Fostex VF08 Save/load a WAV file

Save/Load of Song data

Save/load a WAV file

Song data can be saved to or load from a SCSI disk by the FDMS-3 (Fostex Disk Management System-3) format,

as well as by the WAV file format (RIFF WAVE file format) using a DOS-formatted disk. As you can handle song

data of the VF08 with a WAV file, it is possible to directly import/export data from/to a personal computer, to

playback/edit a data file with various software applications, and to import a data file edited by a computer to

the VF08.

• The save/load by a WAV file can be done only by using a disk DOS-formatted with FAT16.

The VF08 executes the save/load of a WAV file when it recognizes the disk DOS-formatted with

FAT16. The VF08 cannot recognizes a disk DOS-formatted with FAT32.

• You cannot DOS-format a disk from the "Disk Format?" menu in the setup mode.

A backup disk that handles WAV files must be DOS-formatted with FAT16 by a personal computer

in advance.

When a disk larger than 2 GB is DOS-formatted with FAT16, the disk is partitioned at the 2 GB

maximum size. In such a case, the VF08 only recognizes the first partition and does not recognize

the following partition(s). Therefore, the maximum available size of a backup disk for the VF08 is 2

GB.

To avoid an accidental erasure of data by overwriting, etc., we suggest to use a clean disk just

formatted for the save/load of WAV files.

• A WAV file saved is recorded in the root directory (in the first layer) on the backup disk.

• A WAV file that can be loaded must be allocated in the root directory on the backup disk.

A WAV file moved from the root directory to another area such as a folder cannot be recognized by

the VF08, which may cause a malfunction.

• A WAV file the VF08 saves is recorded with a file name "******##.WAV".

• A WAV file the VF08 can load must have a file name "******##.WAV".

The first 6 characters "******" are the title that is shown in the "Title Edit" screen in the setup mode.

These characters can be changed when saving using a WAV file or edited by a computer.

The following 2 characters "##" indicate the track number (1 to 24) for the save/load using a WAV

file.

The last ".WAV" is the file extension indicating that the file format is WAV.

The VF08 does not recognize other file names than above. See the following description for each

operation about details.

By using the specifications above, you can load only the desired tracks of a WAV file or load a track-

swapped WAV file. See "Loading a WAV file" described later for details.