6Turn the DATA wheel to select MASTER PLAY.

7Press the F4 (EXEC) key to put this unit into master playback mode and return to the Home Screen.

8Press the playback (Á) key to play the stereo master that you created. The stereo master sound is output through the /LINE OUT connector, so it can also be dubbed to an external stereo recorder.

9If you are satisfied with this stereo master, press the REC MODE key to open the RECORDER MODEscreen. Turn the DATA wheel to select MULTI TRACKand press the F4 (EXEC) key to put the unit into multitrack mode (ordinary mode) again and return to the Home Screen.

If you do not like the stereo master you made, follow the above procedures to make a master recording again. The new stereo master replaces the previous stereo master.

6–Basic Recording

NOTE

To listen to the recorded stereo master in a saved song, load the song, set the recorder mode to MASTER PLAY and press the playback (Á) key to start playback.

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When making a master recording, you can play along, for example, with the mixdown signal and input that sound through INPUT A or B to mix it with prere- corded tracks when creating a stereo master.

If you want to turn the unit OFF after mastering, you do not need to return to MULTI TRACK mode in procedure 9 above. Regardless of the mode when shutdown, the next time the power is turned ON, it will start in MULTI TRACK mode.

You can transfer the master mix created on this unit as a file that can be played back on a computer (see “Exporting a stereo master” on page 100).

A stereo master can be copied to any track pair among tracks 1–4 by creating a “clone” track (see “CLONE TRACK (track duplication)” on page 87).

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