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Creating Audio CD
Rev0.02
Creating Audio CDs with Audio Tracks
Separated by Markers (Disc At Once by Marker)
When audio CDs are created from live performances, non-
stop DJ mixes, and other tracks recorded continuously over
long periods of time, these long tracks can end up being
written to the CD as a single song.
With the BR-1200CD, however, you can use the marker
function to set divisions at the desired points within such an
audio track so that it can be written as separate songs.
For more detailed information regarding markers, refer
to “Placing markers in your song (Marker)” (p. 90).
Using this function, you can create audio CDs containing live
performances and non-stop DJ mixes with song divisions at
the appropriate points.
Applying markers at song divisions
(CD Track Marker)
The first step in this process is to position markers at the
desired song divisions using the following procedure. A
marker applied in this way is referred to as a “CD Track
Marker.”
1. Record the performance that you want to write to the
audio CD as a stereo track (on any of the tracks from 1/2
through 11/12).
2. Move the current position to a point at which the song
is to be divided.
3. Hold down [TAP] and press [MARK].
A CD track marker is created at that point, and a “T” will
appear in the top screen’s Marker box. At the same time,
the CD track number is automatically set as that
marker’s name (i.e. CD01).
fig.07-67d
4. Repeat Step 2 and Step 3 for each of the points at which
you want the track to be divided.
Any CD track markers accidentally created at the wrong
position can be easily removed. (“Clearing markers” (p.
90))
5. If you wish to create an audio CD using these settings,
save the current song (p. 70).
This completes the division of the song and the
preparation for writing it to a CD-R/RW disc. Let’s now
write the tracks and make an audio CD.
• Data cannot be written to an audio CD between the
beginning of an audio track (i.e., time zero) and the
first CD track marker. If you want to write to an
audio CD from the very start of an audio track, press
[ZERO] to return to the start of that track and then
carry out Step 3.
• CD track markers cannot be created within 100 ms of
one another. If this prevents a marker from being
positioned, clear the pre-existing marker and then
carry out Step 3. (“Clearing markers” (p. 90))
• Be sure to save your song before creating an audio
CD. Settings will not be stored until your song is
saved, and this can result in song divisions not being
recognized correctly during the writing process.
•A maximum of 99 songs can be written to a single
audio CD. If you try to set a CD track marker that
will result in this number being exceeded, the
message “Marker Memory Full!” will be displayed
and you won’t be able to set it.
• Audio CD standards require that a CD track be at
least four second long. CD track markers that define
a CD track lasting less than four seconds are
disregarded when the CD is being created.
What is finalization?
In addition to audio data, information such as the
position and time of this data is also written to audio
CDs, and this process is known as “Finalizing.” If
you intend to play your audio CD on a standard CD
player, it is important that finalization be carried
out. Once this has been done, however, you will not
be able to add any more songs to the CD. For this
reason, you should aim to carry out the finalization
of a CD-R/RW disc only when it is nearly full of
songs.
If you don’t finalize:
It will not be possible to play your audio CD on a
standard CD player until it has been finalized;
however, you can keep adding songs to the disc
until this process is carried out. The CD-R disc that
is not finalized during the writing process can be
finalized later on. For more details regarding
methods for finalization after the writing of audio
data, refer to “Enabling playback on CD players
(Finalize)” (p. 225).