Common to use standalone CDR to produce your music ???-Pls help

[Papoola]

Dear All, is it common doing so, and which are the best brands ??
I have made my album totally on a digital multitrack recorder. I have SPDIF out (RCA and lightpipe too) and was thinking mixing all the tracks on two (left+right)and then record them into a standalone CD-R.
Pls feel free to suggest the best way to proceed (I imagine that will be much better to keep the tracks digital and NOT using the multitrack recorder D/A, right ??

Pls quote, if possible, the Advantages/disadvantages compared to make the same process transfer via a PC amd mastering inside that???


Tks a lot

 

[Jamie Jukosky]

You might already know this but I believe the main thing that most stand alone CD-Rs are good for is that you can burn to disk in "real time". This means that if you are mixing down to the CD-R through a mixer you can apply effects and change levels as you go. Most PC CD-Rs do not burn in "real-time" but you can usually do most of the processing and mixdown within your software (if you have a powerful enough machine).
-Jamie