User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 - Quick Guide
- Playback and mixing
- Recording and mastering
- Creating a new song
- Connecting and setting the input sources
- Setting the guitar as the recording source for TRACK 1
- Adjusting and monitoring the input level
- Recording a guitar to TRACK 1
- Playing back the recording
- Recording a guitar to TRACK 2
- Recording a vocal to TRACK 3
- Mixing the tracks
- Mastering a recording
- Shutting down
- 3 – Names and Functions of Parts
- 4 – Preparation
- 5 - Song Management
- 6 - Basic Recording
- 7 - Recorder Functions
- 8 - Track Editing
- 9 - Using Built-In Effects
- 10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Tracks
- 11 - Various Other Functions
- 12 - SD Card Management
- 13 - Exchanging Data with a Computer
- 14 – Troubleshooting
- 15 – Messages
- 16 – Specifications
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TASCAM DP-24SD
10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Tracks
Finishing up a master file (mastering)
This unit has specialized tools for enhancing the sound of
the master file. Use the equalizer, compressor, and normalize
function to adjust the overall volume and sound quality.
Switch to
Mastering
mode and use the mastering tools to
enhance the master file.
Mastering procedures
Follow the steps below to perform mastering.
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Step 1 - Enter Mastering mode.
When Recorder mode is
Mixdown
mode, press the
MIXDOWN/MASTERING button.
The Recorder mode switches to
Mastering
mode and the
Mastering
screen opens.
NOTE
•
When Recorder mode is
Multi Track
mode, press the
MIXDOWN/MASTERING button to switch to
Mixdown
mode, and then press the MIXDOWN/MASTERING button
again to switch to
Mastering
mode.
•
You cannot switch to
Mastering
mode if there is no
master file.
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Step 2 - Use the mastering tools to adjust the sound.
You can use the following functions as mastering tools:
EQUALIZER function (F1 (
EQ
) button), COMPRESSOR function
(F2 (
COMP
) button) and NORMALIZE function (F4 (
NORM
)
button).
You also can choose between a multi-band and single-band
type compressor on the
COMP MULTI
screen by pressing the
F2 (
SINGLE
) or F2 (
MULTI
) button.
For the multi-band compressor, the parameter setting display
of the
COMP MULTI
screen is split into LOW BAND, MID
BAND and HIGH BAND areas for individual low, mid and high
frequency adjustments.
Make the necessary settings in each tool screen. (For further details,
see the following "Using the mastering equalizer," "Using masterin
g
compression" and "Using normalize".)
When Recorder mode is
Mastering
mode, since you can use
the PLAY (7), STOP (8), REW (m) (TO ZERO), and F FWD
(,) (TO LAST REC) transport buttons, adjust the settings as
you monitor the playback signal.
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Step 3 - Record a new master file using the mastering
tools.
After adjusting the settings of the mastering tools, press the
RECORD (0) button to start recording.
The recording starts and the PLAY (7) and RECORD (0)
buttons become lit.
Recording always starts from
00:00:00:00
regardless of
the current position.
Recording in
Mastering
mode overwrites the master file.
At the end of the master file, recording finishes automatically
and the position returns to
00:00:00:00
.
NOTE
If you stop recording in the middle, a master file will be
created until the time when you stopped the unit.
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Step 4 - Check your recording.
Turn the equalizer and compressor off before playing back the
master file to check the mastering results.
Single undo and redo can be used, so you can compare the
sound before and after mastering.
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If you are not satisfied with the result
Undo the operation to return master file to mixdown state, and
and apply the mastering tools again from step 1.
NOTE
Multi-undo and redo cannot be used when the Recorder
mode is
Mastering
mode.