TASCAM DA-6400 DA-6400dp Owners Manual - Page 30

5 - Working with Folders (BROWSE screen) You can manage audio files on the SSD/HDD drive in a folder structure. After selecting a folder to work with on the BROWSE screen, you can open a folder pop-up menu. You can also create folders from the menu. NOTE • Using a computer to read the contents of SSD/HDD drives, you can change the folder structure, edit the names of folders and files, and delete folders and files, for example. • Making changes with a computer, however, could cause the order of the files to change when played back on the unit. Opening the BROWSE screen Select the BROWSE item on the GENERAL page to open the BROWSE screen. (See "Menu operation procedures" on page 16.) Icons on the BROWSE screen The icons that appear on the BROWSE Screen are as follows. 88 Plain folder The folder name appears next to the icon. "C" appears in a yellow icon for the current folder. 88 Take The file name appears next to the icon. The icon appears yellow for the current take. 88 Audio file The icon appears for audio files included in a take. 88 Other files The file name appears next to the icon. Folder operations Select the desired folder on the BROWSE Screen and press the MULTI JOG dial to open the pop-up folder menu. Navigating the BROWSE screen On the BROWSE Screen, folders appear in a list in the same way files are shown on a computer. When the BROWSE screen is open, use the MULTI JOG dial or .// [MARK .//] buttons to select a file or folder for use. • Press the MULTI JOG dial to open the folder pop-up menu. (See "Folder operations" on page 30.) • Press the EXIT [PEAK CLEAR] button to move up one folder level. At the media selection level, press the EXIT [PEAK CLEAR] button to return to the Menu Screen. Press the EXIT [PEAK CLEAR] button when using a folder menu to go back one operation. • Turn the MULTI JOG dial to select a folder or file. • When a file or folder is selected, press the . [MARK .] button to move up one level or the / [MARK /] button to move down one level. You can also change levels when a folder is selected by turning the MULTI JOG dial to open the pop-up folder menu and select the ENTER or LOAD item. This will move up one level if the top line of the BROWSE screen is selected and down one level if the second or later line is selected. • When a folder or file is selected, press the HOME [METER] button to return to the Home Screen. • When a take is selected, press the 7 button to return to the Home Screen and play that take. • When a take is selected, press the 9 [CHASE] button to return to the Home Screen and enter playback standby at the beginning of that take. 30 TASCAM DA-6400/DA-6400dp Turn the MULTI JOG dial to select the desired operation, and press the MULTI JOG dial to execute it as follows. 88 ENTER/EXIT Press the MULTI JOG dial when the ENTER item is shown to enter the selected folder and view its contents as a list. Press the MULTI JOG dial when the EXIT item is shown to close the selected folder and move up one level. 88 LOAD Select as the current folder, enter it and view its contents as a list. NOTE Only a folder in the root directory of the SSD/HDD can be selected as the current folder. Folders in other locations cannot be selected as the current folder. 88 RENAME Open the RENAME FOLDER screen where you can edit the name of the selected folder. (See "Editing folder, take and file names" on page 31.) 88 DELETE Delete the selected folder. (See "Deleting folders, takes and files" on page 32.) 88 COPY Copy the selected folder. (See "Copying folders, takes and files" on page 32.) 88 REBUILD Use this to rebuild the selected folder after deleting a file from the unit by FTP, for example. (See "Rebuilding folders" on page 33.) This can only be done when the unit is stopped.