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TASCAM Pocketstudio 5
Reference Manual
7 – Data, cards, etc.
Managing cards
All CF cards must be formatted on the Pocketstudio
5 before they are used.
Use cards between 8MB and up to 128MB in size
(smaller than 8MB is too small for practical use, and
the Pocketstudio 5 does not support cards, including
CF-type hard disk cards, over 128MB).
The card format is essentially a DOS format, with
“8.3” standard filenames. Long filenames are not
supported.
The directory structure of the cards is explained here.
Note the following file and folder names (if you are
recreating these folders after an accidental delete, or
if you have to create them on a new card, these names
should all be uppercase):
NOTE
All these files and folders are created automatically
when a card is formatted, except for the
PATTERN.001
file, which must be copied manually after a format. One
song folder with the correct files included may also be
optionally created after a format. See “Before you start
using a new CF card” on page 24 of the Getting Started
guide.
Do not delete or rename these folders or files. If you do,
you will not be able to access the data on the card from
the Pocketstudio 5.
MP3
Folder
Contains the songs mixed down to
stereo MP3 files. You can also copy
other stereo MP3 files encoded at
128kbps, so that you can use the
Pocketstudio 5 as an MP3 player.
SMF
Folder
Contains Standard MIDI Files which
you can use as backing tracks for
your recordings
SONGx
Folders These song folders contain the
audio, MIDI backing, effect settings,
etc. which make up a song. If you
delete any files from inside these
song folders, the song will probably
not play back properly (or at all).
Each song folder includes three
files:
MTRK.PKT
, which includes
the multitrack audio data,
SONGINFO.PKT
, which contains
all other information (MIDI pattern
and setting data (or SMF name),
effect settings, etc.), and an empty
file with the song name followed by
.100
to help you identify the songs
(for example,
TRUEBLUE.100
).
FXPATCH.PKT
File
This file contains the effect settings
PATTERN.001
File
This contains the patterns which you
can use as backing to your songs
(they are not part of the songs them-
selves).
SYSINFO.PKT
File
This contains important system
information regarding the use of the
card, etc.
