Tascam D00871320A Owner's Manual

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Managing your songs20 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s ManualStarting out with your DP-01Managing your songsAny recording madeon the DP-01 isreferred to as a "song", even thoughit may only consist of instrumentaltracks or spoken word.This section shows you how to create a new song, as well as basicsong management, such as renaming, deleting, copying, etc. Formore details on disk management, and the other song managementfeatures of the DP-01, see “Disk management” on page 40 and“Advanced song management” on page 42.Creating a new song1 Press the MENU key, use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu, andpress the key.2 If the CREATE option is not highlighted, use the jog wheel to highlightit and press the key.You can re-title asong by pressingthe SHIFTed MENU key to edit thetitle of the currently-loaded song.3 Enter a title as described in “Titling” on page 15.4 Press ENTER to create the song. The current song is stored eventhough the new song has not yet been created.Storing songsA “song” is not justthe audio files yourecord—it also includes editing, set-tings, etc.Since the DP-01 does not automatically save the audio you recordas part of a song, you should get into the habit of performing fre-quent manual saves, and always shutting down the DP-01 properly(“Shutting down the DP-01” on page 12) to store all data.1 Press the MENU key, use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menuitem, and press the key.2 Highlight the SAVE option and press the key:3 Rename the file if you want to save it as another name and pressENTER, or simply press ENTER to save the file to disk.The screen shows a message (Saving Song) as the song is saved.