Tascam Mac Os Quickstart Cd-r Deluxe And Cd-r Pro Manual

Mac OS QuickStart
CD-R Deluxe & CD-R Pro
Packing List
The following items should be present in your CD-R bundle:
 CD-R Deluxe:
- TEAC 6x24 external CDR drive (CD-R56S)
- CD-R Deluxe Software CD
 CD-R Pro:
- TEAC 8x24 external CDR drive (CD-R58S)
- CD-R Pro Software CD
 Both Bundles:
- SCSI Card (Adaptec 2903B)
- SCSI Cable
- SCSI Terminator
- (2) Blank CDR media
- TEAC CD-R Drive Installation Guide
- CD-R QuickStart Guide (That’d be this book.)
Installing the Software
A hardware installation booklet has...

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...

TC Works SparkLE
Setting Up the Program
If this is the first time youve run SparkLE, there are a couple
of preferences we would recommend changing.  To get to
SparkLEs preferences, start the SparkLE application, then
click on the File menu and drag down to Preferences.
Clicking on the tabs in
the top of the window
will take you through
the various options.
Here, we have chosen
to use the regular time
readout instead of
viewing the total
samples.
If you have a slower
machine and the screen
takes a while...

Recording into SparkLE
Now that the program is properly configured, were
ready to start recording audio into the computer.
When you press Record, you should get the recording screen.
From this screen,
you will be able to
record audio into
the computer.
You should be
able to discern if
the input is
selected properly.
(The level meters
will display the
audio coming into
the computer.)  If
you are not
getting any readings there, click on the button in the top
center of the menu that is labeled Device,...

Fade - To add a fade to the
beginning or end of a file, simply
select the portion of the file to
be faded, go to the Process
menu, and select Fade.  You will
get a menu that offers several
different Fade curves.  Choose
the one you want, and press OK.
Normalization - SparkLE also has a normalization function.
This takes your recording, find the loudest point in the audio
clip, then mathematically increases the volume of the audio
clip so that the loudest point is at maximum volume.  This is
great for...

Adaptec Jam!
CD-R Pro Only
To start assembling your CD, boot up Jam and simply drag
and drop all the song files into the Jam window.The songs you have selected for this CD will appear in the
window, along with pause between tracks, time the track
starts, and the track length.  You can change the order
simply by dragging the song files around.
There are some powerful real-time (non-destructive)
processing features in Jam that make assembly of
professional sounding CDs a snap.  You’ll notice there is a...

Adaptec ToastOpen Adaptec Toast, and go to the Format menu to select
the type of CD you wish to record.  If you are burning an
Audio CD, then choose Audio CD.  If you are simply trying to
back up select files from your computer, use Mac Files &
Folders.  If you are trying to
distribute data to both Mac and PC
users alike, use the ISO-9660
format.  (Both PCs and Macs can
read those.)
The files can be selected by
dragging and dropping the files and
folders on the Toast window.  To see
the hierarchy of the...

AudioCatalyst Tutorial
(CD-R Pro Only)
What is MP3?
MP3 has created quite a buzz, but what is it really?  MP3 is a
compression format for storing audio with excellent fidelity,
yet only taking approximately 9% of the data space.  MP3 is
short for MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) type 1, layer
3.  If you’re curious about other types of MPEG compression,
you can find their web site at:
http://drogo.cselt.stet.it/mpeg/
What MP3 offers is a way to distribute your music much
easier.  Currently, the main...

Playing MP3 FilesPlaying MP3 files is as easy as selecting the file to play.
This player is the QuickTime 4 Movie Player.
Select an MP3 file by clicking on the File menu and dragging
to New Movie.  You will have the familiar browsing windows.
When playing files, remember that the volume on the front of
this player is further adjusted by the master volume for the
computer in the Sound Control Panel.
To get the balance, bass and treble controls,
click on the :: button.Troubleshooting
Underruns
Let’s start...

can do this with a multitude of applications, such as Norton
Utilities.
Another solution is to create a disc image, which will write (in
one continuous stream) all of the information for the CD to adisk drive, including the directories.  This is sometimes
necessary for slower hard disks to operate with faster CD
burn speeds.
Of course, one other solution is just to reduce the recording
speed of the CD-Recorder.  Some source disks may just be
too slow for higher speed recording (ie Zip, old 44 meg...