What is FAT32 and why use it?
FAT32 is a disk format or filing system used to organise the files stored on a disk drive. The disk drive is marked up into addressable chunks called sectors and a “File Allocation Table” or FAT is created at the start of the drive so that each piece of information in the file can be found by the host computer. The “32” part of the name refers to the amount of bits that the filing system uses to store these addresses and was added mainly to distinguish it from its predecessor, which was called FAT16. The FAT32 format was devised by Microsoft.
There are numerous disk formats or filing systems to choose from ranging from XFS on the MAC to NTFS on Windows PCs however, FAT32 is unique in that it is the only format that can be guaranteeably read by both PCs and Mac computers. By choosing FAT32 as the format for the BlackBox recorder, you can take any recordings and use them directly into your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) without having to translate or copy them which can save a lot of studio time.
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