) are created when recording starts.

In the “Two file mode”, two new audio file with the successive numbers are simultaneously

<One file mode>

2 TR	*******.wav (01)
FILE
	Each file is individually created.
6 TR	*******.wav (02)
FILE

<Two file mode>

5 TR	*******M.wav (01)
FILE

Two files are simultaneously created.

1 TR

created, in which the file with the smaller number is the multitrack file and “M” is added to the file name.

FILE

*******.wav (02)

<Note>

If a disk is formatted in the “Tape” mode, You cannot make recording in the “Two file mode”.

<Note>

The position of “M” added to a multitrack file name depends on the “File name mode” setting in the “Default file name” menu of the Setup mode. See “Chapter 5: Recording/playback” on page 68 for details.

With a disk formatted in the “Normal” or “Tape” mode, files are stored in the “BWF” directory. An 8-centimeter DVD-RAM disk allows recording to both sides, so you can make recording in the “Normal” mode on side A, while in the “Tape” mode on side B. For details about how to format a disk in the “Tape” mode, see “Formatting a disk” in “Chapter 8: Utility mode” on page 115.

“Normal” mode disk

Resume. rsm
	INFO
	******.wav (01)
	******.wav (02)
BWF	******.wav (03)
	******.wav (04)
	******.wav (05)
	******.wav (06)
	******.wav (nn)

“Tape” mode disk

Resume. rsm
	INFO
BWF	Tape_mode1.wav (01)

If a disk is formatted in the “Tape” mode, the whole disk side is formatted as a single file, so only a single audio file exists.

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