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SD Card Management, Overview of partitions, Formatting cards and setting partition sizes

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10 - SD Card Management Overview of partitions As described in "Partitions and songs" (page 47), SD cards formatted by this unit are divided into partitions. MTR partitions are for recording data while the FAT partition can be accessed with a personal computer. High-capacity cards can have multiple MTR partitions. In this case, you can use the MTR partitions for different songs, for example, or copy songs to a different MTR partitions to save their information. The FAT partition is FAT32 format and can be accessed by a computer connected to this unit by USB. This FAT partition is used to save songs and export stereo master tracks to computers, as well as to allow this unit to import audio files into songs, for example. For this reason, two steps are necessary to copy from a MTR partition and a computer. You can also format an entire card or individual partition as well as change the divisions between partitions (repartition) as necessary. CAUTION Formatting and repartition operations cannot be undone! NOTE • The FAT (File Allocation Table) format is a disk format that can be read by a computer. • SD and SDHC card that are at least 512MB in size can be used. Formatting cards and setting partition sizes This operation formats the entire card and allows you set MTR partition sizes for highcapacity cards. CAUTION This operation erases all the data on the card and cannot be undone! Confirm that you will not lose important data before formatting a card. 1 When the recorder is stopped, press 68 TASCAM DP-008 MENU to open the MENU screen. 2 Turn the DATA wheel to select CARD, and press the F4 (¥) key to open the CARD menu screen. 3 Turn the DATA wheel to select FORMAT and press the F4 (¥) key. The FORMAT screen opens. MTR partition size FAT partition size Total card size The following table shows the FAT and MTR partition sizes for different SD card capacities. The FAT partition size is set automatically according to card capacity. The size of the MTR partition on cards 4 GB or smaller is also fixed, but cards that are 8 GB or larger have multiple MTR partitions and their sizes can be chosen. However, the last MTR partition is set to fill the remaining space on the card automatically, so its size cannot be chosen. Card capacity and partition size Card capacity 32 GB 16 GB 8 GB 4 GB 2 GB 1 GB FAT partition size 4 GB 4 GB 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB 512 MB MTR partition size 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB 2 GB or 4 GB 2 GB fixed 1 GB fixed 512MB fixed

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TASCAM
DP-008
Overview of partitions
As described in “Partitions and songs” (page
47), SD cards formatted by this unit are
divided into partitions. MTR partitions are
for recording data while the FAT partition
can be accessed with a personal computer.
High-capacity cards can have multiple MTR
partitions. In this case, you can use the MTR
partitions for different songs, for example,
or copy songs to a different MTR partitions
to save their information. The FAT partition
is FAT32 format and can be accessed by a
computer connected to this unit by USB. This
FAT partition is used to save songs and export
stereo master tracks to computers, as well as
to allow this unit to import audio files into
songs, for example. For this reason, two steps
are necessary to copy from a MTR partition
and a computer. You can also format an entire
card or individual partition as well as change
the divisions between partitions (repartition) as
necessary.
CAUTION
Formatting and repartition operations
cannot be undone!
NOTE
The FAT (File Allocation Table) format
•
is a disk format that can be read by a
computer.
SD and SDHC card that are at least 512MB
•
in size can be used.
Formatting cards and
setting partition sizes
This operation formats the entire card and
allows you set MTR partition sizes for high-
capacity cards.
CAUTION
This operation erases all the data on the
card and cannot be undone! Confirm that
you will not lose important data before
formatting a card.
1
When the recorder is stopped, press
MENU
to open the
MENU
screen.
2 Turn the
DATA
wheel to select
CARD
, and
press the
F4
(
¥
) key to open the
CARD
menu screen.
3 Turn the
DATA
wheel to select
FORMAT
and press the
F4
(
¥
) key.
The
FORMAT
screen opens.
MTR partition size
FAT partition size
Total card size
The following table shows the FAT and MTR
partition sizes for different SD card capacities.
The FAT partition size is set automatically
according to card capacity. The size of the
MTR partition on cards 4 GB or smaller is also
fixed, but cards that are 8 GB or larger have
multiple MTR partitions and their sizes can
be chosen. However, the last MTR partition
is set to fill the remaining space on the card
automatically, so its size cannot be chosen.
Card capacity and partition size
Card
capacity
FAT
partition
size
MTR partition size
32 GB
4 GB
2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB or
16 GB
16 GB
4 GB
2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB
8 GB
2 GB
2 GB or 4 GB
4 GB
2 GB
2 GB fixed
2 GB
1 GB
1 GB fixed
1 GB
512 MB
512MB fixed
10 – SD Card Management