Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 – Names and Functions of Parts
- 3 – Preparation
- Installing an SSD/HDD drive in the case
- Loading and removing SSD/HDD cases
- Connecting and disconnecting USB flash drives
- Installing I/O cards (sold separately)
- Turning the unit on and off (putting it in standby)
- Setting the built-in clock date and time
- Adjusting the brightness
- Preparing SSD/HDD drives and USB flash drives for use
- Connecting headphones
- Setting the lock function
- 4 – Recording
- Restrictions on recording operations
- Setting the master clock
- Making word/video connector settings
- Setting the reference level
- Setting input monitoring
- Making recording channel settings
- Setting the recording file format
- Setting the file name format
- Automatically incrementing take numbers
- Incrementing take numbers manually
- Adding marks automatically when recording
- Adding marks manually when recording
- Setting the pause mode function
- Setting input signal routing
- Making I/O card settings
- Timecode synchronized recording
- Recording duration
- 5 – Working with Folders (BROWSE screen)
- Opening the BROWSE screen
- Navigating the BROWSE screen
- Icons on the BROWSE screen
- Folder operations
- Take and file operations
- Editing folder, take and file names
- Deleting folders, takes and files
- Copying folders, takes and files
- Rebuilding folders
- Editing the start timecode of a take
- Creating new folders
- Folder structure overview
- Folder structure
- File formats
- 6 – Playback
- 7 – Internal Settings
- 8 – Mark and Locate Functions
- 9 – Loading Files Recorded by Other Devices
- 10 – Data Transfer Using a Computer
- 11 – Other Settings, Information Screens and Keyboard Operations
- INFO button and indicator appearance
- Checking the firmware version
- Firmware update procedures
- Viewing media information
- Setting peak hold time
- Setting the meter mode
- Using a USB keyboard to operate the unit
- Setting the power redundancy check function (DA-6400dp only)
- Exporting/importing system backup data
- Restoring factory default settings
- 12 – Troubleshooting
- 13 – Specifications
- 14 – Important notice regarding software
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TASCAM DA-6400/DA-6400dp
5 – Working with Folders (BROWSE screen)
Folder structure overview
This unit manages audio files inside audio folders.
In order to keep takes together on an SSD/HDD drive, there
are audio folders such as “DA Files” and audio file groups called
takes inside audio folders.
Folder structure
The folder structure is as shown in the illustration below.
You can use a USB cable to connect the SSD/HDD to a computer
and check the folder and file structure from it.
CAUTION
Changing or deleting files inside folders, or changing their
names might make it impossible for the unit to play back
those folders.
NOTE
•
Other folders and files used for management are also
created.
•
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.
File name
The rules for file names are as follows
T[3-digit take number]_[file name]_[3-digit number]_[2-digit
channel number].wav
T002_20150901-121554_001_02.wav
ROOT
DA Files
da6400_takes.bin *
:
:
T002_20150901-121554_001_64.wav
T001_20150901-112313_001_01.wa
v
T001_20150901-112313_001_02.wav
T001_20150901-112313_001_63.wav
T001_20150901-112313_001_64.wav
T002_20150901-121554_001_01.wav
T002_20150901-121554_001_63.wav
*: automatically created audio management file
File formats
This unit can record and play files of the following formats.
File formats: BWF, WAV*
Sampling frequencies: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz
Quantization bit depth: 16/24-bit
Number of channels: 1
*This unit cannot record WAV files, but it can play them back.
NOTE
•
This unit recognizes and groups up to 64 mono WAV files
together as a single take if they have file names in the
format “[name]_[2-digit channel number].wav”.
•
If the channel number has only one digit, a “0” will be added
to the beginning of the number, resulting in “01” and “02”,
for example.
•
If the 2-digit channel number is “65” or higher in the name
of a WAV file, it will be recognized as a single take.
•
If the name of a WAV file does not have a 2-digit channel
number, it will be recognized as a single take.