Tascam DP-01 Owner's Manual

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Using the USB connection42 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s ManualAdvanced techniquesIf you do not haveenough space onthe FAT partition to back up asong, you must connect the DP-01to a PC and manage the files fromthe PC.4 You can now use the left and right cursor keys and the wheel to namethe song archive (up to 7 characters):5 Press ENTER to back up the song to the FAT partition. An error mes-sage appears if there is not enough space.The song is then copied as an archive from the current partition to theFAT partition (with a .001 extension). Messages appear on the screen asthe DP-01 goes through the file archiving process.6 Connect the DP-01 to the computer using the USB cable, and “open”the drive (““Open” and “Close”” on page 41).7 Use the PC operating system to copy or move the song archive fromthe BACKUP directory of the DP-01 FAT partition to the PC.You should notrename the songarchive on the PC as this may“confuse” the DP-01 when youcome to restore it.… Once the song archive is on the PC, you can “close” the DP-01.… The song archive on the PC can then be backed up to CD-R, etc. Youcan restore it later to the same DP-01 or to a friend’s DP-01, allowingyou to complete the recording at another location, or perform the finalmix where there are better speakers available, etc.Restoring a songThis is basically the reverse of the backup process, allowing you to transfer asong archive from a PC to the DP-01.1 Connect the DP-01 to the PC using the USB cable, and “open” thedrive (““Open” and “Close”” on page 41).2 Use the PC operating system to copy the song archive from the PC tothe BACKUP directory of the DP-01 FAT partition.3 “Close” the DP-01.4 Press MENU and select the BACKUP menu.If there are nosong archive fileson the FAT partition, a message isshown.5 Select the SONG RESTORE action and press the y key. The displayshows the song archive files on the FAT partitionAlthough the DP-01 displays shorterfilenames with spaces at the endof the name, these spaces are notpart of the actual filename.6 Select a song archive using the wheel and press ENTER. The currentsong is saved.7 The “real” song name is extracted from the archive and shown:8 Press ENTER to load the archived song as the current song. Suitablemessages are shown if there is not enough disk space, etc.- - - - B A C K U P - - - -F i l e [ S O N G 0 0 0 U ][ E N T E R ] - > E x e- - - R E S T O R E - - - -M Y B L U E . 0 0 1/ B I G B A N G . 0 0 1T R I O I N F . 0 0 1| S o n g : B i g B a n g || A r e y o u s u r e ? |