User manual ZOOM PS04FM

[. . . ] Smith III All other trademarks, product names, and company names are the property of their respective owners. 2 Introduction About the PS-04 File Manager The PS-04 File Manager is an Apple Macintosh application designed to manage projects and V-takes of the PS-04 on an Apple Macintosh. When a PS-04 SmartMedia card is inserted into a SmartMedia USB Reader connected to your Macintosh, the PS-04 File Manager can perform the following functions: • Convert V-takes into AIFF files The audio data recorded on any V-take of the PS-04 can be converted into an AIFF file (Macintosh standard audio file). This makes it possible to edit them for example with a waveform editor. • Convert WAV/AIFF files into V-take files WAV files (Windows standard audio files) and AIFF files (Macintosh standard audio files) can be converted into any desired V-take for the PS-04. This allows you for example to edit data on a computer with a waveform editor and then load them back onto the PS-04. • Export a stereo mix to an AIFF file You can select up to four V-takes (one per track), set the volume and pan for each and export a mix of them to an AIFF file. [. . . ] In the Finder click to select the “GETAWY. aiff” file, or another stereo AIFF or WAV file, hold the mouse button down and drag the file onto the PS-04 File Manager window and over the V-Takes area. Since the file you are dragging is stereo, two adjacent takes will get highlighted at a time. Notice where the file will be imported, the left channel to track 1, take 2, and the right channel to track 2, take 2: 7 After you let go of the mouse button, a progress dialog will appear indicating how the operation is advancing. After the audio file has been imported, you can see that two new takes have been created: u Now you are ready to export four individual takes, each to a separate mono AIFF file. Holding down the SHIFT key click on the first take of tracks 2, 3, and 4. This time hold down the OPTION key and drag your selection to the Finder. At the end of the operation you will notice that 4 mono AIFF files have been created named “GETAWY-Tr1-Tk1. aiff, ” “GETAWY-Tr2Tk1. aiff, ” “GETAWY-Tr3-Tk1. aiff, ” and “GETAWY-Tr4-Tk1. aiff:” 8 Working with Projects Selecting a SmartMedia Card or Projects Folder When you start the PS-04 File Manager it will look for a SmartMedia card. If it finds one, then all your projects will be displayed in the Project List area of the window: However, you can select other folders containing PS-04 projects, like SmartMedia cards that you have copied to the hard drive of your Macintosh. To select a different projects folder, click on the SELECT FOLDER button. A “Choose” dialog will be displayed (with Mac OS 9 this dialog will look different): 9 Navigate until you see the Folder you wish to select, and then click the “Choose” button. Once you have chosen a SmartMedia card or a projects folder, you can select a project in the Project List Area by clicking on its name or number. As an alternative to the SELECT FOLDER button you can use the menu item “File>Select PS-04 Card or Folder. ” The full path to the selected card or folder is displayed right under the list of projects. Sorting Projects Each project is displayed on a row of the Project List. The first one shows the number of the project, the second one shows the name of the project. To sort by number, click in the “Project Number” header column. To sort by project name, click in the header column labeled “Project Name:” To toggle between ascending order and descending order: • In Mac OS 9, click on the triangle in the top right corner of the Project List (above the scroll bar). • In Mac OS X, click again on the column header you wish to toggle: 10 Working with V-takes Once you selected a project from the Project List, its non-empty V-takes will show up in the Tracks and V-Takes grid of the PS-04 File Manager window. Selecting V-takes To make a single selection, click on a V-take. A non-empty V-Take may be exported to an AIFF file or it can be used as the target for importing a WAVE or AIFF file. An empty V-Take may be used only as the target for importing an audio file. To make multiple selections hold the SHIFT key as you click in the V-Takes you want selected. You can select up to four V-Takes, but only one V-Take in each track may be part of the selection. Here is an example of four selected V-Takes, one in each track: When importing a stereo file you can indicate which two V-Takes should be the target of your import by selecting exactly two V-Takes. If you drag a stereo file over one of the two selections, that V-Take will be the target for the left channel of the stereo file, while the other V-Take will be the target for the right channel. 11 Playback You can use the transport buttons to play a mix of your selected V-takes, to fast-forward, or rewind. [. . . ] When you are satisfied, click on one of the selected V-Takes and drag it to the Macintosh desktop or to a folder. The resulting file will be named after the name of the selected project. Alternately, you can use the EXPORT MIX button or the “File Manager>Export Mix to AIFF” menu command. Select the V-Takes you want to mix, adjust the volume and pan settings, then click on the EXPORT MIX button or select the “Export Mix to AIFF” menu command. [. . . ]