Which CD's??

[Benreturns]

Im getting an Alesis Masterlink delivered this week and was just wondering what are the best types of CD to mixdown onto? I want them to be reliable and play on any stereo.

Also on the same note, is it better to record to Redbook or CD24 standard??

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

If you want them to play on standard audio CD players, then you have no choice but to burn Redbook....

You use CD24 to save hi-res audio to CD-R (these become AIFF data files, instead of audio)........

You also can't get 100% compatibility with CD-Rs, since some older CD players can have trouble reading them -- that being said, in over 4 years, I've only ever had one client have a problem reading Masterlink-created discs - and it was because his machine was defective (he even had problems playing commercially-pressed discs...)

 

[Benreturns]

Ok so Redbook rather than CD24 for playing in home stereos etc...

Im after CR-Rs yeah? Not CDRW? Is there a particular brand i should lean towards?

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Regardless of the label, there's only about 4-5 companies that actually manufacture the CD-R media... I've used a wide variety of them and have never had a problem........

For high-quality projects I'll use Mitsui........ otherwise for normal use Maxell, HP, Sony, TDK - they've all been fine......

 

[xfinsterx]

i used to use maxcell/memorex/fuji.
Butout of a spool of 50 id always get 5 to 10 that were defective.
Now i use a brand called microboards. I never have problems with thier
cd-r's. If its a really impotant disc, like a final mix, or important data i use an apogee reference archive cd-r.

 

[lpdeluxe]

I have the Plextools software that allows me to check error rates on the CDRs I burn with CD Architect. Maxell runs about 40 C1 errors/sec and Memorex about 20 (the tolerance is 220 for Red Book).

 

[masteringhouse]

Taiyo Yuden's are preferred among the ME's and duplicators I've spoken to.

 

[Massive Master]

I'm a happy Taiyo Yuden user without question. Obviously, the drive may have a preference, but if I get a production master that averages more than 2 or 3 C1's per second with a TY, I'm surprised.

 

[Benreturns]

thanks everyone....

Some good info there, i will definately use it when coming to buy cd's.

Not that it matters - Ive just been informed delivery date for my masterlink is gonna be another 2 weeks!!! GRrrrRRR