Tascam CD-R624M Packing List 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...

must be recorded in stereo at the CD standard of 16 bit/44.1kHz.
Remember, multiple sessions will not be recognized by an audio CD
player.  If you do not have the audio in the computer yet, you may
need to use Peak LE to record and prepare your audio.
Mac Volume - Use this format if you want to make the CD a bootable
CD.  That is, it can be a Mac Startup Disk.  This is great when you are
making a troubleshooting CD, or if you just need a different system
set-up occasionally.
ISO-9660 - Originally...

Compression: None
Source: Mic (This assumes you are plugging in to your mic inputs.  If
you have a separate sound card, i.e. IF-PCI16, AudioMedia III, Paris
System, etc. then select the appropriate input source.)
Ch: Stereo
Bit: 16
Rate: 44.1kHz
Once you’ve got all the settings properly set, click on OK.  You’ll pop
back into the primary Recording Options Screen.  You may want to
enable the monitoring of the input in Peak LE by clicking in the
Monitor box just under the level meters.  This will allow the...

EQ - If you’d like to process EQ on your song, select the part you’d
like to affect.  (To EQ the whole song, just hit Apple “A” to select the
whole region.)  Go to the Plug-Ins menu and drag down to Premiere;
when the side menu appears drag to SFX Machine Lite.  Click on
Simple Graphic EQ in the second column of the processing screen.
Audition your EQ settings by pressing “Preview.”  Preview will play a
couple seconds of audio with your EQ curve.  Once you like what you
hear, click on “Process” and Peak...

Again, there are far more advanced features included with this
package, but we’ll leave that to the Jam manual.
Once you’ve got your CD assembled, click on Check Speed in the
upper right corner.  For the first few CDs you make, we highly
recommend doing test burns first. Depending on what your source
data is coming from, the source drive may not be fast enough to
support 6x burns.  This can be even further complicated if your drive
is “fragmented,” meaning the data is not in a continuous block on the...

Once you’ve got your CD assembled, click on Check Speed in the
bottom.  As we mentioned in the Jam burning process, it is wise to try
a test burn to get a feel for the performance of your computer.  If your
system is having trouble keeping up with the CDR drive, read the
“Troubleshooting Underruns” section at the end of this Guide.Once the test has successfully been completed, go ahead and click
on Write Disc.  You will get a screen that gives you the option of Write
Session or Write Disc.
Write Session...

(Variable Bit Rate) basically adjusts the amount of data used to
encode the sound according to what is needed.  VBR typically
sounds better, but older MP3 players may not be able to use it.
mono vs stereo - This is pretty self explanatory, but it is important
to realize that a stereo signal does not necessarily take twice as much
space as a mono signal.  (Ain’t compression skwewy?)
Encoding MP3 Files
To encode audio to MP3, start up AudioCatalyst.  At the bottom of
the window, you can select files to...

Troubleshooting
Underruns
Let’s start with a basic understanding of what’s involved.  Here are
some basic terms you will need to understand to navigate the world
of data transfer:
Access Time - How long does it take from the time the computer
asks a drive for data until the drive starts spitting it out?  This is usually
measured in ms (milliseconds).
Throughput (aka Transfer Rate) - Once the drive finds the
information, how fast can it transmit the data?  This is usually
measured in MB/sec (megabytes per...

2) Make sure the CDR media is on the list of approved media of
this drive.  We have tested many types of CDR media, and the
results are posted on our web site at http://www.tascam.com.
The list is kept on the site so it may be kept as up to date as
possible.  For convenience, we have
included the list on your CD-R624M
software CD.  Keep in mind that it will
be updated from time to time on our
web site.
3) While the CD-Recorder is recording, make sure the CDR drive
is not agitated.  (If you write as...