Tascam DP-008EX Owner's Manual

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64 TASCAM DP-008EX9 – Mixdown and masteringChecking stereo master tracksAfter creating a stereo master track, you can listen toit by following these procedures.1. When the recorder is stopped, press theBOUNCE/MIXDOWN/MASTERING button toopen the RECORDER MODEscreen.2. Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) theMASTERING item.3. Press the F4 [EXEC] button to open theMASTERING mode selection screen.NOTEIf there is no stereo master track, a No MasterTrk pop-up message will appear and the recordermode will not change to MASTERING.4. Press the F4 [MANUAL] button.After a Mastering! pop-up message appears,the recorder switches to mastering mode and theMASTERING screen opens.5. In this mode, press the Play (7) button to playthe stereo master track.The stereo master track signal is output from theLINE OUT jack, so it can also be dubbed to anexternal stereo recorder.6. After you have created a stereo master trackthat you are satisfied with, press the BOUNCE/MIXDOWN/MASTERING button to open theRECORDER MODEscreen, and use the DATAwheel to return the recorder to MULTI TRACKmode.If you are not satisfied with the stereo mastertrack, you can create a new one. A new stereomaster track will overwrite the previous one.NOTETo listen to the recorded stereo master track ofa saved song, load that song, set the recordermode to MASTERING and then press the Play (7)button to start playback.TIP• When this recorder is in MULTI TRACKmode,you can transfer a stereo master mix created onthis unit as a file that can be played back on acomputer. (See “Exporting stereo master tracks”on page 81.)• When this recorder is in MULTI TRACK mode,you can copy a stereo master track to a pair ofadjacent tracks (1-2, 3-4, 5-6 or 7-8) by cloning thetrack. (See “CLONE TRACK (track duplication)” onpage 60.)Mastering stereo master tracksThis unit has mastering tools specifically for usewith stereo master tracks. You can use equalization,compression and normalization to adjust the overallsound pressure and character of master tracks.You can use these mastering tools on a stereo mastertrack when the unit is in one of the two MASTERINGmodes.8 AUTO MASTERING modeIn this mode, after you set the character of the effect(MAXIMUM or NATURAL), the unit automaticallymasters the stereo master track.8 MANUAL MASTERING modeIn this mode, you can adjust the mastering equal-ization, compression and normalization individuallywhen mastering stereo master tracks.