6 – Internal Settings and Operations

NOTE

CF cards with capacities of 2 GB or less that have been formatted by this unit might be seen by computers as having no open capacity, preventing files and folders from being written.

Version display (VERSION INFO)

Show the unit’s SYSTEM version.

Touch the bottom center of the screen to show the version of the internal device data and the version of any TASCAM RC-HS20PD remote controller (sold separately) connected to the unit.

Folder structure

The folder structure is as shown below. You can check the structure of folders and files by using a computer to view the CF card . Be aware, however, if you change or erase a file inside a project, or change any names, the HS-8 might not be able to play that project.

ROOT

Project01

Scene001 (Example of Poly)

Scene001-T001.wav

Scene001-T001_ST.wav

Scene001-T002.wav

Scene001-T002_ST.wav

Scene002 (Example of MONO & Sub Folder)

Scene002-T001

Scene002-T001_1.wav

Scene002-T001_2.wav

Scene002-T001_3.wav

Scene002-T001_4.wav

Scene002-T001_5.wav

Scene002-T001_6.wav

Scene002-T001_7.wav

Scene002-T001_8.wav

Scene002-T002

Scene002-T002_1.wav

Scene002-T002_2.wav

Scene002-T002_3.wav

Scene002-T002_4.wav

Scene002-T002_5.wav

Scene002-T002_6.wav

Scene002-T002_7.wav

Scene002-T002_8.wav

Scene002-T001_ST.wav

Scene002-T002_ST.wav

Project02

Scene001 (Example of MONO & Folder)

Scene001-T001_1.wav

Scene001-T001_2.wav

Scene001-T001_3.wav

Scene001-T001_4.wav

Scene001-T001_5.wav

Scene001-T001_6.wav

Scene001-T001_7.wav

Scene001-T001_8.wav

Scene001-T001_ST.wav

Scene001-T002_1.wav

Scene001-T002_2.wav

Scene001-T002_3.wav

Scene001-T002_4.wav

Scene001-T002_5.wav

Scene001-T002_6.wav

Scene001-T002_7.wav

Scene001-T002_8.wav

Scene001-T002_ST.wav

Project03

NOTE

Poly files are created directly in the folder.

With mono files, subfolders are created inside the folder for each take. When the “Mono File Place” setting is “SubFolder”, files are created in the take subfolders. When the setting is “Folder”, files are created directly in the folder.

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