Mixing down to DAT or CD-R?

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I intend to start producing final mixes from my home studio for eventual mastering and commercial release. Can anyone please tell me which of these media will be better to mixdown to?

I have a DAT machine but read somewhere that the sort used in major studios is different and what I have is not professional. Is there any truth in this? If so, what is the minimum.

How can I mixdown to CD-R, do I need a hardware CD recorder?

Any general advice on all this will be appreciated.

Really confused, cheers.
 
Yo Shack:

You have a number of options. You can rent a CDR burner. I don't know what your gear is: PC or DAW or ?

With a DAW, the mix has to be put into a stereo track and then the on-board burner [in my case] will do the CD. EQ and Dynamics can also be inserted into the stereo tracks.

You can give your DAT tape to a processing studio and they can do something with it I'm sure; however, this would be pricy.

Many CD's have been made via ADAT and other recording boxes.

You might call a processing center and chat with someone and find out or go online and you can get ALL the information you need.


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Thanks Green Man.

I am running ProTools LE with a Tascam DM24 desk, so the final mix is being taken from the mixer. Hope I paint a clearer picture of the setup.
 
mabyee consider buying a alesis masterlink? thant would allow you to master at home also and save you that expense.
 
Thanks, what does the Masterlink do? I know it appears stupid question cos it's obvious it's for mastering to, I meant it as in what is it and how does it work?
 
The Alesis Masterlink is a hi-resolution, 2-track recorder.

It has some DSP tools for tweaking, but contrary to its name, it is not a "mastering unit" -- more of a mixdown unit.......
 
Well, it is too bad that your digi001 or digi002 (you have to be using one of them to run ProTools LE) doesn't offer S/PDIF or AES/EBU digital in's.

You will probably have no problems running the analog out's of your Tascam back into a couple of channels on your digi card and recording a stereo file into the PT session for your file mix. The mut all the other tracks and bounce that stereo mix to a .wav file at the highest resolution you can and take the .wav files to the mastering facility of your choice. Any decent mastering facility will be able to handle .wav or .aiff files to work with.

Good luck.

Ed
 
Thanks a lot guys. The Tascam back into the digi sounds like a pretty good idea, i'll let you know how it goes.
 
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