Korg Pandora PXR4 digital 4 track

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Does neone know how to use this?! i cant record a new song (not enough memory). i have 16MB card, is this enough? I just want to become familiar with this. Can i delete the 2 demo songs in orderto make my own? if so how? I have the manual but its confusing! Help!
 
Yo Runner:

Welcome to BBS and welcome to digital recording; and welcome to the world of ambiguous manuals.

It's almost beyond belief that companies like Yamaha, Korg, and Roland can't hire folks to write clear step by step manuals for their products.

I'd take the job if offered but English composition teachers don't seem to apply for those jobs. I wonder why?

Some other companies have hired grade school and high school English teachers to write manuals for washing machines, and much less complicated gear -- but in the digital recording world, seems like their cables are defective.

Can't help you brother because I don't know the gear you refer to but I'll bet someone here can.

Green Hornet :D :cool: :D
 
I dont know much about this particular recorder but 16 megabytes is not a lot of memory for multi-tracking.I think it comes with the 16 mb card right?It supports up to 128mb cards.

You will probably only be able to record a very short clip of something using all tracks with the 16 megabyte card.How many minutes is the song you are trying to record?
 
Yo, Homie! Welcome to the board. I'm pretty familiar with the Pandora, it's a constant companion of mine for travel. 16mb won't cut it. I don't have a calculator handy, but a 128mb card in high resolution will record 90 track minutes. That's 45 minutes in stereo, 22.5 for all 4 tracks. With 16mb, you get 1/8 of that, about 11 track minutes, a little more than 2:30 on all 4 tracks. You're going to need 2 128mb cards, and soon, there will be 256mb smart media cards available. I don't know about demo songs, I don't think I got any with mine. Check the manual under demo song, and song delete.
Keep in touch, because I know a few tricks with the Pandora. It's a better machine than you can possibly believe. I agree with you about the manual. It's written in a special language called "Japanics" Well, if the little thing didn't do as many things, the instructions would be simpler. I'm sure we'll be chatting again. Best of luck.- Richie
 
Thanks guys! btw would a 32MB card do the job? If yes how much are they? If no, how much are the 128MB cards?
 
HomestarRunner said:
Thanks guys! btw would a 32MB card do the job? If yes how much are they? If no, how much are the 128MB cards?
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GO to page 23 of your manual.You can get more time out of your 16 mb card than what you are getting right now by choosing a lower grade of recording quality.This recorder has 3 "Song Grades":

Eco: Economy, extended-length limited bandwidth recording
(Max. time, 16MB, 1 Track: 33’50”)

Std: Standard, very high quality, normal use (Max. time, 16MB, 1 Track: 16’50”)

HiQ: Ultra-high audio quality (Max. time, 16MB, 1 Track: 11’15”)


PXR4 EasyStart
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Create a new song (page 23of your manual):
1. If there are no songs on the card, the display will indicate “Make New!” If there is at least one song on
the card, select the last song, and then press the [FF] key. The “Make New” message is replaced by
“SngGrade”. Rotate the DIAL to view the recording grades (with the included 16 MB card) as follows:
Eco: Economy, extended-length limited bandwidth recording
(Max. time, 16MB, 1 Track: 33’50”)
Std: Standard, very high quality, normal use (Max. time, 16MB, 1 Track: 16’50”)
HiQ: Ultra-high audio quality (Max. time, 16MB, 1 Track: 11’15”)
*For this exercise, select “Std” grade.
2. Press the [.cursor] and the display will indicate “NEW SONG” before returning to Locate Mode, and
displaying the counter position: “00.00.00”.
3. To rename the song, see page 24 of the owner’s manual.

http://www.korg.com/downloads/pdf/PXR4EasyStart.pdf

http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?A_PROD_NO=PXR4

Prices of Smartmedia Cards

Im not that familiar with SmartMedia Cards so of course you'll wanna check your manual to see which SmartMedia cards are Compatible with your particular recorder.

Hope this helps.
 
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NO!!!! 32 mb will *NOT* do it. don't waste your money. Just get a 128mb card, and the answer is they're about $50, check "smart media" on line, and unlike the cards thy use in an MR-8, pretty much any card will work. They use them in a lot of digital cameras, so somebody you know may have one lying around that you haven't even thought of (or your friends, parents, etc.) Best of luck.-Richie
 
Alright, I follow all the instructions on how to delete a demo sng. When i got to the 'working...finish' page, it then went to a SngFilEr. I went dow on the cursor and did CD recovery. Every time i try to delete the demo songs this happens! Why!? And how can i prevent this message form popping up?
 
Homey, try re-formatting your card, that should wipe the pesky demo song.-Richie
 
Read the manual. Page 62 parameter P.4-5. I believe it says all data will be lost from the card. That will do it. You should also be able to "delete song" with the same effect.-Richie
 
Ha I'm sorry but how do you format the card? Do u put that little sticker than came in the cards case on he little black circle on the card? Sorry im new at this!
 
When you find the parameter listed above (car format) push yes a lot. You'll get to that menu using the system button and arrow keys. Good Luck, you can't get out of reading and understanding the manual.-Richie
 
HomestarRunner said:
Ha I'm sorry but how do you format the card? Do u put that little sticker than came in the cards case on he little black circle on the card? Sorry im new at this!
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As Richard mentioned,reading the manual is MADATORY.:D

Just look through the index and find the topic that relates to what you need to do at the moment.
 
Yes but the manual is too vague. It doesnt tell me what to use. Please help!?
 
HomestarRunner said:
Yes but the manual is too vague. It doesnt tell me what to use. Please help!?
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THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM YOUR MANUAL,PAGE 54.

Formatting a card: Format
When you format a card, all the contents of that card will be
erased.
1 Access the “CardUtl” page.
Use the [SYSTEM] key and [CURSOR] up/down keys
to access the “CardUtl” page, and press the [CURSOR]
right key.
2 Access the “CdFormat” page.
Use the [CURSOR] up/down keys to access the
“CdFormat” page, and press the [CURSOR] right key.
3 Execute the Format operation.
When the display asks “Format?,” select “Yes” and
press the [CURSOR] right key. When the display asks
“Sure?,” select “Yes” and press the [CURSOR] right
key to execute the Format operation.
When formatting is completed, the Song Create page
will appear. (p.23)
 
That is not vague. Thanks, Kramer, I didn't have the heart for it.-Richie
 
God I did everything it said, it was 'formating...' then it when ack to the main page and all the songs were still there!! Then i went to make a new song (each try on every grade std eco and hi) and the ">>Card<< err screen came! why!? I formatted the card! why arent the songs erased!??? Help!
 
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