Tascam DP-32 Digital Portastudio Owner's Manual

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38 TASCAM DP-326. When erasing a song completes, the pop-up windowdisappears from the SONG LIST screen.NOTEThe MUSIC folder must always have at least one song in it.Therefore, one song will be automatically created when youinsert or format a card.Protecting songsIf you protect a song, editing, recording and erasing thatsong will be prevented.1. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENUbutton to open the MENU screen.2. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)buttons to select (highlight green) SONG, and thenpress the F4 (t) button.The SONG LIST screen opens.3. Select (highlight blue) the song you want toprotect and then press the F2 (4) button. Toprotect multiple songs, select all songs you want toprotect.NOTETo remove a check 4 from a box, press the F2 (4) buttonagain while the song is selected (highlighted blue).4. Next, press the F4 (t) button to open the menu.Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b)buttons to select the PROTECT item from themenu, and then press the F4 (t) button.The song protect function is enabled for the selectedsong.5. When protecting a song completes, the pop-upwindow disappears from the SONG LIST screen.NOTE• In a song list used to copy, erase or perform otherfunctions, lock icons will appear next to protected songs.• If you try to perform a prohibited operation (edit, recordor erase) on a protected song, a Song Protectedmessage will appear and the operation will be prevented.• To remove protection from a song, follow the sameprocedure above, unchecking songs that you want tounlock in step 3.5 - Song ManagementDeleting unnecessary audio datafrom a songIn addition to audio data for a track, a song may alsocontain "unused" audio data. When a track is overwrittenin this unit, the overwritten audio data is not erased,but remains on the SD card. Audio data that has beencompletely overwritten is "unused" audio data.As shown in the illustration, if old audio data is notcompletely overwritten by new audio data, old audio datacannot be deleted.New guitar solo overwrites old oneOld guitar solo (deleted)New guitar solo overwrites old oneNew guitar solo overwrites old oneOld guitar solo (not deleted)Old guitar solo (not deleted)"Unused" old audio data in any virtual track that has notbeen assigned to a physical track can also be deleted. (See"Virtual tracks" on page 56.)Follow these procedures to delete "unused" audio dataand create room on the SD card for additional storage (thisoperation cannot be undone).1. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENUbutton to open the MENU screen.2. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)buttons to select (highlight green) SONG, and thenpress the F4 (t) button.The SONG LIST screen opens.3. Select (highlight blue) the song that containsunnecessary audio data and then press the F2 (4)button. To erase multiple songs, select all songsyou want to erase.NOTETo remove a check 4 from a box, press the F2 (4) buttonagain while the song is selected (highlighted blue).