Burning Copies of CD's

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This may not be a newbie questions because I've actually managed to record my songs, get them on the computer, edit them, and burn them to CD's that people have heard and want to buy. (I market to a very specific audience that likes Irish and Scottish folk songs!). I've sold a few of my CD's and requests are coming in for more - but I'm not selling enough to get 1000 copies made, which seems to be the minimum at these CD duplication companies. Burning them on the computer is horrible because I get buffering problems and half the time it stops in the middle of copying, ruining the CD being copied to. Anybody have any suggestions on another alternative to using the computer to copy CD's? Any pros and cons on the Phillips, TDK, etc. cd copiers? I heard they sometimes didn't reproduce well and that they wouldn't reproduce a computer made CD. Thanks for your help!
 
Mary Mary -

Are you trying to copy CD to CD?? If so, I highly recommend you copy to your hard drive first, and then from the hard drive to the CD-R.

Granted it's an extra step, but your computer can read much faster from the HD than from a CD. It should get rid of your buffer problems. Also, once the music is on the HD you can make multiple copies. The extra step is only for the first copy.

If you're not copying CD to CD, then it sounds like it's time for a new CD burner.
 
No I am recording directly from the hard drive. I recorded the songs then edited them, so they're on the hard drive - there's no intermediate CD. Somebody suggested it's the CD Burner software. I use that Adaptatec Easy CD Creator version 4. Maybe that's it???
 
I doubt it's the software. I've used EZ CD Creator with two different CD burners without any problems.

A couple of additional suggestions, although in all honesty I'm not sure what the problem is.

1. You could try recording at a slower speed. Generally for music, 1X or 2X is preferred anyway. If you're recording at faster speeds, try it slower.

2. See if there are firmware and/or driver updates for your particular burner. Generally these will be posted on the manufacturer's website. If you can find more recent versions than what you are using, download and install them.

3. Try sticking with a brand of CD-R that you have had success with. Sometimes certain burners don't seem to like certain brand CD-R's.

4. See what version of EZ CD Creator you have - i.e., 4.??, then go to Roxio's website and see if there is a later patch available. (FYI, I have 4.02d.)

5. As a last resort, you can try using different software. I believe there are several shareware versions of CD recording software available. <someone have a recommendation here?>

The bottom line is that you should have no problem burning CD's from your computer. I've been doing it for years with only about 2 coasters to my credit (both my fault).
 
I too am using Adaptec sofware and like it very well. Nero does support multiple recording from I beleive up to 5 recording devices in the home use arena but it is not as straight forward as adaptec and a little more difficult to set up. As far as the buffer underruns or overrun's you can also try to run scandisk and defrag sometimes things get too scattered on your harddrive and this could help.
 
If you do get a new burner make sure it has "BURNProof" or "JustWrite" (sp?) technology. These technologies virtually eliminate buffer underruns.

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Burning multiple CDs

Hi Mary

One easy way to burn multiple copies with minimum fuss is to create a 'Disc image'. Adaptec Cd-Creator has this in the 'file' menu, all you need to do is create and save the image once and every time you want a new CD, select 'create CD from Disc image' on the same menu. Keep the CD image saved on your computer for more copies.

The CD image takes up exactly the same amount of space as the CD itself will, though, so check if you have space first. After creating the image you can delete all the wave files.
 
Thanks, everybody. Slowing the speed down seemed to help. I've burned several copies now with no failures.
 
Speed kills.... :p:D

I use Nero and perfer it to Adaptec.

It sounds like you have the problem resolved but make sure the discs you burn play in multiple players...you don't want to sell discs some people can't play. I've had playing problems on several disc brands when played in certain (usually cheaper) car CD players.

For this reason I use Mitsui discs. The dye they use - phthalocyanine - is burst by the lazer verses being melted with most dye types. The burst process leads to sharper less rounded edges for all the ones and zeros...

...sharper edges mean lower error rates...

Geeeze...listen to me - I sound like a Mitsui salesman! :rolleyes:

Got on a tangent...sorry. :p

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