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Chapter 6 Save/Load of song data

You can save or load the desired song data using an S/PDIF digital signal, adat digital signal, as well as the CD-R/ RW drive (Model CD-1A/EX). The file formats you can use are the FDMS-3 (Fostex Digital Management System-3) and WAV. This function allows you to save finished or unfinished song data, including audio data and various SETUP information, to an external digital recorder or CD-R/RW drive, and load the data later. You can also make an original audio CD (CD-DA) using a CD-RW/CD-R disc.

******About song data******

The format and time required for the save/load operations are different between each method.

•Using the S/PDIF digital signal (you can save/load data for each program individually.):

Five seconds after the pilot signal (shown in gray in the diagram below), the song data is output to an external DAT recorder. The audio data is divided into data blocks of track pairs (shown in black in the diagram below) and transferred. To save data for all Real and Additional tracks (totally 24 tracks), 12 two-track units of data are transferred. Therefore, it will take about 12 times as much as the recorded time of a program (from ABS 0 to REC END) to save all the data recorded on the program.

When loading song data from a DAT to the VF160EX, data is transferred with two-track data blocks, the same as saving data. (See also <Notes for saving data using the S/PDIF or adat digital signal> on the next page.)

Trk 1&2 Trk 3&4

Trk 21&22

Trk 23&24

Program 1 (P01)

Program 2 (P02)

Program 99 (P99)

•Using the adat digital signal (you can save/load data for each program individually.):

Five seconds after the pilot signal (shown in gray in the diagram below), the song data is output to an external adat recorder. The audio data is divided into data blocks of 8 tracks (shown in black in the diagram below) and transferred. To save data for all Real and Additional tracks (totally 24 tracks), 3 units of eight-track data are transferred.

Therefore, it will take about 3 times as much as the recorded time of a program (from ABS 0 to REC END) to save all the data recorded on the program.

When loading song data from an adat recorder to the VF160EX, data is transferred with eight-track data blocks, the same as saving data. (See also <Notes for saving data using the S/PDIF or adat digital signal> on the next page.)

Trk 1 & 2 &		Trk 9 & 10	Trk 17 & 18
		& 11 & 12	& 19 & 20
3 & 4	& 5 &
		& 13 & 14	& 21 & 22
6 & 7	& 8
		& 15 & 16	& 23 & 24

Program 1 (P01)

Program 2 (P02)

Program 99 (P99)

•Using a CD-RW/CD-R disc (you can save/load data for each program individually.):

When using a CD-RW/CD-R disc, all audio data including both the Real and Additional tracks (shown in black in the diagram below) is transferred simultaneously. No pilot tone or beep sound is recorded when saving data to a CD- RW/CD-R disc. Therefore, you can save or load a program much faster than using an S/PDIF or adat signal.

If song data to be saved requires more space than the available disc space, you can save the data to more than one disc (up to 99 discs). In a save/load operation using a WAV file, you can specify a track or tracks to be saved or loaded, as well as all tracks. Using the save function to a CD-RW/CD-R disc, you can also make an original audio CD.

Trk 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &7

&8 & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13

&14 & 15 & 16 & 17 & 18 & 19 & 20 & 21 & 23 & 24

Program 1 (P01)

Program 2 (P02)

Program 99 (P99)

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