DL 32R using hard drive for backing music

[slystewart]

Looking to get the DL32R in the next month  just need some info on saving music to the hard drive to be played in-between band sets, I understand  the drive needs to be formatted as a Fat 32  and saving MP3 music do you  save  the music in files such as 60s 70s   80s music or just save the music on the hard drive and sort out what tracks you need  by the menu on the I pad hope this is understood  thanks

[Michael Welter]

Wait until you get the DL32R, then have the DL32R format the drive for you. Then you can load music into it.

All music must be 48Khz WAV files. No other formats are supported. If you have other formats on your computer, you can use iTunes to convert them to the correct format. Then plug the hard drive into your computer, and copy the files into the Music folder. Once you've done that, plug it back into the DL32R, and you'll see the music files through the MF app.

[Wynnd]

Sounds like you might be able to throw the music on a properly formatted Jump Drive too.  Didn't know about the other.

[Kev tyler]

That Sounds a bit long winded to me,

Why do these devices deal so poorly with the popular mediums?

Now I am not one to complain as you know, but so many people from comedians singers the bloke who's getting married etc  turn up at short notice with a special song on a stick and expect you to play it, you would think by now a product so clever would have a USB port to accommodate this?

Kev

[Wynnd]

I have a couple of battery powered CD players in my adapter box and a mini phone plug to dual xlr for direct from a phone.  If I were expecting a jump drive, I'd be bringing my MacBook and using airplay.

[Kev tyler]

I have a couple of battery powered CD players in my adapter box and a mini phone plug to dual xlr for direct from a phone.  If I were expecting a jump drive, I'd be bringing my MacBook and using airplay.

Yes but is it too much to expect that a  2000 dollar or whatever it costs digital mixer could handle something as simple as an MP3 on a stick? I would have thought by now, that you would pop a stick in  the front of a desk and the contents of it would be displayed on your pad.

If I do a gig where a special song has to be played, I get it in advance and it's loaded to my net book and iPad, however my netbook has no cd and so I would struggle if they rolled up with a cd and a change of heart.

 

[Wynnd]

Battery powered CD players are cheap and don't take up much space.  I'm always carrying AA batteries anyway, so if I need to fire one up, I just load up the batteries and connect.  You obviously have the DL32r.  When you're shaving things to keep the price of an item low, sometimes you need to pick and choose what to keep and what to toss.  A useable USB port would be good.

[Topsøe]

You can connect an iPhone With lightning connector to the USB port using a "camera adaptor" , it comes up as USB 1+2 (and you can record what you send to USB 1+2)

[Kev tyler]

Hi wynnd

I know there is a solution for every problem, but from solo act to tribute act to live band, we all need walk in music, or playback or interval and I think it's odd that this is not viewed as an essential requirement on modern desks,

When you look at modern keyboards, those factory Muzak demos they contain must really help to sell them in the shop,?

I would have thought by now that a digital mixer would have something along the same lines built in, a rig test demo track  even, so it's checks  left right  main monitors etc, so while you are setting up before you even conect a mic or laptop you can have a little utility that throws a bit of noise in to your wedges and mains etc and let's you know instantly if the left mid section is wired to the right stack etc,


Cheers

Kev

[Wynnd]

I appreciate where you're coming from.  I've watched Apple drop the floppy disk drive then drop Firewire from their new MacBooks.  And there's precious little in the way of input devices on the MacBook Air.  (USB only I think) So when building a new device, what old technology that might be useless in a year do you want to incorporate?  Hey, we never expected Vinyl records to be replaced, then we didn't expect CDs to be replaced. And aren't we all installing software that has never been on a DVD?  Much is coming right off the internet.  So while I understand where you're coming from, I can also see the place the manufacturers are coming from too and there are lots of potential pitfalls.  And considering all the whining that we see on this forum, a less than perfect USB port for jump drives would quickly become one more complaint.  I don't believe in perfection, so I'm not disappointed.

[Kev tyler]

Yes mate I am 99% in agreement with you, however I don't see the usb memory stick going anywhere soon, unless you are suggesting we are goung to lose the USB ports on our gear too?

I would have thought firmware update by usb and audio input by usb would still be the safest option on all our gear for quite a while to come, I hate the idea of the router going down in the middle of an update, even my Sony telly tells me not to interupt the router etc.

It worries me to be honest.

Cheers

Kev

[Wynnd]

With everything going WiFi, I sure wouldn't bet on USB ports being on any laptop in 10 years.  And I don't use the optical drive on my MacBook very often anymore.  (Except for downloading music for my senior's shows.   Glad I got them to stop bringing me cassettes.)   I would be watching Apple for dropping USB ports first.  They have been quickest to run away from technology that's dying.   (I watched them run from 5.25" floppies and then drop the 3.5" floppies.  They've hung onto Firewire a bit longer, but theirs actually works as intended.  They were slow to adopt the USB 3 standard, but I suspect that had more to do with competing with Firewire and Thunderbolt.  Both technologies they developed.) 

[Keyboard Magic]

When I was looking for my new laptop, I was hard pressed to find one that even had an optical drive.    I guess you just have to use an external CD/DVD USB drive in that case. At least they're not obnoxiously expensive to purchase these days. But if and when the CD/DVD is phased out, what then? Cheap portable large capacity SSD Drives? Actually SSD's make more sense, I think. Now if Apple would let you connect a portable storage device without an adapter to your iPod/iPad, that would be nice. 

[Wynnd]

Seeing that I use my ipad more often then my MacBook when out of the house, the external connection would be good.  On the other hand, I like the small case I put the ipad mini in.  It's my go to for motorcycle trips now.  It takes up about 1/8th the space of my laptop case.

[gerenm63]

Seeing that I use my ipad more often then my MacBook when out of the house, the external connection would be good.  On the other hand, I like the small case I put the ipad mini in.  It's my go to for motorcycle trips now.  It takes up about 1/8th the space of my laptop case.

I haven't carried a laptop in months. When my big Acer died, I replaced it with an iPad Mini. I've since moved up to an Air 2, but I don't miss the laptop at all.