TASCAM 2488MKII
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8 − Mastering and CD recorder
Creating an audio CD
You can create an audio CD by using the 2488MKII
CD-RW drive to burn the master track to a CD-R/CD-RW
disc. Three audio CD creation methods are available. Track
At Once (TAO) burns CD tracks one at a time, while Disc
At Once (DAO) burns multiple master tracks as CD tracks
at one time. Furthermore, the 2488MKII has a Live Writer
function that uses marks to burn one master track as mul-
tiple CD tracks.
Remember that whichever method you use to record your
CDs, you can record a maximum of 99 tracks on one CD,
the minimum length of a track is four seconds, and the
maximum track length you can record from the 2488MKII
is 80 minutes.
NOTE
Only one of the above methods can be used in record-
ing a single disc. For example, a disc that has tracks
that were recorded using TAO can have another
CD track added using TAO, but recording with DAO
or Live Writer is not possible. DAO and Live Writer
recording is only possible on a blank disc.
Before starting this operation you must make sure that
there is a recordable disc inserted in the CD-RW drive.
If there is no recordable disc (that is, a CD-R or CD-RW
disc that has not been finalized), the 2488MKII shows an
appropriate message.
1 Make sure the 2488MKII is in “normal” mode
(not master check or pre-mastering mode). On the
AUDIO CD menu, move the cursor to CD WRITER
and press
YES/ENTER
.
The 2488MKII checks the disc. After verifying that
the disc is recordable, a list of the pre-mastered
songs on the current partition appears.
NOTE
If a song has been recorded, but has not been
mastered, it will not appear in the list.
If you want to change partitions, see “Selecting the
active partition” on page 13.
2 Use the
JOG/DATA
dial to select the song whose
master track you want to write to the CD, and press
the
YES/ENTER
key.
3 Choose at this point whether you want to finalize
the disc.
If you finalize the disc at this stage, you will not be
able to add any more CD tracks to it.
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If you do not finalize the disc at this stage, you can
finalize it later in a separate operation.
4 Press
YES/ENTER
to continue, and
NO/EXIT
if you
want to choose a different song.
5 You are asked if you are sure that you want to
record the song. Press
YES/ENTER
to proceed with
the recording. CD writing begins. Two seconds of
silence are automatically added to the end of each
track recorded to disc.
NOTE
A pop-up message appears if there is not enough
space on the disc to write a CD track. In this case, you
can adjust the length of the master track (see "Trim-
ming the master" on page 70) or use a different disc.
All other 2488MKII functions are disabled during
CD writing.
CAUTION
DO NOT TURN OFF the 2488MKII while this writing
operation is taking place. You will almost certainly
spoil the disc and may corrupt the song data.
Do not press the eject button below the disc tray
while a disc is being written. Doing so may cause the
disc writing procedure to fail.
6 To check the recorded disc, use the CD PLAYER
option described below.
Creating an audio CD using TAO
