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Starting out with your DP-01

TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual

27

Mixdown and

mastering

Mastering

This is where the actual stereo recording takes place, once you’re
happy with the mix you’ve created. You create a mixed master ste-
reo 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 number
of playback. functions are not avail-
able. If you try to perform 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 29 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 the DP-

01 as a file, you can transfer it via
USB to a computer (see “Exporting
the mastered stereo tracks” on
page 49).

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 54).

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