Mixdown and mastering
24 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual
Starting out with your DP-01
Mastering
This is where the actual stereo recording takes place when you’re happy with
the mix you’ve created. You create a mixed master stereo track, starting at
00:00:00:00 (the “zero point”) and continuing to the OUT point.
The mixed stereo master is stored on disk as part of the song.
While the DP-01 is
in the mastering
mode, you will notice that a num-
ber of playback etc. functions are
not available. If you try to per-
form these operations, a popup
message tells you that you are in
mastering mode.
… Before starting the mastering procedure, you must set the OUT point.
This is where the mastering process stops. See “IN and OUT marks”
on page 26 for details.
1 Press the MASTER key so that it flashes.
2 Press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key. Recording
starts on the stereo master tracks (
RECORD and PLAY are lit).
You can hear any
signals received at
the
STEREO MIX
inputs, but they
won’t be recorded on the master
track.
Make the mix moves (faders, pan, etc.) that you practiced earlier.
These mix moves will affect the sound of the final master stereo track.
When the playback point reaches the OUT point, recording stops.
Note that while
the
MASTER
key
is lit steadily, you cannot use the
mixer controls, except for the
MASTER
fader.
3 Press the MASTER key so that it is lit steadily. Now when you press
PLAY, you can hear the master stereo mix you have just created. This
mix is output through the analog and digital outputs, and you can
record it on a stereo recorder.
4 If you are happy with the mix, you can then exit the mastering mode
by pressing the
MASTER key until it is unlit.
If you want to save
a mix from a DP-01
as a file, you can transfer it via
USB to a computer (see “Export-
ing the mastered stereo tracks”
on page 45).
If you want to do the mix again, press the MASTER key until it flashes,
and re-record. The new mix will overwrite your previous mix.
… If a song has had a master stereo mix recorded and saved with it, you
can play back this master stereo mix whenever the song is loaded, by
pressing the
MASTER key until it is lit steadily and then pressing PLAY.
… To add the STEREO MIX inputs (through the analog outputs only), you
can play back the stereo master mix. Any MIDI synchronization, etc.
is output as the stereo master mix is played back so that the output
from a sequencer, etc. can be added to the analog outputs, and
recorded on a stereo recorder (cassette, CD, MD or computer audio
program).
… The stereo master mix can be “cloned” to a pair of stereo tracks (see
“CLONE TRACK” on page 50).
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