Yamaha AW2816 Owner's Manual page 184

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The AW2816 can write audio data from the stereo
track of a song to CD-R/RW media in CD-DA format.
CD-R/RW media that has been written in this way can
be played back on a CD-RW drive or on a conven-
tional CD player in the same way as an audio CD.
Stereo tracks that can be mastered
To perform mastering, you select one or more songs
that contain the stereo tracks you want to write, and
write these stereo tracks to the CD-R/RW media.
However in order to be usable for mastering, the song
must have a quantization of 16 bits or 24 bits and a
sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz, must be saved on
the internal hard disk, and the stereo track must be
longer than four seconds.
Media that can be used with the CD-RW drive
A CD-RW drive supports two types of media: "CD-R"
which allows data to be stored and only added to, and
"CD-RW" which allows the stored data to be erased
and rewritten. These two types of media have the fol-
lowing features.
• CD-R
CD-R media allows data to be stored, and addi-
tional data to be stored later. Data that has been
written cannot be erased and re-written. CD-R
media is available mainly in 650 MB and 700
MB capacities.
CD-R media to which audio data has been writ-
ten by the AW2816's mastering function can be
played on CD-RW drives and on most CD play-
ers once the "Finalize" operation has been per-
formed.
Mastering
This chapter explains the Mastering function that lets you use a CD-
RW drive to create an audio CD.
About mastering
Some CD players or CD-ROM drives that do not sup-
port CD-R/RW may be unable to play CD-R/RW
media to which audio data has been written.
• Mastering cannot be performed for a stereo track
that is part of a song whose sampling frequency is
48 kHz.
• In the case of a 24 bit/44.1 kHz stereo track, the
lower 8 bits will be discarded when the data is writ-
ten, converting the track into 16 bit/44.1 kHz data.
• CD-RW
CD-RW media allows all recorded data to be
erased and re-written. It does not allow addi-
tional increments of data to be stored, as does
CD-R. Most CD-RW media is available in a
capacity of 650 MB.
CD-RW media to which audio data has been
written by the AW2816's mastering function can
be played back on CD-RW drives and on some
CD players. However at present, you should be
aware that most CD players do not support CD-
RW.
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