Tascam DP-01 Owner's Manual

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Advanced song management38 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s ManualAdvanced techniquesAdvanced song managementCopying songsThe DP-01 disk is divided into “partitions” (see “Disk management” onpage 36). You can use different partitions for different purposes: old songs/newsongs, or instrumentals/vocal numbers, for example.You can also usethe multiple selec-tion procedure described in“Erasing many songs at one time”on page 19 to copy many songs atonce.This function allows you to copy a song to another partition.1 From the SONG menu, select the COPY action:2 Highlight a song and press ENTER.When the DP-01leaves the factory,the disk has three “native” parti-tions.3 Use the wheel to select the “target” partition that the song will be cop-ied to. As you scroll through the partitions, you will see the availablefree space figure change, so you will always know if there is enoughspace for the song.4 Press ENTER when you’ve selected the target partition.You are asked if you want to copy the song (Are you sure?).Press ENTER to copy the song, or EXIT to cancel the operation.5 The DP-01 then provides you with a progress report as it carries outthe copying operation. When it is finished, you see the copy screenagain.Deleting unused dataThis operationcannot be undone.Only do it if you are sure you donot want the unused parts.Because a DP-01 song is not just the parts you hear, but you can edit the audio(see “About track editing” on page 46), there may be other parts which havebeen cut out or overwritten, and some wasted space.You delete the unused data from the currently-loaded song.1 From the SONG menu, select the DEL/UNUSED action:2 Press ENTER to delete the unused data, or EXIT to cancel theoperation.- - S O N G C O P Y - -/ M y B l u e s 1 1 8 MG o H o m e ←2 2 4 M- - S O N G C O P Y - -t o / P a r t 0 2F r e e : 1 6 3 8 0 M BS o n g : 1 1 8 M B- S O N G D E L / U N U S E -T i t l e : M y Β l u e s[ E N T E R ] - > E x e