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Subject: CD-R's Software
Original Message Date: 09-Jul-97 @ 07:25 AM - CD-R's Software
want to put my stuff in CD's and be able to listen
to my work in regular CD players. I've heard of a
plugin for Sound Forge, CD Architec, or something.
Anybody?? Any freeware/shareware???
later,
Ben
Message 11/22 06-Aug-97 @ 10:26 AM - RE: CD-R's Software
Message 12/22 15-Aug-97 @ 12:25 AM - RE: CD-R's Software
>masters?
Avene,I doubt it. Soundforge has been hyping CD Architect's
ability to create Red Book standard audio CD's. Architect
is intented to be used as a Plug-In or standalone and from
my most recent catalog it has the same $299 price as
Soundforge 4.0. However, it has recieved some awesome reviews.
It is said that with both programs you could master your own
audio CD's with quality near that of Pro studios. I of course
would like to see what a real user has to say about it first,
before I dish out a whole paycheck for it. Especially when
most of the CD-R Drives I've seen come with Corel Creator,
Easy CD pro, or Toast included.
Message 13/22 15-Aug-97 @ 01:31 AM - RE: CD-R's Software
Message 14/22 15-Aug-97 @ 05:05 PM - RE: CD-R's Software
I know a couple of people with Macs(there not assholes by the way!) who do there own mastering with software a lot cheaper than Pro Tools, so I'm sure it's possible to do stuff that's decent with a PC. One of these guys was telling me that you can do the same sort of stuff that you can do on a TC Electronics finalizer, with certain plug-ins that are available for Cubase VST. Is Wavelab any good? I know it's got redbook, and apparently some of the plug-ins are alright. Does anyone use this software?
Message 15/22 16-Aug-97 @ 05:49 AM - RE: CD-R's Software
per CD-R just to be able to record my favorite homemade trax and
play them almost anywhere. I would also be able to send off
my sigles to have them pressed to vinyl. I would then be able
to mix my own stuff at gigs. I would also love to record my
own re-mixes to CD for personal use. I have no idea if I'll ever
get signed, but I'd still love to put my music on the most
popular digital media in the world. I'm looking in one of my catalogs
write now and I see a CD Re-Writable drive going for $699 with CD-RW
media costing $25 each. Let's face it, There are a lot more CD players
out there than DAT players, and if prices keep going down (which they will)
I don't see why any computer based home studio wouldn't want to have one.
I have seen very few DAT recorders for less than $800. By the
way, kilo, do you plan on making an article about breaking
into the industry? I would go 50/50, except I don't know where
to send my demo.
Message 16/22 18-Aug-97 @ 12:46 PM - RE: CD-R's Software
NOW all THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH A SOFTWARE LIKE SOUNDFORGE, SAWPLUS, ETC ETC.........
WHAT i'M ALSO SAYING IS.....THAT FOR THE PRICE OF THE CDR RECORDER, AND THE SCSI CARD CAPABLE OF THE THROUGHPUT, AND THE BLANK CD'S, THIS TOTALS ABOUT 2/3 THE PRICE OF A 1000 CD RUN........SO if YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN YOUR MUSIC.......WHY NOT GET 1000 CD'S BURNED AND SELL THEM !!!
Message 17/22 19-Aug-97 @ 12:22 PM - RE: CD-R's Software
at the end of the day though i guess its always the music thats most important... Here's a funny story, a few years back some friends of mine released a cd album....it was a rap album... they recorded the whole thing- vocals and everything live to cassette...all the music was coming from the stereo outs of an Akai MPC60- no effects, eq or anything, and the tape deck was some dodgy affair from the 70's, you know, one of those ones where the tape slides in horizontally... once all the tracks were recorded to cassette they then recorded them to dat, just so they could compile them in a different order.... they did this at my place by the way and it sounded crap, but it was hella funny.. Next thing I know they've payed $4700 and pressed up 1000 cds.
what cracks me up the most though is - they sold enough to get their money back !!!
Message 18/22 19-Aug-97 @ 01:59 PM - RE: CD-R's Software
Message 19/22 19-Aug-97 @ 02:53 PM - RE: CD-R's Software
Message 20/22 19-Aug-97 @ 06:18 PM - RE: CD-R's Software
and where did you get it ?
...... I assume you already had the scsi card to connect it up, cos you aint included that on the list ? ?
..... and where are you getting blanks that cheap.....I get 'em from Ideal hardware at about 3 quid
each average for a box of 10.........but if you read what I'm saying it aint bollox.....
tell us where you get this stuff........at the average prices I've seen, something like a Plasmon CDR
would be about 325 -350 ish.....the 2940 about 160 ish, and the blanks on top
.....Ok ...I exagerated slightly if you go on straight average advertised cutting prices......so around 450-550 for the hookup + blanks......which is about 1/2 of a 1000 cd run, at standard plant prices....(without mastering fee which is about 300 ish)......but you can get pressing cheaper than that if you hunt around.....so it would be about 2/3rd's the price at a good deal plant if you exclude the infamous "Mastering" ....
so I'm simply saying, that to produce a master for a company to distribute/press,
the DAT master is enuff......You CAN ask the engineer to NOT fuck with the DAT
at the mastering stage, ...you are allowed to be there......and if you've gotta choose between a DAT & CDR there's NO competition
.........as a musician, you'd have to be a fool to buy a CDR over a DAT
......how can you mix external & internal sounds live to a CDR?
.........I will concede that if you are working in h/d only, then yes you can burn down to CDR
.......but otherwise it's a non-starter !!........DAT's can be re-recorded etc
......CDR's can't........etc etc.......
and whilst yes it must be great for people to walk around with a cd to play their cutz from,
if you do have an external set-up, you're gonna have to get a dat to mixdown to anyway........
So.........where are these great prices from then ?......I need to know.....well at those prices 150 for a cdr.......we all want to know !!!....
also I'd say........when I've done a mix.......it's fine !!........ I dont need any eq. or compression or that stuff.........I want it how I mix it !!.........
all I need is normalisation & compliation in the correct order/ time length.......what I DONT want , is bloody mastering engineers pratting about with my sound !!
I cant understand your logic Avene........first you say that stuff sounds great when you mix it, then the mastering engineer turns it into some pop/thin sounding shite........and at the same time you're advocating applying just the techniques that result in that crap sound......The whole point WHY indie dance sounds so upfront and raw, is precicely due to those reasons.....so that's why a new Prodigy album sounds like a heap of thin crap........cos it's a record company mastered consumer product........also most plants will work happily from DAT.......so you can simply avoid those that will only master from CDR.....
so I dont think it's bollox to say that as an alternative viewpoint, if you believe enuff in your stuff, then maybe it's worth thinking about cutting a 1000 CD run.......after all, cd's are about a tenner retail cheapest......so if you flog 'em at a deep-sea each, then if it's good stuff why shouldnt you sell it ??........sell 1000 at a fiver each & thats 5K to re-invest !!!.....worth thinking about !.....you just have to be disciplined enuff NOT to spend all the money you make in dribs & drabs as it comes in, but to stick some of it aside to pay for the next run etc......worth a thought maybe mr bollox !.......even cheaper for vinyl....lets face it, no ones gonna play a cd in a club huh ??!!.....
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