Professional CD Burning for duplicators ?

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Hello,
I have been doing more and more processing lately and I have had a few clients who have sent my results off for duplication. I was recently approached by a few labels that are actually "really" tied to the industry requesting my services. I have no problem burning CDs now. I mostly use the cheapos for the clients to listen as references, but when someone wants to send it off for dubbing, I usually use the Black Maxells.

My question is sorta broad as far as professional, but what I would like to know is :

1. Whats the most common CD brand used by pros for this purpose?
2. How can I check my CD's for CRC errors other than something like winzip, what do the Pro MEs use?
3. What type of literature,liner notes, etc should be submitted with the CD on my behalf?
4. If you Pros know that your CD's were error free before Dub submission, how do you cover your asses in the event the dubbing company screws up the copies?
5. Anything else that I may be missing due to lack of experience in this ( Equipment used in final steps) etc ?

Thanks
Malcolm
 
Here's how I understand things:
1. Lots of folks swear by Taiyo Yuden; Mitsui reportedly has the most stable CDRs.
2. If you have a Plextor Premium Plexwriter you'll have Plextools Pro which allows you to check for C1, C2, CU and other errors. There are also a couple of standalone programs but I don't have any experience with them.
3. This varies with the replication company. I just sent a CDR off for rep and all they wanted was an error-free disc. Others may have other requirements. Plextools allows you to print off data from the testing. As far as notes, I assume you mean liner notes etc. That is at the discretion of the artist. You will ALWAYS need some sort of release that certifies that rights to all the songs have been secured.
4. Send 'em another error-free CD.
5. It's by far best to have software that allows burning a Red Book Compliant CD. CD Architect is inexpensive and works will a great many burners. Wavelab is twice the price and works I think mostly with SCSI drives. There are a couple of others but I don't have any experience with them: I use CDA due to its price & versatility.

For a lot of this you're just going to have to visit the replication co's website or talk to their rep. They deal with beginners all the time, so go for it.
 
lpdeluxe said:
Here's how I understand things:
1. Lots of folks swear by Taiyo Yuden; Mitsui reportedly has the most stable CDRs.
2. If you have a Plextor Premium Plexwriter you'll have Plextools Pro which allows you to check for C1, C2, CU and other errors. There are also a couple of standalone programs but I don't have any experience with them.
3. This varies with the replication company. I just sent a CDR off for rep and all they wanted was an error-free disc. Others may have other requirements. Plextools allows you to print off data from the testing. As far as notes, I assume you mean liner notes etc. That is at the discretion of the artist. You will ALWAYS need some sort of release that certifies that rights to all the songs have been secured.
4. Send 'em another error-free CD.
5. It's by far best to have software that allows burning a Red Book Compliant CD. CD Architect is inexpensive and works will a great many burners. Wavelab is twice the price and works I think mostly with SCSI drives. There are a couple of others but I don't have any experience with them: I use CDA due to its price & versatility.

For a lot of this you're just going to have to visit the replication co's website or talk to their rep. They deal with beginners all the time, so go for it.
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Thanks Man,
I have heard about one of the CD brands you mentioned in here as well as the Plextor. Im not familiar with the Plextor you mentioned but I will research it just for the knowledge. When I need to have something ready for Dubbing, I use a Masterlink to burn after dumping the 24/44.1 data files to it. I have a Plextor CD Burner in my trunk. I guess it's just a regular ole computer CD Burner. Im not sure if the one you mentioned is stand alone or not. Im researching for my own personal stand alone CD Burner. I use my friends masterlink when dubbing is required. And yes I have CD-Arc as well as Wavelab.

Thanks Again
 
It's a Plextor Premium 52-32-52. I don't find any further model number on it but I got it for $82 on the net. It's the cat's appendix.
 
I second the Plextor PlexWriter Premium. At under $100, there is no reason that EVERYONE shouldn't have it as their primary writing drive.
 
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