Creating A Master Stereo Mix; Finalizing - Roland VS-1680 User Manual

Chapter 13 CD-RW and Mastering

Creating a Master Stereo Mix

CD standards only allow two tracks (left and right) to be
written to a CD-R. Before recording an audio CD, it is
necessary to create a stereo recording of your song within the
VS-1680. You can do this easily by bouncing your existing
tracks to two available tracks on the VS-1680 (see
"Mastering," p. 169). Or, if you mix your songs to an external
stereo recorder such as a DAT recorder, you can transfer the
stereo mixes back into the VS-1680 for CD recording.
Song data that can be written to CD-R discs must satisfy the
following conditions:
1. Sample Rate and Recording Mode:
Only tracks recorded with a sample rate of 44.1 kHz can
be written to CD-R discs. Make sure you select the 44.1
kHz sample rate when you create a new song. You may
use any of the recording modes; however, it is
recommended you use either MTP, MAS or MT1 for best
results.
2. Levels
Audio transferred to the CD will only be the actual audio
data as stored on the hard drive. Mixer, EQ, effects
settings, and Automix data on these tracks will not be
transferred. Thus, any desired level settings, panning,
EQ and effects must be recorded as a part of the tracks'
audio. Make all EQ, level, pan and other settings on the
source tracks during track bouncing—you can use
Automix during the track bouncing process (p. 64).
3. Effects
Audio transferred to the CD will only be the actual audio
data as stored on the hard drive. Effects settings made
with the Track Mixer on these tracks will not transfer to
the CD. Even if reverb or delay is applied to a track, the
reverb or delay will not be written to the CD-R disc. All
desired effects must be recorded as a part of these tracks.
Make all effect settings during track bouncing.
4. Track Bouncing
You can select any two tracks (including any V-Tracks)
to be written to the CD-R disc. One track will become the
left channel of the CD-R, the other the right channel. If
your song exists in a multitrack format, it must be mixed
and bounced down to two tracks before being written to
a CD-R. Designate the resulting stereo tracks as the
tracks to be written to the CD-R disc.
5. Track Editing
The two tracks designated for writing to the CD-R disc
are written from the beginning of the tracks (normally
"00h00m00s00") to the end of the tracks. Any blank
space or silence on the tracks before and after the actual
performance will be written as silence on the CD-R disc.
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To avoid this, use Track Cut to remove any unwanted
silence at the beginning of the tracks and at the end of
the tracks, or Track Insert to create space between tracks.
fig.07-03
00h00m00s00
Blank Space Performance Data
Performance Data

Finalizing

Before a CD can be played on a standard audio CD player—
or can be duplicated—it must be "finalized." Finalizing
writes certain important information onto the CD, including
the track numbers and Table of Contents (TOC). It is the
final step in the creation of a CD—once a CD has been
finalized, no more songs can be added to the CD.
You can add songs to a CD one-by-one without finalizing the
CD until you are done adding songs, though an un-finalized
CD can only be played using the CD Player feature (p. 181).
This lets you create the CD in stages as you finish each of its
songs. When you are ready to, you can finalize the CD.
If all of the songs are finished, you can burn and finalize the
entire CD at once.
If you plan on having a CD duplicated, burn and finalize the
entire CD at the same time (this is often referred to as the
"disk at once," or "DAO" method). Some professional
duplicators will not accept a CD created a track at a time.
The Finalize parameter determines how and when a CD is
finalized. When you are adding songs to a CD one-by-one:
—If you may be adding more songs later on, set Finalize
to "Off."
—If you are writing the final song, set Finalize to "On."
—If you have already written all of the songs you wish
to have on the CD, but have not yet finalized it, you can
do so by setting Finalize to "OnlyFin."
When you are writing the entire contents of a CD at once:
—set Finalize to "On.
Blank Space
Before Track Cutting
After Track Cutting
Time