2 – Advanced techniques

Disk/CF card management

The DP-02/DP-02CF allows you format and re-partition their recording media (see “DP-02 Line-up” on page 7) to suit your needs. The recording media on your unit can be divided into partitions. Songs can be created on a partition and moved to another one later for archive purposes, etc., or you can use different partitions for different types of songs.

CAUTION

In addition to the song partitions, there is also a FAT-formatted partition. This is the part of the recording media that can be read by a personal computer when the unit is connected using USB. Whenever you want to archive or store a song on a computer, export a mix to a computer, or import an audio file for inclusion in a song, the data must be copied in two operations, copying first to the FAT partition and then from there to your computer.

Formatting and re-partitioning are “destructive” actions. You cannot undo them, and the changes are permanent.

NOTE

The FAT format (File Allocation Table) is a disk format which can be read by all personal computers.

Selecting the active partition

Choose the active partition, from which you can load existing songs and on which you can create new songs, etc.

On the DP-02:

1.From the MENUscreen, select and enter the DISK.

2.Highlight the PARTITIONaction and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key. The display shows:

An asterisk (Ú) shows the active partition. The sizes of the partitions are shown (not the available space).

NOTE

You cannot select the FAT partition here.

3.Use the cursor (§/) keys or rotate the DATA dial to select the partition to make it active and press YES/ ENTER. The display shows:

4.Press YES/ENTER to select, or NO/EXIT to cansel the partition action.

The unit stores the current song, loads the current song on the new partition and shows a series of messages about the progress of the operation.

On the DP-02CF:

1.From the CARD screen, select the PARTITION action and press YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key. The display shows the partition list as shown in the step 2 on the left column.

An asterisk (Ú) shows the active partition. The sizes of the partitions are shown (not the available space).

2.Move the cursor (§/) keys or rotate the DATA dial to the partition to make it active and press YES/

ENTER.

The display shows the message, Are you sure?as shown in step 3 on the left column.

NOTE

If a CF card under 5GB is used, just one partition appears on the display, and that is the only partition available as the current active partition, marked with an asterisk.

3.Press YES/ENTER to select, or NO/EXIT to cancel the partition action.

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