When and what is authoring

[doogle]

High guys can anybody explain this to me, and who does this, does a mastering engineer do this, i have no idea what this is.
Cheers.

 

[Massive Master]

Assuming that you're referring to authoring the production master, yes - It's essentially the sequencing and assembly of a compliant and "clean" production master.

 

[dgatwood]

High guys can anybody explain this to me, and who does this, does a mastering engineer do this, i have no idea what this is.
Cheers.

Who does it... well... anybody from the mastering engineer to the duplication/replication house. It depends.

Authoring is making a master CD that will be used as the source for duplication or replication. This could involve any or all of the following:

* confirming that the levels are roughly even (though this should be fixed by a mastering engineer).
* setting the track order.
* adding ISRC codes to each track.
* adding CD-TEXT if desired.
* adjusting head and tail gaps for optimal performance
* doing any special tricks (e.g. inserting audio into the track 1 pregap)

I think that pretty much sums it up.

 

[doogle]

Hey guys, thanks, i get most of it, just this bit here* adding ISRC codes to each track.
* adding CD-TEXT if desired. How do you guys do this, cheers.

 

[wishtheend]

CD Architech by Sony Media Software. Let's you do all that red-book standard stuff