
VR800 Owner’s Manual (Formatting a Disk)
Formatting a Disk
The “Quick Operation Guide” and the “Saving and Loading Song Data” chapter of this book describe how to format a disk. This chapter explains how to format an unformatted disk and how to
Recording mode
There are four recording Modes: “Master 8ch” mode, “Master 4ch” mode, “ADAC 8ch” mode, and “Backup” mode. Master 8ch mode, Master 4ch mode and ADAC 8ch mode are used to format a disk as the current drive disk. Backup mode is used to format a SCSI disk (removable or fixed) for saving and loading song data.
For use | Recording mode for current drive | Recording mode for backup |
Record mode | ADAC 8ch mode | Master 8ch mode | Master 4ch mode | Backup mode | |
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Sampling Rate | 44.1kHz | 44.1kHz | 44.1kHz | 44.1kHz | |
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Quantumize | A.D.A.C. (*) | 16bit liner | 16bit liner |
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Available recording time | Approx. 67 minutes/100MB | Approx. 17 minutes/100MB | Approx. 17 minutes/100MB |
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(converted to one track) | (converted to one track) | (converted to one track) |
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Compatible media | MO disk, Zip cartridge, | Fixed hard disk, | MO disk, Zip cartridge, | MO disk, Zip cartridge, | |
Fixed hard disk, | Fixed hard disk, |
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| * Simultaneous 8 track recording | * Simultaneous 8 track recording | * Simultaneous 4 track recording | This is a special backup disk | |
| by adat digital input is possible. | by adat digital input is possible. | by adat digital input is possible. | format for saving and loading | |
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| (ch1~ch4) | data. You cannot use a disk in | |
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| MO disk is a maximum two tracks. |
| MO disk is a maximum two tracks. |
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| Save/load is possible only with | Save/load is possible only with | Save/load is possible only with | You can save and load data | |
Save/Load function | external SCSI drives. | external SCSI drive, DAT or | external SCSI drive and DAT. | between the backup disk and a | |
Save/load is not possible with DAT | adat. | Save/load is not possible with | current drive disk formatted in | ||
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(*)A.D.A.C. is the next generation digital audio coding technique maximized for multitrack recording, which has been developed by joint research of Matsushita Electric Industry Corporation and Fostex Corporation.
Note: Available recording time varies depending on the disk capacity and type. For actual available time for a particular disk, please refer to the “List of the drives with guaranteed operation” in the Owner’s Manual.
Note: You cannot save programs in different formats to the same
Note: You can format a fixed disk or a
Note that data recorded on a disk formatted in [ADAC 8ch] mode cannot be saved or loaded using a DAT or adat. Only the data recorded on the [Master 8ch] mode disk can be saved or loaded to/from a DAT or adat.
Set the ID number of a SCSI drive (fixed or removable) that will be used as a
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