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Tascam CD-R624M manual

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  • Page 1

    TASCAM CD-R624M Packing List The following items should be present in your CD-R624M bundle: - TEAC 6x24 external CDR drive (CD-R56S/614) - SCSI Cable - SCSI Terminator - CD-R624M software CD-ROM - CD Stomper w/ CD Stomper CD-ROM and CD Labels - (2) Blank TEAC CDR media - TEAC 6x24 Installation Guide - CD-R624 QuickStart Guide (That’d be this book[...]

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    must be recorded in stereo at the CD standard of 16 bit/44.1kHz. Remember, multiple sessions will not be recognized by an audio CD player. If you do not have the audio in the computer yet, you may need to use Peak LE to record and prepare your audio. Mac Volume - Use this format if you want to make the CD a bootable CD . That is, it can be a Mac St[...]

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    Compression: None Source: Mic (This assumes you are plugging in to your mic inputs. If you have a separate sound card, i.e. IF-PCI16, AudioMedia III, Paris System, etc. then select the appropriate input source.) Ch: Stereo Bit: 16 Rate: 44.1kHz Once you’ve got all the settings properly set, click on OK. You’ll pop back into the primary Recordin[...]

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    EQ - If you’d like to process EQ on your song, select the part you’d like to affect. (To EQ the whole song, just hit Apple “A” to select the whole region.) Go to the Plug-Ins menu and drag down to Premiere; when the side menu appears drag to SFX Machine Lite. Click on Simple Graphic EQ in the second column of the processing screen. Audition[...]

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    Again, there are far more advanced features included with this package, but we’ll leave that to the Jam manual. Once you’ve got your CD assembled, click on Check Speed in the upper right corner. For the first few CDs you make, we highly recommend doing test burns first. Depending on what your source data is coming from, the source drive may not[...]

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    Once you’ve got your CD assembled, click on Check Speed in the bottom. As we mentioned in the Jam burning process, it is wise to try a test burn to get a feel for the performance of your computer. If your system is having trouble keeping up with the CDR drive, read the “Troubleshooting Underruns” section at the end of this Guide. Once the tes[...]

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    (Variable Bit Rate) basically adjusts the amount of data used to encode the sound according to what is needed. VBR typically sounds better, but older MP3 players may not be able to use it. mono vs stereo - This is pretty self explanatory, but it is important to realize that a stereo signal does not necessarily take twice as much space as a mono sig[...]

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    Troubleshooting Underruns Let’s start with a basic understanding of what’s involved. Here are some basic terms you will need to understand to navigate the world of data transfer: Access Time - How long does it take from the time the computer asks a drive for data until the drive starts spitting it out? This is usually measured in ms (millisecon[...]

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    2) Make sure the CDR media is on the list of approved media of this drive. We have tested many types of CDR media, and the results are posted on our web site at http://www.tascam.com. The list is kept on the site so it may be kept as up to date as possible. For convenience, we have included the list on your CD-R624M software CD. Keep in mind that i[...]