1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF

Managing your songs

This section shows you how to create a new song, as well as basic song management, such as renaming, deleting, copying, etc. For more details on disk management, and the other song management features of the unit, see “Disk/ CF card management” on page 38 and “Advanced song management” on page 41.

NOTE

Any recording made on the unit is referred to as a “song”, even though it may only consist of instrumental tracks or spoken word.

Creating a new song

1.Press the SONG key to bring up the SONGmenu.

If the CREATEaction is not highlighted, use the DATA dial or the cursor (§/) keys to highlight it.

2.Press the YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key. The display shows:

3.Enter a title as described in “Titling” on page 11.

4.Press YES/ENTER to create the song. The current song is stored even though the new song has not yet been created.

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You can re-title a song by pressing the SHIFTed TITLE key to edit the title of the currently-loaded song.

When creating the song is finished, the screen returns to the SONGscreen.

Storing songs

Since the unit does not automatically save the audio you record as part of a song, you should get into the habit of performing frequent manual saves.

NOTE

A “song” is not just the audio files you record—it also includes editing, settings, etc.

1.Press the SONG key, use the DATA dial or the cursor (§/) keys to highlight the SAVEaction.

2.Press the YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key. The display shows:

3.Rename the file if you want to save it as another name and press YES/ENTER, or simply press YES/ ENTER to save the file to disk or card.

The screen shows a message, Storing Songas the song is saved.

Reverting to last version

The REVERTaction (which follows the SAVEaction in the SONGmenu) allows you to undo all changes since the last save.

When you select the REVERT, the title of the song is shown. Press YES/ENTER to go back to the last saved version, or NO/EXIT to keep the current song as it is.

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