Teac DP-32 - Manual (Page 69)

TASCAM DP-32
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10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Songs
6. When using the multi-band compressor, move the
cursor to
CROSSOVER
and then use the JOG/DATA
dial to adjust the frequency range of each band.
7. Press the F4 (
ON/OFF
) button to turn the
compressor on or off. The ON or OFF state is shown
on the
Mastering
screen.
8. After setting the parameters, press the F1 (g)
button to return to the
Mastering
screen.
Compressor ON/
OFF
Using normalize
Use the normalize function to automatically adjust the
volume.
This function detects the highest volume level and raises
the overall volume until the highest level reaches the
maximum limit.
CAUTION
If you use equalization or compression after normalizing
the track, distortion might occur. Use the normalize
function after adjusting the sound with equalization
and compression.
1. When the
Mastering
screen is open, press the F4
(
NORM
) button to open the
NORMALIZE
screen.
2. Press the F2 (
YES
) button to normalize the master
track.
3. Once normalization completes, the
Mastering
screen reopens.
Checking the noise shaper (noise
shaped dithering)
You can use the noise shaper when creating an audio CD
from master files of 24-bit songs. (See "Creating an audio
CD" on page 82.)
You can check the effect of using the noise shaper when
creating an audio CD in advance.
NOTE
The noise shaper only affects the audio CD created. It has no
effect on the original master files themselves.
ª What is a noise shaper?
Since standard audio CDs use 16-bit quantization, this
unit automatically converts master files created from 24-
bit songs to 16-bit when writing a CD. When the bit rate
is converted, a very low level of quantization distortion
usually occurs at points where sound becomes inaudible,
but you can reduce this distortion by turning the noise
shaper on.
The noise shaper in this unit reduces quantization
distortion by using a dithering technique that adds
random noise below the quantization steps.
1. When the
Mastering
screen is open,
press the F3 (
NSD
) button to open the
NOISE SHAPED DITHERING
screen.
2. Press the F4 (
ON/OFF
) button to turn the noise
shaper
ON
.
3. Press the F1 (g) button to return to the Mastering
screen.
Exiting Mastering mode
To exit
Mastering
mode and return to
Multi Track
mode, press the MIXDOWN/MASTERING button.