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You can apply the “Mastering Tool Kit” to those two tracks (or stereo)
to optimize the level (volume) of your completed song. And you can
convert mastering data into an audio le.
What is Mastering Tool Kit?
When creating an audio CD from your recorded songs the overall
volume needs to be restrained, so that even the loudest portions of
the songs are handled appropriately on the CD. However, this often
results in an overall lowering of the volume, resulting in a CD that lacks
excitement and impact. With the “Mastering Tool Kit,” however, you can
smooth out the di erences in volume that occur over the course of a
song, while also correcting the balance.
We recommend mastering with the Mastering Tool Kit in the nal
stage of creating songs.
The patches of the Mastering Tool Kit are organized into the following
three groups.
Group Explanation Edit Write
PRESET Patches that cannot be rewritten
3
USER
Patches that can be saved in
internal memory
3 3
SONG
Patches that can be saved in
each song
3 3
Mastering Procedure
1. In the RECORDER screen, Press the [1] (MODE) button several
times to make the display indicate “MASTERING.”
2. Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor to the “Target
Track” eld, and use the VALUE dial or the [DEC] [INC]
buttons to specify the mastering-destination track and
V-track.
(Example: If you want to use V-track 2 of tracks 1 and 2, you would
specify “Target Track: 1/2” and “V-Track: 2.”
If the V-track contains data, a n symbol is shown beside the V-track
eld.
3. In the RECORDER screen, press the [6] (EFFECT) button.
The mastering tool kit selection screen will appear.
4. Use the cursor buttons and the VALUE dial or the [DEC] [INC]
buttons to select the desired patch for the Mastering Tool
Kit.
Choose one of the patch numbers from the preset, song, or user
groups.
5. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the RECORDER screen.
6. Play back the song, and use the [MASTER] slider to adjust the
master level.
Raise the volume level until it is as high as you can get it without
causing the level meter to reach the maximum (the point at which
distortion would occur).
7. Press the [ ] (Song Top) button to move to the
beginning of the song.
8. Press the [l] (REC) button and then the [
] (PLAY) button to
start mastering.
9. When you nished mastering, press the [n] (STOP) button.
The mastering data was stored in the V-track that you had speci ed in
step 2.
“Export?” message will appear.
10. If you want to convert to the audio le, press the [6] (EXEC)
button. If you want to cancel this operation, press the [EXIT]
button.
Press the [6] (EXEC) button, the le type setting screen appears.
Press the [EXIT] button, the mastering operation will cancel, and return
to the mastering screen.
11. Assign a name to the audio le.
For details on how to enter a name, refer to ”Assigning a Name” (p. 19).
12. When you’ve nished assigning a name, press the [6] (EXEC)
button.
The display will ask “Export OK?”
13. If you want to execute, press the [5] (EXEC) button. If you
want to cancel this operation, press the [6] (CANCEL) button.
The mastering data will be exported to the audio le. The exported
audio le will be saved in the “/ROLAND/EXPORT/” folder on the SD
card.
Exported audio les
Exported audio les will be in the following format.
• WAV format
• 44.1 kHz sampling frequency
• 16-bit
Mastering ( MASTERING Mode)