cheap cd duplication

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I'm trying to put together a very small run of cds (100 or so) and am looking for advice on how to do it cheaply. I wanna keep packaging and graphic design expenses (black/white or 2 colors to minimum but still looking sharp (don't we all). Anyway I've checked into most professional duplication sites suggested and most minimums are around 300-500. First time at this and a little overwhelmed. Any ideas or links to services I might have overlooked would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
But with DiskFaktory, you'll just have to settle for full color and some of the best on-disc full color thermal printing that I've ever seen. For two dollars.

Yeah, I'm a fan.

Make sure you're sending them a properly written RedBook disc! They DO NOT CHECK for RedBook compliancy.

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
 
You could always email or upload a copy of your music (in case you don't have the capability to make a redbook disk).

I plan on using their services when I get a complete album mastered.

Carl
 
I sent them a perfect disc, but it got scratched in the mail, of course.

really pissed me off.

anyway, I had to stay up 8 hours past my bedtime to upload all of the tracks that night. man. haha.

they really need a "bulk uploading" page!
 
thanks, sample for mm

Thanks for the tip; can't believe I missed that. BTW, Massive Master, may I mail you a tune (.wav file) on CD-R for a sample of your work. Your prices are hard to beat. Think this is a great service but bet you are frequently inundated with such requests.
 
Strev - No, no, go right ahead. That's why it's there.

I used to have the whole "e-mail me" or "FTP a file" going on.

THAT was a mistake... 12, 15 a day would show up. Mostly... for lack of a better term... "horrible" stuff from bands that maybe shouldn't have been recording in the first place.

That lasted about a week.

The "send me a blank CD-R and a SASE" thing was mostly just to keep my sanity intact, and to keep the "far less than serious" (non) potential clients away.
 
Massive Master said:
The "send me a blank CD-R and a SASE" thing was mostly just to keep my sanity intact, and to keep the "far less than serious" (non) potential clients away.

confucious say "Idiots think not past 3 steps"
 
I think I'm gonna regret this but...

Massive Master said:

Make sure you're sending them a properly written RedBook disc! They DO NOT CHECK for RedBook compliancy.

...how do I make a RedBook Disc? I assume just burning an audio CD as a master copy in HP CD Creator and sending them that is not good enough right? I just know there is going to be some complicated process I have to go through? Is there a previously existing thread which explains? Ho hum....
 
I know this can get heavy at times...

I understand that there are a few consumer CD writing programs that will print non-documented RedBook discs.

CD Creator, Roxio... I don't know anymore.

The way I see it, if I can't adjust markers BY FRAME - If I can't set the pause before the first track MANUALLY - If I can't print out a frame-accuarate PQ log - I assume that it's NOT a RedBook disc.

That being said, the program may be writing to RedBook standards automatically. However, I used to broker replication - I've had projects come in and I'd ask "This is RedBook, right?" They'd say "Yeah, here's the sheet - The disc is a clone and we're keeping the original."

Which, for the most part, is fine.

But, when the project came back, there were 2,000 CD's that had to be destroyed. Instead of cloning the master disc, they wrote a new disc with a new TOC. Even in Disc-at-once mode, the disc was NOT written to the ISO RedBook standard for audio. Some players would play it, others wouldn't.

I even started a "RedBook Transfer" service where I simply extract audio digitally and place/replace markers, put in 12 frames before the downbeat, etc. Then, I burn a DOCUMENTED RedBook disc. That way, there are no surprises later. "Cheap insurance" many consider it.

Hope that helps a bit...

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com
 
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