Changing Recorder Settings

Before you record a disc, you can view or change the settings the recorder uses when it records your disc, including:

• | Which recorder is selected (if you have more than one connected)

• | Number of copies of a disc to record

• | What Toast does after a recording is complete

• | Recorder-specific settings and information

To change recorder settings:

1 | Choose Recorder > Recorder Settings (or click the green Recorder Options button, and choose Recorder Settings).

2 | Click the Basic tab. In the Basic tab, you can change the following settings:

| • | Recorder: Displays the name of the recorder you are recording to. To change the recorder, select it from the pop-up menu.

| • | Write Speed: Displays how fast the recorder records the disc. To change write speed, select the speed from the pop-up menu. By default, Toast will record to the best write speed possible depending on the speed of the media and the recorder you are using.

| • | You may need to change the write speed if the blank disc you are using is optimized for a lower drive speed, or if your recorder records at a faster rate than your hard disk can process

| • | Number of Copies: Enter the number of copies of the disc you want the recorder will make. Toast will prompt you for blank discs after each copy.

3 | Click the Advanced tab. In the Advanced tab, you can change the following settings:

| • | After Writing: From this pop-up menu, select what you want to do with the disc after recording it. Toast can mount the disc on the desktop, eject the disc, or prompt you for either.

| • | Close Disc: Select this check box to finalize the disc so that Toast cannot record any further sessions to the disc. (A session is a single recording.) This is useful for making data discs that you would like to record data to in more than one session.

| • | Uncheck this check box if you want to record more than one session to the disc.

| • | Verify Data: If you are making a data disc, select this check box to automatically verify the contents of a disc against the same data on your hard disk after recording the disc.

| • | Uncheck this check box if you do not want to automatically verify the contents of a data disc after recording.

| • | Simulation Mode: Select this check box if you want to simulate the process of recording data or audio on a disc. You might do this to make sure that the write speed and other factors that you have set up for your recorder are correctly in place before you start to record to actual media.

| • | Uncheck this box if you want to record to an actual disc.

| • | Buffer Underrun Prevention: Select this check box to turn on buffer underrun prevention. A buffer underrun is an error in which your hard disk is unable to send data fast enough to the recorder during a recording. This causes errors that make a blank disc unusable.

| • | Audio Write Mode: Displays the mode of recording for the recorder. Choose the option that best fits the type of recording you want to make:

| • | • | DAO. Short for "Disc-At-Once," this method of recording allows pauses of varying lengths of up to 8 seconds between audio tracks. Choose this option if you are making audio CDs to be commercially reproduced. Some recorders cannot record in DAO mode.

| • | • | TAO. Short for "Track-At-Once," this method of recording requires a pause of 2 seconds between tracks (depending on your recorder). You cannot record CD-TEXT in this mode. For more information, see Turning on CD-TEXT.

| • | Display Recorder Settings Before Writing: Select this check box if you want Toast to display the Recorder Settings dialog each time you click the red Record button.

| • | Uncheck this check box if you want Toast to begin recording immediately after you click the red Record button.

4 | To see information about the currently selected recorder, click the tab that matches the name of the recorder.

5 | When you are finished, click OK.

See Also:

Overview of Using Toast to Make a Disc

About the Toast Main Window

Choosing the Recorder