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Xing Technologies AudioCatalyst - MP3 Encoding
TASCAM CD-R624M
Apple QuickTime 4.0 - Offers support for more advanced
multimedia, including playback of MP3 files.
Packing List
The QuickTime installer may ask for your type of internet
connection. The install is on your CD-R624M CD, so an
The following items should be present in your CD-R624M bundle:
internet connection is not necessary.
Adobe Acrobat 3.0 - Reading PDF files
- TEAC 6x24 external CDR drive (CD-R56S/614)
- SCSI Cable
Be sure attent
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must be recorded in stereo at the CD standard of 16 bit/44.1kHz. Recording Audio 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. BIAS Peak LE & SFX Machine Lite Mac Volume - Use this format if you want to make the CD a bootable Note: For Peak LE to record full CD quality audio, you must be CD. That is, it can be a Mac Startup Disk. This is great when you ar
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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
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Assembling Audio CDs To start assembling your CD, boot up Jam and simply drag and drop all the song files into the Jam window. 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 pressin
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Again, there are far more advanced features included with this Assembling Data CDs package, but we’ll leave that to the Jam manual. Once you’ve got your CD assembled, click on Check Speed in the Open Adaptec Toast, and go to the Format upper right corner. For the first few CDs you make, we highly menu to select the type of CD you wish to recommend doing test burns first. Depending on what your source record. For introductory purposes, if you are data is coming from, the source drive may not be
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AudioCatalyst Tutorial 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 What is MP3? system is having trouble keeping up with the CDR drive, read the “Troubleshooting Underruns” section at the end of this Guide. MP3 has created quite a buzz, but what is it really? MP3 is a compression format for storing audio with excellent fidelity, yet o
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(Variable Bit Rate) basically adjusts the amount of data used to Playing MP3 Files 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,
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So, one suggestion may be to optimize your source drive. That will Troubleshooting put each file in one continuous data stream. You can do this with a multitude of applications, such as Norton Utilities. Underruns Another solution is to create a disc image, which will write (in one continuous stream) all of the information for the CD to a disk drive, Let’s start with a basic understanding of what’s involved. Here are including the directories. This is sometimes necessary for slower so
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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 SFX Machine doesn’t show up in Peak LE. - The Plug-Ins results are posted on our web site at http://www.tascam.com. folder of Peak LE is probably not set-up properly. The list is kept on the site so it may be kept as up to date as possible. For convenience, we have 1) Make sure you installed SFX Machine Lite. (SFX Machine Lite included the list on your CD-R624M has
