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9 – Mixdown and mastering
7. After making the settings, press the F1 [BACK]
button to return to the
MASTERING COMP
screen.
8. Press the F2 [ON] button to turn the compressor
ON/OFF. The
MASTERING COMP
screen shows
whether the mastering compressor is ON or OFF.
Compressor
ON/OFF indicator
9. After making the settings, press the F1 [BACK]
button to return to the
MASTERING
screen.
For details about the compressor settings, see “13
– Mastering compressor settings” on page 82.
Normalizing master tracks
You can normalize to automatically adjust the
volume. The unit determines the highest volume level
of the track and then increases the volume of the
entire track so that the highest level is the maximum
possible.
CAUTION
If you use the mastering equalizer or compressor
after normalization, distortion could occur.
Always normalize after using the mastering
equalizer and compressor to adjust the sound.
1. When in
MASTERING
mode, press the F3 [NORM]
button to open the
NORMALIZE
screen.
2. Press the F4 [EXEC] button to normalize the track.
3. After normalization completes, press the F1
[BACK] button to return to the
MASTERING
screen.
Copying a stereo master track
You can use the clone track function to copy a stereo
master track to another track. (See “CLONE TRACK
(track duplication)” on page 60.)
Exiting mastering mode
Press the BOUNCE/MIXDOWN/MASTERING button
to exit
MASTERING
mode and return to
MULTI
TRACK
mode.
