Sound Devices 552 - Manual (Page 29)

552 User Guide and Technical Information
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Folder Structure
The 552 automatically generates a new Daily Folder when a recording is started. These folders are
named according to the current date, derived from the 552’s Time and Date Clock. A daily folder
generated on October 15, 2009 would be named 09Y10M15. Sound files recorded by the 552 are al-
ways recorded to its own day’s daily folder.
Example:
552 SD
1
SOUNDDEV
SDINFO.TXT
SDMIX552.SUP
1
09Y10M15
09Y10M15-001.WAV
09Y10M15-002.WAV
The SOUNDDEV folder is automatically generated by the 552.
The SDINFO.TXT file is used for 552 internal house keeping purposes only.
Sound files recorded by the 552. These can be either WAV or MP3 files.
Daily Folders are generated when a recording is started. They contain
all files recorded on a given day.
The SDMIX.SUP file is created when User Settings are saved. The User
Settings can be recalled. See User and Factory Settings for details.
File Naming
Audio files recorded by the 552 are named according to the current date and a three digit file/
take number. The file number increments with each new recording. For Example, the first file re-
corded on October 15, 2009 will be named 09Y10M15-001.WAV the next file recorded is named
09Y10M15-002.WAV and so on.
file number date extension
09Y10M15-001.WAV
The file number is reset to 001 when a new daily folder is generated. 552 generated files are placed
in a daily folder at the root of the inserted SD/SDHC card. While in stand-by mode, press in on the
Recorder Controller to hear the next file number to be recorded.
The Take Counter (file number) can be reset to 001 at anytime. To reset the Take Counter, hold PFL 5
then press the Stop and Battery Check buttons. If the Take Counter is reset in the middle of the day
and there are still files residing in the daily folder, it is possible to get duplicate file names. The 552
automatically detects if the folder has a file of the same name and will add an A after the take num-
ber (09Y10M15-001A.WAV) to prevent accidental overwriting of the original file.
Automatic File Splitting
While it is possible to have thousands of files on the 552 SD card, the largest any single file may be is
2 GB. The 552 automatically splits an audio file before the 2 GB size is reached and begins writing to
a new file. When joined in an editing program, these files are sample-continuous, with no samples
lost.