TASCAM Portacapture X8
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9 - File operations
9 - 2 File and project structure overview
Folders
Formatting microSD cards with this unit will create SOUND, UTILITY and
SOUND PAD folders.
Recording data is saved in the SOUND folder.
Folders can be created inside the SOUND folder.
Create them as necessary. (page 59)
Recording data
Recorded data is saved in the current folder.
After a microSD card is formatted, the SOUND folder becomes the cur-
rent folder.
To change the current folder, select the folder on the BROWSE screen,
and tap OPEN. (“Setting where recording files are saved” on page 63)
9 - 3 Folder hierarchy example
This illustration is an example of the folder hierarchy on a microSD card
used with this unit.
¥ (root folder)
SOUND
FOLDER_0000
FOLDER_0001
TASCAM_0001_1.WAV
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uuu
uuu
TASCAM_0002_1.WAV
uuu
uuu
uuu
FOLDER_0002
uuu
uuu
uuu
TASCAM_0003_1.WAV
uuu
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FOLDER_0003
uuu
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SOUNDPAD
UTILITY
Firmware update files
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SOUND, UTILITY and SOUNDPAD folders will be created automatical-
ly during formatting.
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Only two levels of subfolders can be created.
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The maximum total number of files and folders is 5000.
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Everything in the SOUND folder and its subfolders is shown on the
BROWSE screen.
9 - 4 Project overview
The track and master files created during a single recording are referred
to collectively as the project.
Files belong to the same project if the characters set by the user through
the file numbers in their names are the same. See “File name overview”
on page 54 for details about project names. The way project names
are given can be changed in the same manner as for file names. (“Chang-
ing how files are named” on page 56)
Example
Project name
Files in the same project
File types
TASCAM_0001
TASCAM_0001_1.WAV
Track file
TASCAM_0001_2.WAV
Track file
TASCAM_0001_3.WAV
Track file
TASCAM_0001_4.WAV
Track file
TASCAM_0001_MIX.WAV
Master file
TASCAM_0002
TASCAM_0002.WAV
Master file
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Track files might not be created depending on the recording app. See
“Recording app output files” on page 13 for details.
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Individual files not created by this unit and loaded from a computer
or other source are each treated as a single project.
