I have posted this same thread under the USB port/computer sub-forum for quite sometime, yet got no reply. I am hoping I can get some responses here:
I am frustrated with this newly bought Tascam portable digital recorder. I thought that a digital device now recorded much better sound and is easier to operate. However, I was half wrong. This Tascam DP-006 is a replacement of my ancient Tascam 4-track TAPE recorder, which I LOVED. It was so straight forward. I could connect my Yamaha SY77 DIRECTLY to one of the 1/4" inputs of the tape recorder. Not a problem at all to transfer any midi or whatever sound files into the tape recorder, as long as I had the right cables to connect them.
Now, transferring music data from a midi device or computer to my new Tascam DP-006 is not as easy, but with more steps to go through. I cannot transfer any midi files from my synthesizer directly to this digital recorder. The only file accepted is WAV. Yet, I even have a problem transferring a wav file...
When I tried importing a one-track mono wav file from my computer into this digital recorder, the error message says "Track Full." Since I did not get any response in the USB port/computer sub-forum, I wrote an email to Tascam Support Dept. They told me that it meant that the track was used, and asked me to call the support. I did call, but I could only leave a message. It's been two days, yet they have not return my call.
The problem is that I did NOT have any file loaded in any of the 4 tracks. I always tried importing with the recorder freshly turned on. There was NOTHING there in any of the tracks. How can a track be full??? I did not record anything into any of the tracks then trying to import a file from a computer. I did do testing right after I read the manual recording 4 tracks, yet I erased them all. I am just not sure how this digital recorder is doing but having a phantom memory that tracks being used two weeks ago.
The only file in the recorder now is the demo which was locked. When I tried to import the wav file from my computer, I was told too that it's locked. Although I did not understand why a demo file being manufactured installed there has anything to do with importing a file which is not locked from a computer, I unlocked the demo file. The security error message was gone, yet "Track Full" always shows. Please HELP!!!