Playing back cds using the 788, Playing, 8 – mastering and backup (cd-r)–recording to cd-r – Tascam 788 User Manual

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8 – Mastering and backup (CD-R)–Recording to CD-R

TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio

NOTE

When you come to play back the disc on a CD player, the
start of the gap will appear as Index 0 on the track following
the gap, and the start of the track will appear as Index 1.
Because the gap counts as a part of the track, the total
length of the track and gap together cannot exceed 70
minutes.

When all the gaps have been set, press

ENTER

A pop-up asks if you are sure. Use the

YES

key

to proceed with writing the CD or the

key

to cancel the operation.

When you press

YES

, a disk image is made of

each song in turn, which is then written to the
CD. A countdown timer at the top of the screen

gives an indication of how long the process will
take.

NOTE

DO NOT TURN OFF the 788 or the CD-R drive while this
writing operation is taking place. You will almost certainly
spoil the disc and may corrupt the song data.

When the last song has been written, the disk is
finalized. You can now eject the disc and play it
in a CD player.

NOTE

The CD-R drive eject button is locked while writing is going
on. You can only eject the disc after writing has finished.

If you use CD-RW media, you cannot play the resulting
discs in most audio CD players.

Playing back CDs using the 788

If an audio CD (either finalized or unfinalized) is
inserted into a CD-R drive connected to the 788, the
788 can be used to play it back.

The sound is sent to the 788 through the SCSI con-
nection, and is output through the

MONITOR

and

PHONES

jacks. The only control over the sound

from the 788 is through the

MONITOR

control knob.

All other mixer controls are disabled.

Make sure the 788 is in “normal” mode, that is,
not in the master check mode or mastering
mode.

With the transport stopped, press the

MENU

key.

Move the cursor to

CD-R

, and press

ENTER

Move the cursor to

CD PLAYER

and press

ENTER

The screen shows:

• The elapsed time of the current track.
• Whether the disc is finalized or not

• The current track and its length (when the CD

player function is first entered, the track number
will always be 1)

• The total number of tracks on the disc
• The total play time of the disc (including any gaps

between tracks)

• The stereo meters also show the level of the audio

recorded on the disc

The 788 transport controls are used to control play-
back of the CD, as explained here:

•

PLAY

starts playback from the current playback

position. While the disc is locating, the

PLAY

indi-

cator flashes, and while playback is actually taking
place, it lights steadily

•

STOP

stops playback at the current position

•

REW

and

F FWD

take the playback position for-

ward or backward one track, while playback is
stopped

• The dial can also be used to move the playback

position forward or backward one track while play-
back is stopped

• All other playback functions are disabled

NOTE

While this screen is displayed (the CD Player function is
active), the eject button on the CD-R drive is disabled. To
eject the CD, press EXIT to exit the CD player function,
and then press the CD-R drive eject key.