I was wondering if any of the consumer CD burner decks that resemble a tape deck in operation, would serve as a mixdown deck from an analog multitrack recorder? What does the term CD-R and CD-RW mean? Most all the ads that I read in catalogs states in bold print, "Requires digital audio CD-Rs". What does that mean? It seems that someone told me that certain types of decks would only burn CDs that would play back on that format. What type of format would be needed to play back on any common CD player, like in your home or car? If there is such a deck that would be suitable to mix down from an analog source in a simple home setup, what model would it be?
Thanks,
Ken
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CDRs are disks which can be written on once.
All CD players except the very earliest will play them. They are sometimes gold, but more often a blueish green. They come in two sorts, Data and Audio. Audio ones cost more because they pay a royalty to the collection societies to recompense the songwriters whose work you are going to record on them. Data CDRs will record audio, but there is a code on them which will be rejected by many CD players, and freestanding CD audio recorders will not recognise them. (there is a way of working round this though)
You can get 74 minute versions and also 80 minute versions, but not every machine will recognise the 80 minute ones.
There is a quality difference between data and audio with some manufacturer's CDRs.
CDRWs can be written to many times, but you can still not erase a single track, only the whole CDRW. A lot of domestic CD players will not play them, and some CD recorders will not record them. The disks cost over three times the price of a CDR.
As far as machines go, the studios seem to be using the new Akai ones featuring "burn-it" software. Personally I use a Sony internal drive on my PC, mastering straight from the soundcard to CDR.
We have freestanding CD recorders at work, but they are not so easy to use as a computer based ones.
Cheers
Dave<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Boothroyd on 05 March 2002 at 01:08 AM.]</p></FONT>
All CD players except the very earliest will play them. They are sometimes gold, but more often a blueish green. They come in two sorts, Data and Audio. Audio ones cost more because they pay a royalty to the collection societies to recompense the songwriters whose work you are going to record on them. Data CDRs will record audio, but there is a code on them which will be rejected by many CD players, and freestanding CD audio recorders will not recognise them. (there is a way of working round this though)
You can get 74 minute versions and also 80 minute versions, but not every machine will recognise the 80 minute ones.
There is a quality difference between data and audio with some manufacturer's CDRs.
CDRWs can be written to many times, but you can still not erase a single track, only the whole CDRW. A lot of domestic CD players will not play them, and some CD recorders will not record them. The disks cost over three times the price of a CDR.
As far as machines go, the studios seem to be using the new Akai ones featuring "burn-it" software. Personally I use a Sony internal drive on my PC, mastering straight from the soundcard to CDR.
We have freestanding CD recorders at work, but they are not so easy to use as a computer based ones.
Cheers
Dave<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Boothroyd on 05 March 2002 at 01:08 AM.]</p></FONT>