Yamaha AW4416 Manuale Utente

Chapter17—Mastering

CD-RW drives support two types of media: “CD-R” and “CD-RW.” These two 
types of media differ in the following ways.

❍ CD-R
CD-R media can only be recorded or added to. Previously-recorded data cannot 
be erased and rewritten.

CD-R media to which audio data has been written by the AW4416’s mastering 
function can be played back on a CD-RW drive or on most CD players if the 
media has been “finalized.” Additional audio data can be recorded on CD-R 
media only if the disc has not yet been finalized.

❍ CD-RW
CD-RW media allows previously-recorded data to be entirely erased and rewrit-
ten. (CD-RW does not allow data to be added as on a CD-R.) CD-RW media to 
which audio data has been written by the AW4416’s mastering function can be 
played back on a CD-RW drive or on some CD players. However caution is nec-
essary, since many CD players do not support CD-RW at the present time.

The following table shows compatibility between CD-R/CD-RW media on which 
audio data has been recorded, and CD-RW drives and CD players.

●

: playable

O : playable on most devices

q

: playable on some devices

 ×

: not playable

Disc At Once

(finalized automatically)

●

No silence between 

tracks

O

No silence between 

tracks

Track At 

Once

Finalized

●

Two seconds of silence 

between tracks

O

Two seconds of silence 

between tracks

Not finalized

×

(data can be added)

×

Disc At Once

(finalized automatically)

●

No silence between 

tracks

q

No silence between 

tracks

Track At Once

CD-RW media does not support Track At Once