Exiting Mixdown Mode; Checking The Master File; Ending Master File Checking; Using The Mastering Tools - Tascam DP-32 Digital Portastudio Owner's Manual

10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Songs
appears and the mixdown recording
Trk Too Short
will not be performed.
• When in mode, some playback functions
Mixdown
do not work. If you try to use one of these functions,
appears.
In Mixdown Mode
2. Press the RECORD (0) button.
The mixdown starts and the RECORD (0) button
lights.
Regardless of the recorder's current position, the
mixdown starts from the IN point.
If necessary, adjust the track faders or the Mixer
screen's PAN knobs while mixing down the tracks
to stereo. These adjustments will be reflected in the
master file.
When the recorder reaches the OUT point, recording
automatically stops.
3. If you want to redo the creation of the stereo
master track, press the RECORD (0) button.
A new master file will be created, and the previous
master file will be overwritten.
NOTE
After recording the master file, you can play back the master
file to check it. (See "Checking the master file" in the following
section.)

Exiting Mixdown mode

Press the MIXDOWN/MASTERING button twice to return
to mode.
Multi Track

Checking the master file

Follow these procedures to listen to a master file after you
have completed recording it.
1. When in mode, press the MIXDOWN/
Mixdown
MASTERING button.
The recorder switches to
screen opens.
Mastering
NOTE
• In Mastering mode,
Mastering
left of the Home screen.
• When in
Multi Track
MASTERING button to switch to
then press the MIXDOWN/MASTERING button again to
switch to mode.
Mastering
• You cannot switch to
Mastering
master file.
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mode and the
Mastering
appears in the upper
mode, press the MIXDOWN/
mode, and
Mixdown
mode if there is no
2. In this state, press the PLAY (7) button to play
back the master file that you have created.
CAUTION
Confirm that both the and
EQ
. If either is set to , the playback sound of the
OFF ON
master file will be affected by the equalizer and/or
compressor. (See "Using the mastering equalizer" on
page 67 and "Using mastering compression" on page
68.)
3. When in
Mastering
work as follows.
• Press the PLAY (7) button to play back the master
file from the current position until its end.
• Use the REW (m) button and the F FWD (,)
button to rewind and fast-forward in the same way
as in ordinary recorder mode.
• Press the STOP (8) button to stop playback.
• Track recording is not possible.
• Repeat playback and location mark functions
cannot be used.
Since the master file playback signal is output from the
STEREO OUT jack, you can record the output to an
external stereo recorder.
If you are not satisfied with this master file, you can
perform a new mixdown.
NOTE
To listen to a master file recorded in a saved song, load the
song, change the recorder to
press the PLAY (7) button to start playback.

Ending master file checking

After checking the master file, press the MIXDOWN/
MASTERING button to return to

Using the mastering tools

This unit has specialized tools for enhancing the sound
of the master file. Use the equalizer, noise shaper,
compressor, and normalize functions to adjust the overall
volume and sound quality.
Switch to mode and use the mastering
Mastering
tools to enhance the master file.
items are set to
COMP
mode, the transport buttons
mode, and then
Mastering
mode.
Multi Track