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hi everybody.
last week i finish a restoration project . It was burned as others but something was wrong.
all tracks jump and skip itself again and again.
usually I use memorex cd 80 minutes, but somebody told me that the data disc is not the same as music disc and, I should use a 74 minutes disc especially build for music.
in some publications I read that some especial brand for music disc.
can somebody spread some ligth about Please?
 
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Yo Mo:

I not 100% sure but I think you need to use CD's for music if you're doing music. 74 or 80 minute doesn't matter except for the few extra minutes you get. I don't think a data disc will work for audio. But, I'm sure someone will jump in and add information.

If you're burning a CD you should have a menu that will let the burn be tested before it is put on the CD. This will help prevent errors. I have this feature on the 2816 by Yam.

Sometimes burning too fast or too slow can screw up an audio disc but I've not had any problems burning at my top speed of 6xs.

Green Hornet :D :cool:
 
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Yo Mo:

I not 100% sure but I think you need to use CD's for music if you're doing music. 74 or 80 minute doesn't matter except for the few extra minutes you get. I don't think a data disc will work for audio. But, I'm sure someone will jump in and add information.

If you're burning a CD you should have a menu that will let the burn be tested before it is put on the CD. This will help prevent errors. I have this feature on the 2816 by Yam.

Sometimes burning too fast or too slow can screw up an audio disc but I've not had any problems burning at my top speed of 6xs.

Green Hornet :D :cool: PS Memorex is an all right brand but maybe you should try Sony or BASF or Mitsui
 
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Yo Mo:

I not 100% sure but I think you need to use audio CD's for music if you're doing music. 74 or 80 minute doesn't matter except for the few extra minutes you get. I don't think a data disc will work for audio. But, I'm sure someone will jump in and add information.

If you're burning a CD you should have a menu that will let the burn be tested before it is put on the CD. This will help prevent errors. I have this feature on the 2816 by Yam.

Sometimes burning too fast or too slow can screw up an audio disc but I've not had any problems burning at my top speed of 6xs.

Green Hornet :D :cool: PS Memorex is an all right brand but maybe you should try Sony or BASF or Mitsui:cool:
 
I was going to post this same question. I see "data" CDs and "music & data" CDs on the store shelves. You can't burn music CDs onto "data" CD blanks. What is the difference the two types?
 
This is my understanding of it...

...that music CD's and data CD's are exactly alike. EXCEPT the stereo-component-type CD burners will not recognize/read the data CD's because they do not have the little logo on it that says "recordable" that enables the device to read it.

I've read several accounts that indicate that "music" CD's are only more expensive because the RIAA gets a royalty on them!
They are assuming we are pirating music with them and want to get their take, which really ticks me off since I use them to record MY OWN SONGS.

If this is inaccurate, and anyone can correct me please do so,
but I've gotten this info from several different sources now.

Go figure!
 
Re: This is my understanding of it...

kesterdevine said:
...that music CD's and data CD's are exactly alike. EXCEPT the stereo-component-type CD burners will not recognize/read the data CD's because they do not have the little logo on it that says "recordable" that enables the device to read it.

I've read several accounts that indicate that "music" CD's are only more expensive because the RIAA gets a royalty on them!
They are assuming we are pirating music with them and want to get their take, which really ticks me off since I use them to record MY OWN SONGS.

If this is inaccurate, and anyone can correct me please do so,
but I've gotten this info from several different sources now.

Go figure!
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I just did a net search and it looks like your understanding is correct. The standalone, audio-only CD burners must use "music CDs". But the CD-R drive on your PC can create music CDs using lesser expensive data CDs.
 
There is a difference between "music only" CD-Rs and all others and it's a bit nasty or ingeneous (depending on which side of RIAA 'marketing' you're on....)

With music-only CD-Rs, the copybit is preburned to ON, preventing digital copying of anything on that CD on any gear that checks the copy bit (ie, virtually all consumer gear.)

You can certainly use data CD-Rs for recording, but you would need to make sure you burn them to Redbook specs.

You can also use 80 minute CD-Rs but since Redbook only specifies 74 minute playing time, some - especially older - cd players will not play beyond the 74 minute mark.
 
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Did you recently change internet service providers? Sometimes a new modem will mess up CD writing. It happened to me once anyway. Try disconnecting from the internet before you make the CD.
 
Also- keep the burn speed pretty low- the faster you burn the more ya lose. I never burn music faster than 4x or 8x. Even though my burner goes up to 52x.
 
from nostromo

thanks all of yours for your advices and opinion.
maybe my problem was the burn speed.
I'll see.
Thanks a lot
 
kremitmusic said:
Also- keep the burn speed pretty low- the faster you burn the more ya lose. I never burn music faster than 4x or 8x. Even though my burner goes up to 52x.
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That's not really as big of a deal as it was on earlier burners. I burn at 24x speed and haven't had a bad disc yet.
 
your burner

tell me, please type of burner do you have.
is special for music?
 
Re: This is my understanding of it...

kesterdevine said:
...that music CD's and data CD's are exactly alike. EXCEPT the stereo-component-type CD burners will not recognize/read the data CD's because they do not have the little logo on it that says "recordable" that enables the device to read it.

I've read several accounts that indicate that "music" CD's are only more expensive because the RIAA gets a royalty on them!
They are assuming we are pirating music with them and want to get their take, which really ticks me off since I use them to record MY OWN SONGS.

If this is inaccurate, and anyone can correct me please do so,
but I've gotten this info from several different sources now.

Go figure!
Click to expand...

All of this is true, and I've also heard that the quality control standards for the music cdrs are lower than for data cdrs. It seems that somebody thinks consumers will never know the difference if a couple bits of audio data are missing, but corrupted files are a little bit more noticable. Of course, this is all just hearsay.
 
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