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There are some instances where you may wish to render a Playlist to the hard drive, but do
not want to immediately burn a CD; for instance, you may wish to audition the rendered
image before committing to a CD. Version 2.0 software gives you the flexibility to render your
playlist without burning a CD.
To initiate a Playlist Render, press the UTILITY button repeatedly until Utility Page 5 is
displayed, as shown in Figure 4.4.1.
Figure 4.4.1
Render Playlist to Image Page
Pressing the DOWN/NO button in this page will have no effect. Pressing the UP/YES button
will prompt you with an "Are you sure? Y/N" message. Pressing DOWN/NO at that point
will cancel the Playlist Render operation. Pressing UP/YES at the prompt will begin the
rendering process.
The time needed to complete the rendering process varies depending on the sample rate and
word length of the original files, as well as the type and amount of DSP added to each Track.
Once the playlist has finished rendering, the MasterLink will automatically switch to the
Rendered Image Playlist (discussed in Section 6.3a of the MasterLink User's Manual).
4.5 R
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Consumer Compact Disc player design can vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer,
and across a wide price/features range. All CD players have output mute circuitry that
activates when the player is searching for a track, such as after the skip forward button is
pressed. Once a track is located, the player unmutes its outputs and begins to play audio.
However, because of the widely varying designs of consumer CD players, this muting
circuitry can be relatively slow (or fast) when muting or unmuting. This can cause a track to
be slightly cut off at the beginning or end of the audio.
MasterLink 2.0 software gives you the ability to add an offset to the track start ID of a Red
Book CD either at the beginning or at the end (or both) of a track so that variances between
CD players will not affect a CD created in a MasterLink. These offsets are typically measured
in "CD frames", a frame being equal to 1/75
th
of a second.
To edit Start and End Time offsets, press the UTILITY button repeatedly until Utility Page 6 is
displayed, as shown in Figure 4.5.1.