Tascam CD-R624M User 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

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.

Recording Audio

BIAS Peak LE & SFX Machine Lite

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 specified for DOS CD-ROM use, the ISO­9660 now has multiple improved variations for DOS, Windows 95,
and Macintosh. This format has good back-up capabilities for
Macintosh when used as a multisession CD. Also, since most
Macintosh computers are able to read Windows CDs, this is a great
method to store cross platform material such as JPEGs, HTML, or
even basic word processing and graphic files.

For more information on the various types of CD formats, check the
Adaptec Toast manual. (It is in PDF format on the CD-R624M CD­ROM.)

Note: For Peak LE to record full CD quality audio, you must be
running Peak LE on a PowerPC or a G3. 68030 and 68040
machines will require an additional sound card.

If you don’t already have your audio recorded on your computer,
you’ll need to record it into an audio file. We have included Peak LE
for you to do this.

In Peak LE, go to the File menu, and pull down to New. A sub-menu
will appear to the right; drag to Stereo Document. (For those who like
keystrokes, you can simply hit APPLE-SHIFT-N to do this.)

Then, click on the “Record Settings” button. A window will
appear with numerous options.

The initial settings
screen shows you which
drive the audio is going
to be recorded on. (The
pop-up menu allows you
to select a specific drive,
or to automatically select
the largest drive.) Click
on the Device and
Sample Format Button to make sure you are properly set-up for

recording 44.1kHz, 16 bit
audio.

To navigate the various
settings screens, click on
the pop-up menu in the
upper left. Make sure
your settings will follow
these parameters:

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 signal
going in to be heard through the speaker outputs. Then, click OK to
leave the screen.

Click on the Record

button to get the
record screen. Once you’ve
got the levels set right,
(watch the levels at the
bottom of meter at the
bottom of the screen,) go
ahead and click on the
Record button in the Record
screen and start playing your
audio. As the recording
goes along, the waveform
will appear in the screen.

While Peak LE is a very capable editor with advanced features, we’ll
just cover the basics here:

Tight Leadering - To delete the dead space before and after the
audio, click and drag across the unwanted audio. You can audition
the audio by pressing the space bar. To move the edges of the
selection, hold shift, and drag across to your new selection point. To
remove the selected area, press delete.

When you’re done,

click on the Stop key. Peak LE will prompt you to name the
file. If you want to re-record the file, just cancel out of that screen,
and record again. If you like what you recorded, save it and Peak LE
will take you into the waveform screen where the audio is displayed.

The top two waveforms show the entire sound file, with a box around
the area that is represented in the bottom screen. The bottom
(larger) waveforms are where you will do your editing. You can zoom
in and out by pressing APPLE “[“ and APPLE “]”.

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 DSP menu, and select
Fade In or Fade Out.