Question about checking CD for errors

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I recently had by album mastered by a professional, but I made a few changes to a couple of songs, spacing etc. I have the final burned copy I'm a happy with and can't realy pay to have the ME produce another production master. How can I check my own burned copy for CI, C2 errors etc? I know that plextor has software that supports this, but is there software that can do it with my existing drive? I don't know the "brand name" but it is as follows:

CD Writer IDE 4816...also says Lite-On LTN486S 48x Max

Any thoughts? The disc plays perfectly, I tripple checked with headphones. I just want to make sure I'm submitting a quality disk to the replication factor.

As always, your input is appreciated.

Thanks
 
Never mind. I answered my own questions. I downloaded Nero and I'm good to go.
 
Damn sure.

And BLER checking is hardware dependent. Nero isn't going to help.
 
I seriously doubt that BLER's are going to be an issue at all with your disk.
 
Massive Master said:
Nero isn't going to help.
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As Nero-CD-Speed supports quality scans, it sure is. Though more concerns as to the software should indeed go to the hardware. Eventhough, most drives support quality scans nowadays, many of them aren't reliable, ie. some report less errors than there really are, or they don't scan at CLV etc..
 
Well, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. In the past, before I knew better, I just burned a disc, listened to it, and if I didn't hear anything I sent it off to get duplicated in some cases and replicated in others. I've yet to have a disc rejected from 3 different factories, but now I'm educated on the subject. The Nero scan showed errors of 14 or less on all tracks and gave me the "green light" that my disc is OK. As I understand it, most factories won't accept errors of 30 + so I think I'm alright. What I may do is send them as many as 3 production masters to make sure they get a good copy. The factory I'm dealing with will contact me if my disc does make the grade so perhaps I'll roll the dice. I'm still finishing the artwork so I've got time to mull it over.
 
Drummerbones said:
Well, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. In the past, before I knew better, I just burned a disc, listened to it, and if I didn't hear anything I sent it off to get duplicated in some cases and replicated in others. I've yet to have a disc rejected from 3 different factories, but now I'm educated on the subject. The Nero scan showed errors of 14 or less on all tracks and gave me the "green light" that my disc is OK. As I understand it, most factories won't accept errors of 30 + so I think I'm alright. What I may do is send them as many as 3 production masters to make sure they get a good copy. The factory I'm dealing with will contact me if my disc does make the grade so perhaps I'll roll the dice. I'm still finishing the artwork so I've got time to mull it over.
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I have had dozens of masters sent to reputable duplication facilities, all burned on regular ol' computer burners, and I have never had one come back.

In the old days, IDE burners were fairly unreliable. SCSI was the way to go for quality burns. But these days, the burners do an excellent job.
 
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