Tascam HS-8 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM HS-8 33This unit manages audio files in projects. A CF cardcontains project folders, and each project folder containssubfolders that hold audio files, which are called takes..Project: Contains all the materials for one program orworkFolder: Includes all the materials for a projectTake: An audio file of a recordingCAUTIONThe sampling frequency and time code frame-type in a project arefixed.File formatsThis unit can record and play files in the following types offormats.File format: BWF•Sampling frequencies: 44.1/48/47.952/48.048/88.•2/96/176.4/192 kHz (47.952/48.048: 48 kHz ±0.1%pull-down/pull-up)Bit length: 16 or 24•Number of tracks:•1–8 tracks (at 44.1, 48, 88.2 or 96 kHz)1–8 tracks + stereo mix (at 44.1 or 48 kHz)1–4 tracks (at 176.4 or 192 kHz)File mode: monophonic or polyphonic•Monophonic and polyphonic modesIn monophonic mode, each track is recorded as anindependent monaural BWF file.In polyphonic mode, multiple tracks are recordedtogether as a single BWF file.When transferring a file to an audio application that iscompatible with polyphonic files, multiple tracks can beinput at once.The 2mix file is always recorded as a polyphonic (stereo)file.Folder where files are saved in mono modeIn mono mode, files can be saved in one of two places(folders).SubFolder mode•Subfolders are created for each take inside projectfolders, and recorded audio files are saved in them.Folder mode•Recorded audio files are saved directly inside theproject folder.NOTEWhen Folder mode is selected, the number of files created is•large. For this reason, the number of tracks that can be recordedis greatly reduced. (See “Recording operation limitations” onpage 29.)During recording, you can press the REC key to start recording a•new take. This function can be used 4 seconds after beginningrecording in Poly and Subfolder modes, but in Folder mode, youmight have to wait more than 4 seconds.The default setting is “SubFolder”.•PROJECT screen overviewPress the PROJECT key on the front panel to open thePROJECT screen. The last used PROJECT screen page(project selection, folder selection or take selection)opens.Project selection screenDirectory display: The current directory level andnumber of projects is shown. (In the example above,the root directory of CF card 1 contains 12 projects.)NUM OF FOLDER: This shows the number of folders ineach project.Fs: This shows the sampling frequency of the project. Thevalues are abbreviated as follows.44.1 kHz: 44k48 kHz: 48k48 kHz –0.1% (pull-down): 48k-48 kHz +0.1% (pull- up): 48k+88.2 kHz: 88k96 kHz: 96k176.4 kHz: 176k192 kHz: 192kENTER: Press a project “ ®” button to show the contentsof that project.5 – Projects