Tascam 2488 User Manual

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5 – Mastering62 TASCAM 2488 User’s GuideIf you finalize the disc at this stage, you cannotrecord any further songs on it. If you do notfinalize the disc, you will not be able to play iton ordinary audio CD players.NOTEIf you choose not to finalize the disc at this point, youcan finalize it later, without recording another song.4 Press ENTER to continue, and EXIT if youwant to choose a different song.5 You are asked if you are sure that you want torecord the song. Press ENTER to proceed withthe recording, or EXIT to cancel.6 If there is not enough space on the internaldisk for preparation, or on the CD disc for thesong that you have selected for recording, the2488 gives an appropriate error message.7 The 2488 makes an image of the song on disc(to allow for smooth and easy transfer) andthen starts writing it to the CD.• The top line of the display gives an indica-tion of the time remaining for the operation.• While the image and writing to disc is goingon, all the 2488 controls are disabled, and noaction is possible.NOTEDO NOT TURN OFF the 2488 or the CD-RW drive whilethis writing operation is taking place. You will almostcertainly spoil the disc and may corrupt the song data.Two seconds of silence are added to the end of eachtrack recorded to disc in this way.8 To check the recorded disc, use the CD PLAYERoption described below.Finalizing the discWhen you have recorded the last track on the disc,you must finalize it in order to allow it to be playedon ordinary CD players, but you can check therecorded tracks using the 2488’s CD PLAYER function.The CD-RW drive must contain an unfinalized discbefore you start the process.1 Make sure the 2488 is in “normal” mode, thatis, not in the master check mode or masteringmode. On the AUDIO CD menu, move the cursorto FINALIZE and press ENTER.• A pop-up screen asks if you are sure. PressENTER to continue, EXIT to stop the finalizeprocess.• If you continue, the CD session is closed andthe finalizing material (Table of Contents orTOC) is written to the disc.NOTEYou cannot record further tracks on a finalized disc. Youcan only finalize a disc once, and you cannot unfinalizea disc.The CD-RW drive eject button is locked while writing isgoing on. You can only eject the disc after writing hasfinished.If you use CD-RW media, you cannot play the resultingdiscs in most audio CD players.Recording to CD-R (multiple tracks)When recording multiple tracks, the tracks can berecorded in any order, and varying lengths of silencecan be added.Once a CD has been made in this way, no furthertracks can be added, as the CD is automatically final-ized at the end of the operation.There must be a recordable CD disc in the drivebefore starting this operation.1 Make sure the 2488 is in “normal” mode, thatis, not in the master check mode or masteringmode. On the AUDIO CD menu, move the cursorto CD WRITER and press ENTER.The 2488 checks the CD-RW drive. If there is avalid disc in the drive, the display shows a listof the songs which have been mastered on thecurrent partition.NOTEIf a song has been recorded, but has not been mastered,it will not appear in the list.If you have a song in another partition which you wantto add to the list in the current partition, you shouldcopy it from the old partition to the current partition(see “Copying songs” on page 29).Use the wheel to scroll through the list ofsongs, and when you highlight a song that you