Michael O'Regan
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Its an excellent unit. Easy to use. All my stuff was done using the DP-02.
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RaydioNH
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tascam dp02 cf freeing up disc space
Is there a way to free up disc space one track or last recording at a time, instead of scrubbing the whole history?
Is there a way to free up disc space one track or last recording at a time, instead of scrubbing the whole history?
Using the SM57, BG 5.0 and the internal preamps with a high gain instrument such as drums had way more than adequate gain. OL LEDs were easily lit, and input gain had to be reduced. Alternately, I could have moved the mics back a bit.
I tried a tenor sax (inherently loud inst.) and was able to back way off the mic 4-5-6' as necessary, and still lite the OL LEDs on occasion. It just seemed that acoustic guitar and straight vocals showed the weakness in low gain for these preamps. Other louder sources were more manageable to get a decently strong signal. YMMV.
On card space and song management,... the 1Gb CF card included is devided into halves, with one being a "tracking" partition and one being a FAT partition, of 512Mb each. This reduces the tracking time to appx. 60 minutes. I did an all out experimental jam, and I got 6 tracks to appx. 10 minutes each, before the machine flagged "DISK FULL".
The Load/Save operation to/from the 'puter is a little less convenient than I'd have thought originally, tho' admittedly I'm used to true removable media devices such as cassettes or reel tapes.
Filling up the card and having to "dump" the data before continuing gave me an "aw shucks" disappointment factor during all this audio testing, as I'm not a huge fan of manipulating recorders with the 'puter as a necessity. I have the Pocketstudio 5 and DP-02cf, and the 'puter hookup load/dump routine is my least favorite part.
The good news is that CF cards are now made in ridiculously huge capacity, so a 2, 5, 16 or more GB card would greatly expand free recording time on the DP02cf. Something to look forward to, I guess.
A Reel Person
It's Too Funky in Here!!!
Yes,...
Under "Track Edit" there's "Clear Out" function for 1 track individually, pairs of tracks or All tracks./DA
Under "Track Edit" there's "Clear Out" function for 1 track individually, pairs of tracks or All tracks./DA