Tascam CD-R624M Installation Manual

TASCAM CD-R624M

Packing List

The following items should be present in your CD-R624M bundle:
- TEAC 6x24 external CDR drive (CD-R56S/614)
- SCSI Cable
- SCSI Terminator
- CD-R624M software CD-ROM
- CD Stomper w/ CD Stomper CD-ROM and CD Labels
- (2) Blank TEAC CDR media
- TEAC 6x24 Installation Guide
- CD-R624 QuickStart Guide (That'd be this book.)
Installing the CD-R624M Bundle
A hardware installation booklet has been included with this package;
look to it for installation of the CD-Recorder. Also, if you are new to
installing software on your Mac, be aware that you will probably have
to restart the computer in between each installation.
To install the software, make sure your CD-Recorder is connected.
Insert the CD-R624W disc into your CD-ROM or CDR drive.
There are several programs you will need to install:
Adaptec Toast - Data CD Authoring
Adaptec Jam - Audio CD Authoring
The CD-R56S driver file MUST
be placed in the same folder as
the Jam application. This file is
on the CD-R624M software CD.
BIAS Peak LE - Audio Recording/Editing
BIAS SFX Machine Lite - Effect Processing
SFX Machine Lite must be placed in the Plug-ins folder
inside the BIAS Peak LE Folder. Otherwise, Peak LE will
not add SFX Machine to its list.
Xing Technologies AudioCatalyst - MP3 Encoding
Apple QuickTime 4.0 - Offers support for more advanced
multimedia, including playback of MP3 files.
The QuickTime installer may ask for your type of internet
connection. The install is on your CD-R624M CD, so an
internet connection is not necessary.
Adobe Acrobat 3.0 - Reading PDF files
Be sure attention is paid to the placement of the files as mentioned
above for Jam and BIAS Peak LE/SFX Machine Lite. If these files are
not placed as specified, the programs will lose some functions.
CDR Introductory Tutorial
CDR (Compact Disc Recordable) media can store up to 74 minutes of
stereo audio, or up to 650 megabytes of data. CDR media can only
be written to once, so the CDR authoring software allows you to
design your CD completely before you burn it. Since the CD must
contain a directory of what is on it, and since that directory is on the
write-once only media also, all of the information must be burned to
the CD at the same time. Recording the information to a CD is done
in a Session.
While audio CD players will only recognize the first session on the
CD, many CD-ROMs will read multiple sessions. A CD with more than
one session is called a Multi-Session CD. So, if the first session only
contained 200 megabytes of data, you could record another session
behind it up to approximately 450 megabytes. (It won't be quite that
big because of the extra space taken by the new directory.)
Remember though, older CD-ROMs may not search for those extra
sessions.
When you get ready to design the session, you will first need to
determine the format of the CD. Some of the common CD formats
you can create with Adaptec Toast and Jam are listed below:
Audio CD - This is the standard CD format you can use in your
Audio CD player. You can have up to 99 tracks of audio, with
adjustable silence breaks in between each track. The audio tracks