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17.Use the channel faders (1–16) to adjust the volume balance of the tracks. At this time, the sound—the volume level and panning—that is output from the MASTER jacks will be recorded “as is” to the mastering tracks. Adjust the volume to as high a level as possible without causing distortion.

18.When you are finished adjusting the volume, press [STOP].

19.Move to the time location at which you wish to begin the mixdown (e.g., 00h00m00s00f).

20.Use the cursor buttons and the TIME/VALUE dial to change the Sw setting to “On.”

21.Press [REC]. The REC indicator will light in red.

22.Press [PLAY]. The PLAY indicator will light in green, and recording will begin.

23.When you finish recording, press [STOP].

Chapter 13 CD-RW and Mastering

Creating an Audio CD

You can create your own audio CD by choosing audio from two individual tracks in the VS-1824 and writing those to a CD-R disc. A CD can contain as many as 99 tracks—typically, each song on a CD is a track—up to a total length of 74 minutes.

To conform to CD audio standards (Red Book), the VS-1824 turns your song into an “image file,” or “disk image,” that is written, or “burned,” to the CD. This image file can be created as you burn a CD, during the recording process— using the CDR recording mode—or during mastering, which can also use the CDR recording mode (see p. 178).

In both cases, the image file is created on the VS-1824’s internal IDE drive. The image file must also be located on the internal IDE drive during the actual CD burning.

An internal IDE hard drive is therefore required for burning an audio CD. Some countries, such as the United States, ship the VS- 1824 with an internal IDE drive installed.

When a disk image is created using the CDR recording mode or during mastering, it is saved when you save the song.

You can store a song containing an image file on an external drive or removable disk, such as a Zip disk. However, when you wish to make an audio CD of the song, you must first copy the song back to your internal IDE drive.

When an image file is created during the actual CD-burning procedure, it is temporarily stored on the VS-1824’s internal IDE drive before being written to the CD-R disc. The song itself can be stored on the internal drive, or on an external drive or removable disk. The internal drive must have enough free space to hold the image file—all available free space on the drive can be used for this purpose, regardless of the partition in which the space is located. After the image file is written to the CD-R disc, it is automatically deleted from the internal IDE drive.

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