Tascam CD-R624W Packing List Manual

TASCAM CD-R624W
Packing List
The following items should be present in your CD-R624W bundle:
- TEAC 6x24 external CD-R drive (CD-R56S/614)
- Adaptec PCI SCSI Card
- SCSI Cable
- SCSI Terminator
- CD-R624W software CD-ROM
- CD Stomper w/ CD Stomper CD-ROM and CD Labels
- (2) Blank TEAC CD-R media
- TEAC 6x24 Installation Guide
- CD-R624 QuickStart Guide (That’d be this book.)
Installing the CD-R624W Bundle
A hardware installation booklet has been included with this package;
look to it for installation of...

(It won’t be quite that big because of the extra space taken by the
new directory.)  Remember though, older CD-ROMs may not search
for extra sessions.
With your CD-R624W package, you have software capable of
recording either data or audio CDs.  Here’s a brief description of the
capabilities of each format:
Audio CD - This is the standard CD format you can use in your audio
CD player.  You can have up to 99 tracks of audio.  The audio tracks
must be recorded in stereo at the CD standard of 16bit,...

that “tracks” are actually stereo tracks, not mono.  So, if you select 1
track, then you are getting stereo.  Selecting 2 tracks gives you 2
stereo tracks, making more detailed editing easier, but reducing the
track viewable height size once we get to the editing screen.
Typically, I use the “2 Tracks” setting to give me more flexibility when
fading from one track to the next.
Once you’ve set up your VIP, it’s time to record some audio.
To do this, click on the record button in the top tool bar.
This is...

Fade ins and outs are adjusted with the top left and right handles.
Drag the handles inward over the audio to create a fade.  If you want
to edit the type of cross fade, click on the Crossfade editor in the
toolbar.
Volume adjustments over the entire block are made with the top
center handle.
For simple EQ and compression, the mixer section can provide quick
and painless solutions.  Type “M” to get to the mixer section.  The
layout is fairly straight forward, arranging everything in the familiar
mixer...

the Make CD button.  A menu will appear with a number of options.
There are two ways to burn your CD.  “On The Fly” means Red
Roaster will process everything from your edit screen in real time.
This includes crossfades, effects, EQ, and so on.  “Generate a
completely new file” actually creates a disc image on your hard drive
before it will burn the CD.   In other words, it processes everything
and stores that final result
on your hard drive, and
then records to the CD
from the image.  Either
way, it is...

For the first few CDs you
make, we highly
recommend doing test
burns first. Depending on
what your source data is
coming from, the 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 for a little while until you are sure the
system will run properly.
If your system is...

CBR vs VBR - In order to capture different sounds with true clarity,
some sounds can take less space... other sounds are more
demanding.  CBR (Constant Bit Rate) was the original spec designed
for MP3, and is compatible with virtually all MP3 players.  VBR
(Variable Bit Rate) basically adjusts the amount of data used to
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...

Troubleshooting
Underruns
Let’s start with a basic understanding of what’s involved.  Here are a
few terms you will need to understand to navigate the world of data
transfer:
Access Time - How long does it take from the time the computer
asks a drive for data until the drive starts spitting it out?  This is usually
measured in ms (milliseconds).
Throughput (AKA Transfer Rate) - Once the drive finds the
information, how fast can it transmit the data?  This is usually
measured in MB/sec (megabytes per...

    The CD-R drive is not identified by the program.    - The first
thing to check when the program is not identifying the drive is to
see if your computer is identifying it:
1) Place the CD-R624W disc in the CD-R drive so it will have
something to pop up with.
2) Go under “My Computer”, and see if the CD-R drive pops up.
(It will probably be drive D: or drive E: if you have one hard drive
and a CD-ROM drive.)  If the drive does not show up, then the
computer itself is not seeing the drive:
A) Make sure...

2) In recent years, large disk drives have become more and more
affordable, but often the drives many stores advertise are quite
slow.  If the drive is too slow, then you’ll have to try optimizing
your drive.
3) In Red Roaster, if you are burning the disc “On The Fly”, that
means the program is processing your file while it is burning it.
Fades, EQ, compression... everything.  Of course, we don’t
want to take out the processing we worked so hard to perfect,
so it may be best to create an image to burn...