User manual TASCAM CD-R DP MAC QS

[. . . ] 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. ) Adaptec Toast - Data CD & Audio CD Authoring TC Works SparkLE - Audio Recording, Editing and Processing Apple QuickTime 4. 0 - Offers support for more advanced multimedia, including playback of MP3 files. The install is on your software CD-ROM, so an internet connection is not necessary. It is there to help QuickTime select the best streaming settings for your machine. Adaptec 2903B Driver - If you are using the 2903B SCSI card, you will need to install this driver to recognize the card. [. . . ] You've just completely mastered your audio! The Master Screen Also included with SparkLE are several plug-ins for real time processing. To get to the plug-in control screen, click on the Windows menu above, and select Show Master. To add a plug-in to the chain, select a location, and press Add in the top of the window. To remove a plug-in, select the plug-in you want to remove, and press Remove at the top. The great thing about having several plug ins, is the ability to mix and match. Or, you can have 4 bands of parametric 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. curves; each curve represents channel levels over the length of the crossfade. ) Again, there are far more advanced features included with this package, but we'll leave that to the Jam manual. Once you've got your CD assembled, click on Check Speed in the upper right corner. For the first few CDs you make, we highly recommend doing test burns first. Depending on what your source data is coming from, the source drive may not be fast enough to support 6x burns. This can be even further complicated if your drive is "fragmented, " meaning the data is not in a continuous block on the drive. (This happens frequently when the drive is nearing capacity. ) So just to be safe, run the test before burning so you are sure the system will run properly. If your system is having trouble keeping up with the drive, read the "Troubleshooting Underruns" section at the end of this Guide. Once the test has successfully been completed, go ahead and click on Write Disc. You will get a screen that gives you the option of Write Session or Write Disc. Write Session means you will burn a disc, but you do not close it off. An application like Adaptec Toast will still be able to write data information in another Session behind it. Write Disc means the disc is closed off, and no further sessions can be recorded behind it. If you are making a CD that is going to a duplication house, you will want to use Write Disc. 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 disc you are assembling, click on the Data button (or the Audio button if you are making an Audio CD. ) You can move files from one folder to another, create new folders, or remove files from this screen. [. . . ] When reading a CD, players can take several passes at the data stream if the tracking is lost. They are recording the information on the CD, and need to do so precisely the first time. - Chances are there is more processing going on than just your CD authoring software, or your source drive is too slow for higher speed burning. 1) If your computer has a lot of applications running in the background, this can substantially slow the efficiency of your system. [. . . ]