This unit manages audio files in projects. A CF card contains project folders, and each project folder contains subfolders that hold audio files, which are called takes..

Project: Contains all the materials for one program or work

Folder: Includes all the materials for a project

Take: An audio file of a recording

CAUTION

The sampling frequency and time code frame-type in a project are fixed.

File formats

This unit can record and play files in the following types of formats.

•• File format: BWF

•• Sampling frequencies: 44.1/48/47.952/48.048/88. 2/96/176.4/192 kHz (47.952/48.048: 48 kHz ±0.1% pull-down/pull-up)

•• Bit length: 16 or 24

•• Number of tracks:

1–8 tracks (at 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96 kHz) 1–8 tracks + stereo mix (at 44.1 or 48 kHz) 1–4 tracks (at 176.4 or 192 kHz)

•• File mode: monophonic or polyphonic

Monophonic and polyphonic modes

In monophonic mode, each track is recorded as an independent monaural BWF file.

In polyphonic mode, multiple tracks are recorded together as a single BWF file.

When transferring a file to an audio application that is compatible with polyphonic files, multiple tracks can be input at once.

The 2mix file is always recorded as a polyphonic (stereo) file.

Folder where files are saved in mono mode

In mono mode, files can be saved in one of two places (folders).

•• SubFolder mode

Subfolders are created for each take inside project folders, and recorded audio files are saved in them.

•• Folder mode

Recorded audio files are saved directly inside the project folder.

NOTE

•• When Folder mode is selected, the number of files created is large. For this reason, the number of tracks that can be recorded

 

5 – Projects

 

is greatly reduced. (See “Recording operation limitations” on

 

page 29.)

••

During recording, you can press the REC key to start recording a

 

new take. This function can be used 4 seconds after beginning

 

recording in Poly and Subfolder modes, but in Folder mode, you

 

might have to wait more than 4 seconds.

••

The default setting is “SubFolder”.

PROJECT screen overview

Press the PROJECT key on the front panel to open the PROJECT screen. The last used PROJECT screen page (project selection, folder selection or take selection) opens.

Project selection screen

Directory display: The current directory level and number of projects is shown. (In the example above, the root directory of CF card 1 contains 12 projects.)

NUM OF FOLDER: This shows the number of folders in each project.

Fs: This shows the sampling frequency of the project. The values are abbreviated as follows.

44.1 kHz:

44k

48 kHz:

48k

48 kHz –0.1% (pull-down):

48k-

48 kHz +0.1% (pull- up):

48k+

88.2 kHz:

88k

96 kHz:

96k

176.4 kHz:

176k

192 kHz:

192k

ENTER: Press a project “ ®” button to show the contents of that project.

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