About hard disks
About hard disks
When a hard disk connected to the TRINITY is formatted, it is divided into two partitions: a filer area and a sound area. The filer partition is used to save .SNG files and .PCG files, and also includes an area used to manage these files. The sound partition is used to record sound.
When you specify the size of the filer partition in the Format dialog box before executing the Format command, the disk will be formatted with the remaining space allotted to the sound partition (☞ page 48 of this manual). In order to mod- ify the partitioning, you must either execute Format once again, or execute the Wipe command.
Hard Disk
Filer partition
.SNG files
.PCG files etc.
Sound partition
Recorded sounds
About sound and audio events
When audio recording is performed, sound is recorded directly into the sound partition of the hard disk. At the same time, event data (audio events) pertaining to that sound is recorded into the audio track that is currently selected. (The sound data itself does not exist in the audio track.) Audio events contain data that specifies the name of the sound that they use, and data that specifies the portion of the sound that will be played back.
When a song is played back and an audio event is encountered, the appropriate sound will be played back from the hard disk. This means that playback is not possible unless the sound itself as well as the audio event that uses that sound are both present.
Be aware that audio events can be erased using the event edit commands, and can also be erased by accident by turning the power off before they have been saved to the hard disk. Furthermore, if just the sound is left, it will not be possi- ble to
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