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9 – Mixdown and mastering
Checking stereo master tracks
After creating a stereo master track, you can listen to
it by following these procedures.
1.
When the recorder is stopped, press the
BOUNCE/MIXDOWN/MASTERING button to
open the
RECORDER MODE
Use the DATA wheel to select (highlight) the
2.
item.
MASTERING
Press the F4 [EXEC] button to open the
3.
mode selection screen.
MASTERING
NOTE
If there is no stereo master track, a
pop-up message will appear and the recorder
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mode will not change to
Press the F4 [MANUAL] button.
4.
After a
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the recorder switches to mastering mode and the
screen opens.
MASTERING
5.
In this mode, press the Play (7) button to play
the stereo master track.
The stereo master track signal is output from the
LINE OUT jack, so it can also be dubbed to an
external stereo recorder.
6.
After you have created a stereo master track
that you are satisfied with, press the BOUNCE/
MIXDOWN/MASTERING button to open the
screen, and use the DATA
RECORDER MODE
wheel to return the recorder to
mode.
If you are not satisfied with the stereo master
track, you can create a new one. A new stereo
master track will overwrite the previous one.
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screen.
No Master
.
MASTERING
pop-up message appears,
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NOTE
To listen to the recorded stereo master track of
a saved song, load that song, set the recorder
mode to
MASTERING
button to start playback.
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When this recorder is in
you can transfer a stereo master mix created on
this unit as a file that can be played back on a
computer. (See "Exporting stereo master tracks"
on page 81.)
•
When this recorder is in MULTI TRACK mode,
you can copy a stereo master track to a pair of
adjacent tracks (1-2, 3-4, 5-6 or 7-8) by cloning the
track. (See "CLONE TRACK (track duplication)" on
page 60.)
Mastering stereo master tracks
This unit has mastering tools specifically for use
with stereo master tracks. You can use equalization,
compression and normalization to adjust the overall
sound pressure and character of master tracks.
You can use these mastering tools on a stereo master
track when the unit is in one of the two
modes.
8 AUTO MASTERING mode
In this mode, after you set the character of the effect
(
or
), the unit automatically
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NATURAL
masters the stereo master track.
8 MANUAL MASTERING mode
In this mode, you can adjust the mastering equal-
ization, compression and normalization individually
when mastering stereo master tracks.
and then press the Play (7)
mode,
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MASTERING
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