8 − Mastering and CD recorder

Creating an audio CD

You can create an audio CD by using the 2488MKII CD-RW drive to burn the master track to a CD-R/CD-RW disc. Three audio CD creation methods are available. Track At Once (TAO) burns CD tracks one at a time, while Disc At Once (DAO) burns multiple master tracks as CD tracks at one time. Furthermore, the 2488MKII has a Live Writer function that uses marks to burn one master track as multiple CD tracks.

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 seconds, and the maximum track length you can record from the 2488MKII is 80 minutes.

NOTE

Only one of the above methods can be used in recording a single disc. For example, a disc that has tracks that were recorded using TAO can have another

CD track added using TAO, but recording with DAO or Live Writer is not possible. DAO and Live Writer recording is only possible on a blank disc.

Creating an audio CD using TAO

Before starting this operation you must make sure that there is a recordable disc inserted in the CD-RW drive. If there is no recordable disc (that is, a CD-R or CD-RW disc that has not been finalized), the 2488MKII shows an appropriate message.

1Make sure the 2488MKII is in “normal” mode (not master check or pre-mastering mode). On the AUDIO CD menu, move the cursor to CD WRITER and press YES/ENTER.

The 2488MKII checks the disc. After verifying that the disc is recordable, a list of the pre-mastered songs on the current partition appears.

NOTE

If a song has been recorded, but has not been mastered, it will not appear in the list.

If you want to change partitions, see “Selecting the active partition” on page 13.

2Use the JOG/DATA dial to select the song whose master track you want to write to the CD, and press the YES/ENTER key.

3Choose at this point whether you want to finalize the disc.

If you finalize the disc at this stage, you will not be able to add any more CD tracks to it.

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If you do not finalize the disc at this stage, you can finalize it later in a separate operation.

4Press YES/ENTER to continue, and NO/EXIT if you want to choose a different song.

5You are asked if you are sure that you want to record the song. Press YES/ENTER to proceed with the recording. CD writing begins. Two seconds of silence are automatically added to the end of each track recorded to disc.

NOTE

Apop-up message appears if there is not enough space on the disc to write a CD track. In this case, you can adjust the length of the master track (see "Trim- ming the master" on page 70) or use a different disc.

All other 2488MKII functions are disabled during CD writing.

CAUTION

DO NOT TURN OFF the 2488MKII while this writing operation is taking place. You will almost certainly spoil the disc and may corrupt the song data.

Do not press the eject button below the disc tray while a disc is being written. Doing so may cause the disc writing procedure to fail.

6To check the recorded disc, use the CD PLAYER option described below.

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