360 Systems DigiCart/II Plus - Manual (Page 16)

4 • Getting Started DigiCart/II Plus Owner's Manual
Disk Storage Times
Storage time on DigiCart/II Plus drives will vary depending upon the sampling rate and recording
format used. The table below shows approximate recording times, based on stereo recording at
different sampling rates. Storage capacity will double in monaural for linear recordings. Dolby
AC-2 operates only in stereo, however mono material may be stored on either or both tracks.
DRIVE STORAGE TIMES
(STEREO)
20 kHz/48K
DOLBY AC-2
20 kHz/48K
LINEAR
20 kHz/44.1K
LINEAR
15 kHz/32K
LINEAR
Storage per
1GB
462 min 86 min 94 min 130 min
Zip 100 MB 46 min, 20 sec 8 min, 40 sec 9 min, 25 sec 13 min
Times quoted are approximate. Storage times may vary with actual use, depending on the
combinations of bandwidths, formats and sample rates stored on a drive and the length and number
of cuts and stacks.
The File ID System
It may seem overwhelming to consider that a DigiCart/II Plus may contain thousands of individual
cuts and stacks containing any combination of cuts or other stacks, all of which are instantly
accessible upon your simple command. Yet the ID and name system of DigiCart/II Plus simplifies
and clarifies the location and identity of every cut and stack.
DigiCart/II Plus provides a straightforward identification and naming approach suitable for the
most advanced external controls. These range from QWERTY keyboards and DigiCart/II's RC-210
and RC-220 remote controls, to Serial-Interfaced PCs and industry standard ES-Bus automation and
editing controllers.
Files may be accessed by name or by their File ID number. The key to the File ID system is an
easily understood five-character basic identifier. The first character represents the disk drive.
There are two choices in the original factory setup:
0 = Internal Zip Drive
1 = Internal Hard Drive
The internal hard drive may be partitioned by the user for even more flexibility in configuration.
Up to five logical drives of equal size may be partitioned using the Utility Menu. See page 50.
After a "." the second character represents the directory. The ten cut directories range from 0 - 9.
A unique eleventh character, "S" is used to identify a drive or Stack Directory.
Individual cuts and the next three digits mark stacks: 000-999 so there can be 1000 cuts in each of the
10 regular directories. An extra character follows stack numbers: L for Linear Stacks, R for Rotating
Stacks. For example:
Cut 27 in Directory 8 on the hard disk would have the ID: 1.8027
Rotating Stack 5 on the Zip drive would be identified as: 0.S005R
NOTE: The first number in this system is 0, not 1.