User manual FENDER STANDARD PRECISION BASS

[. . . ] The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement. User registration (For customers in the U. S. A. ) To receive the customer services, complete and return the registration card included in your package. · This software is for Windows and cannot be used for Macintosh. · The supplied connecting cable is for the IC recorder ICD-R100 only. [. . . ] Messages recorded in LP mode are saved as 8kHz sampling files and cannot be transferred to the IC recorder. You must change the format following the procedure on page 32. 30 Transferring sound files one by one You can transfer the messages from the computer to the IC recorder one by one. 1 Drag the sound file (ICS or WAV file) you wish to transfer from the "PC" Area and drop it in the "IC RECORDER" Area . Drop the sound file at the desired position in the IC Recorder. Example: Transferring the file "A_01_1999_07_04. ics" to the top of Message File B in the IC recorder Basic Operation The following dialog box appears. 2 Select the position to insert the transferring sound file; either before or after the selected message in the IC recorder. Click [Before] in this example. The transferred message will be displayed in the "IC RECORDER" Area. Continued 31 Transferring Sound Files from the Computer to the IC Recorder (continued) If "File Format Error" appears The file you tried to transfer is of a file format that cannot be transferred to the IC recorder. If the file is a WAV file, you need to convert it to a PCM 11, 025Hz, 8/16 bit monaural file before transferring. To conver the file, start up the Microsoft Sound Recorder (included in Windows), select [Save as. . . ] from the [FILE] menu and then select [Change]. 1 If you placed the pointer on Message File A or B in the "IC RECORDER" Area The transferred message will be added at the end of the selected Message File. 1 If you did not specify the position (if you dropped somewhere in the "IC RECORDER" Area) The following dialog box will appear. Select the Message File (A or B) to which you wish to transfer the message and click [OK]. The message will be added at the end of the selected file. To transfer the message using the [ICD<­ PC] button 1 Select the sound file in the "PC" Area and click the [ICD<­ PC] button. 32 2 When the dialog box shown in "If you did not specify the position" above appears, select the Message File (A or B) to which you wish to transfer the message and click [OK]. Transferring all sound files in a folder at one time If messages are saved in a folder as in "Saving all the messages in a Message File at one time" on page 23, you can transfer all the messages in that folder at one time to the IC recorder. Notes · The sound files that can be transferred are ICS files within that folder only. · If all the messages in the IC recorder were saved to the computer as one folder that consists of sub-folders, the folder cannot be transferred as is. You need to transfer each sub-folder one bye one to each Message File in the IC recorder (A or B). · You can transfer the ICS files in a folder to the IC recorder only if that ICS file is on the immediate next layer under the folder. If you wish to overwrite the file, click [Yes]. If you wish to change the file name, click [No]. 44 Restoring the backup file to the IC recorder By restoring the backup file (ICB file) from the computer to the IC recorder, you can play back the backed up messages on the IC recorder. If there are messages recorded on the IC recorder, you can make another backup file for these messages before you start restoring the backup file (See Step 3 on page 46). 1 Drag the backup file (ICB file) you wish to restore from the "PC" Area and drop it in the "IC RECORDER" Area. You can also restore the backup file by clicking the [ICD<­ PC] button. Basic Operation The following dialog box appears. Continued 45 Saving a Backup of the IC Recorder ("Back Up") (continued) 2 Click [Yes]. The following dialog box appears. 3 Click [Yes] or [No]. If you click [Yes], the messages in the IC recorder will be saved to the computer as a new backup file, and then the messages restored from the backup file will replace the ones in the IC recorder. If you click [No], the restored messages will replace the ones in the IC recorder without saving a backup. 4 · When you click [Yes] The dialog box for saving a new backup file appears. (See page 43. ) Change the destination and/or the file name, if you wish, before proceeding to the next step. Another backup file for the messages in the IC recorder is created as in the procedure shown on page 43, and then restoring starts. · When you click [No] The backup file will be immediately restored from the computer to the IC recorder. When the restoring is completed, the restored messages will be displayed on the "IC RECORDER" Area of the main window. 46 BAdvanced Operation: Utilizing the Saved Messages Playing Back the Saved Sound Files on the Computer Playing back the WAV files You can play back the messages saved as WAV files using software such as the Microsoft Sound Recorder. To play back a WAV file Double-click the file icon for the WAV file to play back. Advanced Operation A_01_1999_07_04 The software such as Sound Recorder starts up and playback starts. Note If the Sound Recorder is not yet installed in your computer, please install it from Windows 98 or Windows 95. Continued 47 Playing Back the Saved Sound Files on the Computer (continued) Playing back the ICS files (ICS Player) An "ICS file" is Sony's original format of sound files. You can play back an ICS file in the main window of the ICD-PCLINK (page 18), or using the ICS Player Software. Start up the ICS Player in either way described below. [. . . ] 25 [Setup. exe. ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 16 bit WAV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 27 Size (of file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 42, 51 Slide bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]