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jeremykeys
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Audio Track questions?

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Since I'm now recording all the parts of my songs on the Kronos I've run into something that bugs me. Say for example I record a guitar track. At the end of my session I save everything to disc before I shut down my studio.The next time I want to record on the track a dialog box comes up and says this file exists and won't let me record on it. Even if I erase it if I've decided that I want to change something

Here's the poop!
On audio track 3 I recorded guitar for the secound verse of my new song. The next day after I've loaded up the song and want to re-record over that track because I don't think it's good enough, the Kronos won't let me. So I have to mute that track and record on a new one. So now I have effectively lost a track. That's fine if it's only one, but the way I generally write I waste a few tracks and since I tend to use different guitars with different sounds for each part I'm running out of audio tracks quickly. HELP!!
If music is the food of love, play on and play loud!
Gear: Kronos 73, Wavestation EX, Polysix, King Korg, Monotron and Monotron Duo, Minikorg, Moog Grandmother, my very old MiniKorg, 4 acoustic and 9 electric guitars, 1 Ibanez 5 string bass, a Steel guitar, a bunch of microphones, 2 pairs of studio monitors and other very cool toys, 1 wife and 4 cats and a lava lamp!
DrpC
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Post by DrpC »

Hi, Jeremy. :D

I've been mediating on this question because I seem to remember
having this issue before as well. :roll:

So, guess what -
Today I discovered something that might help us both...
I hope because I'm having an issue reduplicating it now :shock:

From the manual:

How audio data is stored on the disk:
  • When you save Songs to disk, they’re stored in an
    .SNG file. This .SNG file contains all of the data from
    Sequencer mode, including all of the Songs in memory,
    except for the related audio files.
    When you save an .SNG file, its related audio files are
    stored in a separate directory. This directory is created
    automatically, within the same directory as the .SNG
    file. (It’s also created if you load a pre‐existing .SNG file
    which doesn’t have a matching audio directory.) The
    directory’s name consists of the .SNG file name
    followed by “_A” (for “Audio”).
    For instance, if the .SNG file is named
    WAMOZART.SNG, its audio directory will be named
    WAMOZART_A.

    This main directory contains sub‐directories for each
    song, named SONG000, SONG001, etc. These in turn
    contain sub‐directories for each audio track, named
    ATRACK01, ATRACK02, and so on. Within each of the
    track sub‐directories, each individual audio take is
    stored as a WAVE file.
  • If you intend to record several takes on the same
    track, check the Take option box.

    Note: If Take is unchecked, you will be able to enter
    up to 24 characters as the file name. If it is checked,
    you will be able to input up to 22 characters.

    The number at the right of
    Take No. will be input as the last two characters of
    the filename.
    This number will increment each time you sample,
    ensuring that the filename will not be the same even
    if you sample repeatedly.
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What if you try and change the " Take No. " for the track you are trying to record over before hitting the record button and see if the Kronos will allow it now :?:
jeremykeys
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Post by jeremykeys »

That's a brilliant idea. I'll definitely give it a go. Thanks!
If music is the food of love, play on and play loud!
Gear: Kronos 73, Wavestation EX, Polysix, King Korg, Monotron and Monotron Duo, Minikorg, Moog Grandmother, my very old MiniKorg, 4 acoustic and 9 electric guitars, 1 Ibanez 5 string bass, a Steel guitar, a bunch of microphones, 2 pairs of studio monitors and other very cool toys, 1 wife and 4 cats and a lava lamp!
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