• File name of the audio file • Descriptor information (BWF Sound Sequence information) • File creation date (year/month/day) and time (hour/minute/second) • Start time information (LTC start time) • End time information (LTC time at the recording end) • Duration information (of audio area, shown in time code) • File volume (occupying space) Checking file information 1. Select the “File Info. ” menu and press the [ENTER] key. The display changes to show the dedicated “File info.” screen, on which you can check the current file information. “Edit descriptor” has its own screen. The other items are “information only”. By rotating the [SEL] dial, you can see “DUR” (duration information) and “Vol.” (file volume information) under “End”. You can check the “Edit descriptor” information by the following procedure. Checking a description information “Edit descriptor” is the Edit Sequence Descriptor function. You can check and edit the recording area (up to 265 characters of the description area specified by the BWF standard) for the sound sequence information of a BWF file. 1. Select the “Edit descriptor ” menu and press the [ENTER] key. The display shows the BWF sound sequence information. 2. By rotating the [SEL] dial, the sound sequence information is scrolled. The information includes the following items. 109 PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Chapter 8: Utility mode) The table below shows the details for the description information which Fostex registers by default according to the screen example above. These information can be used for creating an ALE file of AVID, as well as can be directly exported to the AVID system via IEEE 1394 (or via a disk). Each character string before “=” shows the “header ID” of currently available meta data. Line No. Display Details of setting/execution 01 fUBITS=$ The user bit used when recording time code is recorded as the default setting. 02 fSCENE=********** When creating a file, the character string before “-” in the file name is set as SCENE by default. 03 fTAKE=*** When creating a file, the three-digit number between “-” and the file extension in the file name is set as TAKE by default. 04 fTAPE=*********** When creating a file, the reel number (volume label) on the disk is set as TAPE (up to 8 digits) by default. 05 fEVENT=***** The five-digit number set by the “Set Next Event” menu in the Setup mode is set by default. 06 fTRK1=*********** Track name of each track. A default track name (up to 16 characters) is recorded for each. The screen above shows the example when the recording mode is set to stereo (2-track).The number of lines increases if more recording tracks are used. 07 fTRK2=*********** 08 fNOTE= This is used for comment. By default, no data exists. Each of these description information items can be edited. “” (see the screen example above) is reserved for adding a new information. See “Editing a description information” on the next page for details. PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Chapter 8: Utility mode) Editing a description information 1. Select a description information item and press the [ENTER] key. The leftmost character of the selected item flashes. You can now make editing. flashing 2. Use the [SKIP/CURSOR ] key to move the cursor to any desired character on the right of “=”. 3. Use the [SEL] dial (or numeric keys) to enter the desired character. Use the [ SKIP/CURSOR ] key to move the cursor. When using the numeric keys for entering characters, pressing any other numeric key moves the cursor to the right automatically. To clear the currently recorded information, press the [CLEAR] key. Pressing the [CLEAR] key clears the right next character to the cursor position. 4. After editing the information, press the [ENTER] key to confirm the setting. 5. To edit other items, carry out the same procedure as above repeatedly. Adding a description information 1. Select the “” item at the bottom and press the [ENTER] key. You are ready to enter information. Carry out the same procedure as above for entering new information. When adding information to “New line”, enter the “meta data header ID” followed by data. Deleting a description information 1. Select a line you want to delete, and press the [ENTER] key. You can now edit the information, as described above. 2. Use the [CLEAR] key to clear the whole information, and press the [ENTER] key. The line is deleted, while the following lines move up. 111 PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Chapter 8: Utility mode) Deleting an unnecessary audio file [Delete file] Using the “Delete file” menu, You can delete the currently loaded audio file. 1. Select the “Delete file ” menu and press the [ENTER] key. The “Del. file” screen appears, on which the current file number and file name are shown, while “Sure?” flashes. To cancel deleting a file, press the [EXIT] key while “Sure?” is flashing. You cannot cancel the operation after starting deleting. flashing 2. Press the [ENTER] again. The PD-6 starts deleti...
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