Tascam CD-RW700 - Manual (Page 19)

4 • Recording—Advanced recording
TASCAM CD-RW700
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However, during recording there are fewer options
available (obviously, the unit cannot see into the
future and know how much time remains of the track
which is being currently recorded!).
When in record or record ready mode, repeated
presses of the
DISPLAY key ( A or 6 ) cycle
between displaying the remaining time left for
recording on the disc (
TOTAL REMAIN ) and the elapsed
time of the track currently being recorded (no indica-
tor lit).
When playback is stopped at the start of a recordable
disc, there are only two options available:
TOTAL (the
total time recorded so far on the disc) and TOTAL
REMAIN (the total time available on the disc for fur-
ther recording).
4.2.3 Manual track division
It is possible to divide the recording into tracks “on
the fly” while recording.
While recording is taking place, press the RECORD
key (
K
or
E
) . The current track number is incre-
mented by one.
For details of automatic track division while record-
ing, see 4.3.2, “Automatic track division”.
NOTE
According to the “Red Book” (the specification for
audio CDs), a track cannot be less than four seconds
in length, and there can be a maximum of 99 tracks
on an audio CD. Bear these limitations in mind when
adding track divisions.
4.2.4 Restricting the number of tracks
When making a recording using the CD-RW700, it is
possible to restrict the number of tracks that may be
recorded at one time. This applies whether the tracks
are being divided manually, as described above
(4.2.3, “Manual track division”) or being divided
automatically (4.3.2, “Automatic track division”).
At any time within record or record ready mode, turn
the
MULTI JOG control
B
or use the SKIP keys
I
.
This sets the number of remaining tracks, as shown
to the right of the time display. The maximum num-
ber here is limited by the standard limit of 99 tracks,
and the number of tracks currently recorded. In other
words, if 8 tracks have already been recorded on the
disc, the maximum value that can be set here is
91
(91+8=99). If 49 tracks have already been recorded
on the disc, the maximum value that can be set here
is
50 (49+50=99).
Every time a track division is made, the number
shown at the right of the display goes down by one.
When the number shown is
1 , and a track division is
made, the display shows PMA Writing and
the unit enters stop mode.
The number of remaining tracks can be changed dur-
ing recording using the
MULTI JOG control.
4.2.5 Full disc
If recording a long program, and the number of
tracks has not been restricted, when there is no space
remaining on the disc for recording, as shown by the
time display (see 4.2.2, “Time display while record-
ing”), just before the end of the disc is reached, the
unit starts a fade-out over a few seconds (the display
shows
FADE OUT ).
When the fade-out has finished, the display shows
Disc Full!! for a few seconds, and the unit
then goes into stop mode (the display shows PMA
Writing ).
If the disc is a CD-RW, the final track can be erased,
if required (see 5.2.1, “Erasing tracks”) and the disc
then finalized. If the disc is a CD-R, it must be final-
ized prior to use (see 5.1, “Finalizing”).
4.3 Advanced recording
These sections cover more advanced recording
techniques.
4.3.1 Synchronized recording
Synchronized recording means that recording will
begin automatically when a signal is received, and
will stop when the signal ends.
To enable or disable synchronized recording:
1 A recordable disc must be loaded.
2 With the unit in record ready or record mode,
press the
SYNC REC key (
L
or
F
).
The display shows SYNC ON briefly, and
then changes to the track and time display.
When synchronized recording is enabled, the
SYNC indicator lights in the display.
The SYNC REC key is also used to turn off syn-
chronized recording (the display briefly shows
SYNC OFF and then returns to the track
and time display).
The signal level which may be used with synchro-
nized recording operations (here called the “trigger
level” or “threshold”) is set as below: