Teac DP-32 - Manual (Page 66)

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TASCAM DP-32
10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Songs
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appears and the mixdown recording
will not be performed.
• When in Mixdown mode, some playback functions
do not work. If you try to use one of these functions,
In Mixdown Mode
appears.
2. Press the RECORD (0) button.
The mixdown starts and the RECORD (0) button
lights.
Regardless of the recorder's current position, the
mixdown starts from the IN point.
If necessary, adjust the track faders or the Mixer
screen's PAN knobs while mixing down the tracks
to stereo. These adjustments will be reflected in the
master file.
When the recorder reaches the OUT point, recording
automatically stops.
3. If you want to redo the creation of the stereo
master track, press the RECORD (0) button.
A new master file will be created, and the previous
master file will be overwritten.
NOTE
After recording the master file, you can play back the master
file to check it. (See "Checking the master file" in the following
section.)
Exiting Mixdown mode
Press the MIXDOWN/MASTERING button twice to return
to
Multi Track
mode.
Checking the master file
Follow these procedures to listen to a master file after you
have completed recording it.
1. When in
Mixdown
mode, press the MIXDOWN/
MASTERING button.
The recorder switches to
Mastering
mode and the
Mastering
screen opens.
NOTE
• In Mastering mode, Mastering appears in the upper
left of the Home screen.
• When in Multi Track
mode, press the MIXDOWN/
MASTERING button to switch to
Mixdown mode, and
then press the MIXDOWN/MASTERING button again to
switch to
Mastering
mode.
• You cannot switch to Mastering mode if there is no
master file.
2. In this state, press the PLAY (7) button to play
back the master file that you have created.
CAUTION
Confirm that both the
EQ
and
COMP
items are set to
OFF
. If either is set to
ON
, the playback sound of the
master file will be affected by the equalizer and/or
compressor. (See "Using the mastering equalizer" on
page 67 and "Using mastering compression" on page
68.)
3. When in
Mastering
mode, the transport buttons
work as follows.
• Press the PLAY (7) button to play back the master
file from the current position until its end.
• Use the REW (m) button and the F FWD (,)
button to rewind and fast-forward in the same way
as in ordinary recorder mode.
• Press the STOP (8) button to stop playback.
• Track recording is not possible.
• Repeat playback and location mark functions
cannot be used.
Since the master file playback signal is output from the
STEREO OUT jack, you can record the output to an
external stereo recorder.
If you are not satisfied with this master file, you can
perform a new mixdown.
NOTE
To listen to a master file recorded in a saved song, load the
song, change the recorder to
Mastering
mode, and then
press the PLAY (7) button to start playback.
Ending master file checking
After checking the master file, press the MIXDOWN/
MASTERING button to return to
Multi Track
mode.
Using the mastering tools
This unit has specialized tools for enhancing the sound
of the master file. Use the equalizer, noise shaper,
compressor, and normalize functions to adjust the overall
volume and sound quality.
Switch to
Mastering
mode and use the mastering
tools to enhance the master file.