Gutshot1
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Making an Audio CD
#828224 - 20/04/10 10:02 AM
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I have got to provide a duplication house an audio CD with 4 of my tracks and was
wondering the vest way to do this. I am running cubase 5.1 on PC and want to give them a
mastered cd in the best format possible. wav or mp3? Is there something within cubase to
help?
Anything else i need to do/not do?
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desmond
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: Gutshot1]
#828252 - 20/04/10 11:51 AM
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Well, do they specify an *audio CD*, or a CD with wav files on?
You should
really contact them, or read their submission guidelines for exactly what they need - and
then do that.
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The Elf
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: Gutshot1]
#828253 - 20/04/10 11:54 AM
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One thing is fairly certain - they will not want MP3s!
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tomafd
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: Gutshot1]
#828257 - 20/04/10 11:58 AM
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Gutshot1
Joined: 29/01/07
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: The Elf]
#828261 - 20/04/10 12:04 PM
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The guy said he wants the cd as we want it to be on the final CD. They are a replication
company not a mastering house. So in the end will have to make a decision on what is the
best format and how to get it onto the cd...Any ideas?
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desmond
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: Gutshot1]
#828272 - 20/04/10 12:45 PM
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On the PC, Wavelab, or SoundForge + CD Architect are probably the best, most commonly used
tools to prepare redbook audio CD's (there other some other higher priced options as
well).
They have all the tools that you need.
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James Perrett
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: desmond]
#828320 - 20/04/10 03:09 PM
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Quote desmond:
(there other some
other higher priced options as well).
There are cheaper options too!
Nero, EAC and quite a
few others will burn suitable CD's if you have the right CD drive. You can probably do all
your audio processing in Cubase to create the final tracks.
My normal process
is to put them all together in a single 44.1kHz 16bit .wav file and then place start
markers where you want each track to start using a program called CDWave which can save a
disc layout as a .cue file. You can then import this .cue file into your favourite burning
software. If you need ISRC's or CD Text you can add them to the .cue file using a text
editor (or your favourite burning software if it supports this).
Cheers
James.
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ElecTrika-MixTek
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Re: Making an Audio CD
[Re: Gutshot1]
#828324 - 20/04/10 03:20 PM
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You may be better off sending a CD Image for replication, rather than a home-burned CD. I
believe there are technical reasons why it might result in fewer errors on your copies.
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James Perrett
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Quote ElecTrika-MixTek:
You may
be better off sending a CD Image for replication, rather than a home-burned CD. I believe
there are technical reasons why it might result in fewer errors on your copies.
I guess you are talking about DDP
images. Be aware that not all plants accept them as their workflow is often geared up for
mastering from CD-R's. Some plants even burn DDP images to CD-R before extracting the data
into their laser beam recorder so it is worth checking with the plant before sending a
DDP. The cheapest way to create DDP images is to use Audiofile Engineering's Wave Editor
on the Mac which costs around $100. The cheapest method for the PC is to use the Sonoris
software which is around 300 pounds.
There are a few plants that will accept a
wav/cue fileset as a master but GZ in the Czech Republic is the only one that comes to
mind at the moment.
Cheers
James.
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