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Reference Manual
confirm message). If the deleted song is the cur-
rently-loaded song, the screen shows the song load-
ing menu (if the deleted song was the only one on the
card, you will have to create a new song).
If you do not create a new song at this point, and
there is no other song in memory, the home screen
shows
No Data
where a song title should be.
NOTE
There is no way to undo this operation. Once you delete
a song, it has gone for ever. Only delete a song if you
really do not want it, or if you have it safely backed up
on your computer.
Saving a song
Because the Pocketstudio 5 automatically saves
audio data when you stop the recording process,
there is no need for you to do any manual saving of
this data.
However, a song consists not only of the audio data,
but also of all the other settings (effects, source set-
tings, arrangements, etc.).
Save the song using the
SONG SAVE
option from
the
CARD
menu, as explained in the Getting Started
manual.
Seeing how much space is on a card
To see how much space is used, and how much is
available for future recording, from the main menu,
pick the
CARD
menu, followed by the
CARD
SPACE
menu. The screen then shows something
like:
Press
EXIT
to go up a menu level.
NOTE
It is impossible to give a a really accurate answer to the
question “how much space does a song take up?”. On
average, the Pocketstudio 5 uses about 0.6 megabytes
per minute per track, but there are just too many vari-
ables to be able to give a completely accurate answer.
You have to rely on what is already there on the card
and work out from there, using your best judgement,
how much time remains.
Optimizing a card
If you are running out of space on the card, especially
after many edits, deletes or undo operations, you may
need to optimize the data on the card.
Before optimizing a card, we suggest that you back
up your work to your computer to avoid any possibil-
ity of data loss.
From the main menu, go to the
CARD
menu, and
then select the
CARD OPTIMIZE
item:
Press
ENTER
to optimize the data. The screen shows
an asterisk (*) while the data is being optimized, pos-
sibly for a few seconds, and the display then returns
to the
CARD
menu.
NOTE
If your card becomes full, you can delete SMFs, MP3 files
or songs (all accessed through the
CARD
menu).
Editing data
The Pocketstudio 5 allows you to cut, copy and paste
parts of an audio track, just as in a word processor
you can cut, copy and paste words and phrases from
one part of a document to another.
Like many computer programs, the Pocketstudio 5
allows you a “safety net”—an undo option, that
allows you to go back to the way you were before the
last editing operation.
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