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JacquelynRoland
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We bought two identical CDRW33's so my wife, who plays guitar and sings, could burn directly to cd through twin AKGC1000S mics (an xlnt choice) and a Behringer Eurorack MX802A mixer (also xlnt).
The plan was to create a separate cd for each song, putting multiple takes of that song on that cd, then create a Master cd of the best take of each song, and title each song and title the cd.
We also had plans to use the twin CDRW33 units as a cd duplication setup to turn out more copies of the Master cd as needed. We only make copies for friends, or hopefully for submission to radio stations or publishers, for which the 1X duplication speed would be fine between the two CDRW33 units. And don't they look grand, stacked on the shelves together.
However, we ran into an unexpected problem. The CDRW33 units would only copy the song tracks, but not the titles. We called Sony Corp.'s technical help line, and they told us the units cannot copy titles, just tracks. In other words, you can create a cd of up to 99 tracks, and laboriously use a computer keyboard to title each track, and title the cd, and 'finalize' it, but the track-naming and cd-naming process is a one-shot, repeat process; you have to use your keyboard all over again to retitle each successive copy of your Master, as the CDRW33 units are not programmed to accomplish this simple task and the titles will not transfer.
When I asked if the next-higher upgrade of the CDRW33, the more expensive CDRW66, could transfer titles with tracks, the answer was also 'No'. Neither the CDRW33 nor the CDRW66 transfers titles with tracks when copying cd's. Even starting with a Master cd with the cd and all tracks titled and 'finalized', they only copy tracks, giving you an untitled cd with untitled tracks.
That is why we give the unit less than perfect scores, as they do everything else so well, but it is such an important feature to miss out on, and it certainly seems like this feature could have been included in the copying software so easily.
I'm told a computer cd-burner might also accomplish this, and we don't have one of those yet either. Other than the omission of this feature, these machines are fantastic. Another person might argue that they weren't made or intended as duplicating machines anyways, merely for Mastering. For Mastering, they rock.
There is one other thing to be aware of, and this is super important, which is do not run a CDRW33 without proper power conditioner protection. I don't mean a simple six dollar voltage surge power strip, I mean something like an ART 4x4, Rack Rider, or Furman power conditioner, or something comparable, in the $45 to $180 dollar range. If you don't, take it from us, a simple power spike can blow the machine.
Thank you.
The plan was to create a separate cd for each song, putting multiple takes of that song on that cd, then create a Master cd of the best take of each song, and title each song and title the cd.
We also had plans to use the twin CDRW33 units as a cd duplication setup to turn out more copies of the Master cd as needed. We only make copies for friends, or hopefully for submission to radio stations or publishers, for which the 1X duplication speed would be fine between the two CDRW33 units. And don't they look grand, stacked on the shelves together.
However, we ran into an unexpected problem. The CDRW33 units would only copy the song tracks, but not the titles. We called Sony Corp.'s technical help line, and they told us the units cannot copy titles, just tracks. In other words, you can create a cd of up to 99 tracks, and laboriously use a computer keyboard to title each track, and title the cd, and 'finalize' it, but the track-naming and cd-naming process is a one-shot, repeat process; you have to use your keyboard all over again to retitle each successive copy of your Master, as the CDRW33 units are not programmed to accomplish this simple task and the titles will not transfer.
When I asked if the next-higher upgrade of the CDRW33, the more expensive CDRW66, could transfer titles with tracks, the answer was also 'No'. Neither the CDRW33 nor the CDRW66 transfers titles with tracks when copying cd's. Even starting with a Master cd with the cd and all tracks titled and 'finalized', they only copy tracks, giving you an untitled cd with untitled tracks.
That is why we give the unit less than perfect scores, as they do everything else so well, but it is such an important feature to miss out on, and it certainly seems like this feature could have been included in the copying software so easily.
I'm told a computer cd-burner might also accomplish this, and we don't have one of those yet either. Other than the omission of this feature, these machines are fantastic. Another person might argue that they weren't made or intended as duplicating machines anyways, merely for Mastering. For Mastering, they rock.
There is one other thing to be aware of, and this is super important, which is do not run a CDRW33 without proper power conditioner protection. I don't mean a simple six dollar voltage surge power strip, I mean something like an ART 4x4, Rack Rider, or Furman power conditioner, or something comparable, in the $45 to $180 dollar range. If you don't, take it from us, a simple power spike can blow the machine.
Thank you.