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8 – Mastering and backup (CD-R)–Recording to CD-R
TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio 75
Trimming the master
You may sometimes want to trim the beginning or the
end of a master track after checking it. For example,
you may have made a perfect mix, except that there is
too much “dead time” or a cough, fret noise, etc.
before the start of the track, or there may be too much
time after the end of the track, as the OUT point was
not set correctly.
To correct these, without having to do the whole mix
again:
1 Make sure the 788 is in “normal” mode, that is,
not in the master check mode or mastering
mode.
2 Move the playback position to the approximate
position where you want to trim (either the
start or the end of the master).
If you want to trim the start of the master:
3 Set the IN point to be the 00:00:00:00 point.
4 Use the jog control to set the OUT point to the
exact position where you want the master to
start (see “Setting the IN and OUT points” on
page 52).
If you want to trim the end of the master:
3 Set the IN point to the point where you want
the end of the master to be, using the jog
method to set the point (see “Setting the IN and
OUT points” on page 52).
4 Set the OUT point to be some way after the
existing OUT point.
In both cases (trimming the start and trimming the
end):
5 Use the Track Edit
CUT function (see “CUT”
on page 68) to cut all tracks between the IN
and the OUT point. You must select the
all
option for the master track to be cut in this
way.
If you are trimming the end of the master:
6 Make sure that the OUT point is now located
at the real end of the track (where you set the
IN point previously).
In both cases (trimming the start and trimming the
end):
7 Play back the master track, as described in
“Checking the master” on page 74. The start
and end should now be as you want them.
Recording to CD-R
There are two ways of using the 788 to record a CD-
R: either a track at a time; TAO (Track At Once) with
the disc being finalized after the last track has been
recorded, or a number of tracks together; DAO (Disk
At Once), with the disc being finalized at the end of
the session.
Recording many tracks at once allows you to reorder
the tracks on the disc. It also allows you to put vary-
ing lengths of silence between tracks (ranging from 0
to almost 10 seconds).
Remember that whichever method you use to record
your CDs, you can record a maximum of 99 tracks on
one CD, the minimum length of a track is four sec-
onds, and the maximum track length you can record
from the 788 is 70 minutes.
NOTE
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It is not possible to record a disc using both methods of
recording. If you record a disk using the track method, you
cannot then add a number of tracks together, but you can
add single tracks. Likewise, if you record a number of
tracks together, you cannot add any tracks (singly or
together) later on.
Recording to CD-R (track recording)
Before starting this operation you must make sure
that there is a recordable disc inserted in the CD-R
drive. If there is no recordable disc (that is, a CD-R
or CD-RW disc that has not been finalized), the 788
shows an appropriate message.
1 Make sure the 788 is in “normal” mode, that is,
not in the master check mode or mastering
mode.
2 With the transport stopped, press the
MENU
key.
3 Move the cursor to
CD-R, and press ENTER.