Roland CDX-1 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Prepare for recording—Multitrack recording
Erasing the entire contents of a CD-RW disc
Sometimes you may no longer need to keep the data that was saved on a CD-RW
disc, and would like to use the same CD-RW disc for a different performance. You
would also like to use the a CD-RW disc that was previously used by a computer.
In such cases, execute the Disc Format operation.
1. Press [UTILITY].
The Menu are displayed as icon.
fig.41-03
2. Press CURSOR [ ] to select the
CD-R/RW Disc icon, and press
[YES/ENTER].
The CD-R/RW Disc Menu are displayed as
icon.
fig.41-03
3. Press CURSOR [ ] to select the
CD-RW Disc Format icon.
4. Press [YES/ENTER].
fig.41-01
The CD-RW Format screen appears.
5. Make sure that the cursor is located at “Format Type” line.
6. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the format type.
Format Type
FULL: The entire data area of the disc will be physically erased to make it
completely blank. This will increase the reliability of a disc that has
been previously used by another device. Approximately 20 minutes
will be required.
STANDARD: The data on the disc will merely be invalidated logically. Normally
you should select this. Approximately 10 minutes will be required.
7. Press CURSOR [ ] to move the cursor to “Data Type” line.
8. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the data type.
For details on the data type, refer to the column “What is the data type?” (p. 111).
* It is not possible to change the data type while you are working on the song.
9. Press [YES/ENTER].
fig.41-01
A message of “Format OK?” appears in the
screen.
10. Press CURSOR [ ] to select “OK”, and press [YES/ENTER].
The format is executed. When formatting is completed, the display will show a
message of “Completed.” and the Basic screen will reappear.
If you press [YES/ENTER] to select “CANCEL”, the CD-RW Format screen will
reappear.
11. Press [YES/ENTER] to return to the Basic screen.
•An unused CD-RW disc will
be formatted in
approximately ten minutes,
regardless of the format type
setting. The contents of the
CD-RW disc that are erased
by the format operation
cannot be recovered.
After you execute format, it is
not possible to press
[UNDO/REDO]
(p. 138) to revert to the state
before executing format.
While formatting, do not turn
off the power with
unplugging the AC adaptor.
CDX-1 carries out the
followings when formatting
discs.
•Insert CD-RW disc to
improve preciseness of
writing.
•Reserve area for recording
•Reserve area to save data of
pad/sequence.
Thus, it take sometime to
complete formatting.