Igor Alexander
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Good news - The DP24's internal format is now fat16 or fat32, depending on the SD card size. I suggest you immediatly get a larger SD card because the one included is a 2GB fat16. Staples has PNY 8gb cards on sale for $15. Note: cards must be Class 10 in order to work. Anyway, format conversions are no longer required. You can pop the SD card into your computer and access all the files. A USB cable is also included and that simply connects you to the card in the recorder with Widows Explorer. Either way, you get full access to all files. CAUTION: Don't mess with the recorded tracks. Apparantly there are control files that keep track of track sized etc. Although I haven't tried it yet, I believe using the AudioDepot folder is the solution to keeping everything in sync. So lengthy format conversions are no longer an issue. Backups are simply a copy & paste operation. Regards - Bill
If files first have to be sent to an "AudioDepot" folder in order to be in sync when imported into a DAW, then that suggests they are being converted (i.e., silence is being inserted in the unrecorded portions preceding the files). I don't see how else it could be done. If the files are already in .wav format rather than in a proprietary Tascam format, though, that probably cuts down the conversion time considerably. [UPDATE: Rereading your paragraph, I see you were saying the same thing.]
I don't understand why Tascam would give the user direct access to the raw session .wav files through a computer if he's not supposed to modify them. Isn't that kind of like putting a bottle of milk spiked with Draino next to a toddler and telling him not to drink it?