I am confused about the transferring of files between the 661 and my computer, per your discussion with MBHOTAPER above. I understand that it is fine to use a large card to record many shows over many days, but I do not understand what you mean by "not recommend deleting files with your computer on the card". So far, I have only transferred one of my cards to my computer - via a card reader - and when I double clicked on one of the two .wav files on that card, my iTunes program opened and transferred that file into iTunes. Then when I quit iTunes, I apparently lost the entire file which I did not previously click on. I need to open the files in a program where I can track the recording, and boost levels, etc, correct? That may, in my case, be more of a discussion in the Mac OSX thread, since I use a Mac Mini, running v.10.4.11, w/a 1.5GHz Power PC G4 processor.
Harold
Harold,
I don't ever use a Mac, and I've never used iTunes, but I think I can answer your question.
When you put the card in your card reader, and then double click, it opens the files straight from the card (in iTunes). It doesn't actually copy the files off the card to your hard drive. That's why the files are no longer there when you take the card out, because you never copied the files in the first place. So that's the first step, just copy the files from the card to your hard drive. Once they are on your harddrive, there are many programs you can use to track/edit/post-process/whatever. but I can't give you good recommendations for a Mac.
what I meant when I said "not recommend deleting files with your computer on the card" was this:
After you've copied the files from your card onto your computer and done whatever you need or want to do with those files, you are now ready to tape another show. I would recommend
against putting the card in your card reader, and using your computer to delete the files from the card. Instead, when you are ready to clear the card to get ready for your next show, put the card in the deck and format it there. That will clear the card and it'll be ready to go.
That said, as I think I clarified above, it's no problem at all to tape multiple bands/sets over several days or whatever on the same card, and of course you don't have to re-format the card before each set (because you would lose all the previous recordings on that card). but in a situation like this, you are not deleting things off the card with your computer, so it's just like slowly filling up the card, which is no big deal.
hopefully this clears some things up.
- Jason