We're beginning to see a trickle of information from Sonic Studio about their new CD prep software, soundBlade.CD for Mac OS X. It's apparently being previewed at AES in Barcelona this weekend.

Quote from http://www.sonicstudio.com

This is probably a Non-Issue, but it has crossed my mind a few times.

Does anyone use a dedicated CD-R Audio Drive, for burning Masters, that's NOT a DVD-R drive ? My instincts tell me that a drive & laser that's optimized for CD-R, not DVD-R would be better. Is this just "old school" stubbornness & superstition? ... as usual, guilty as charged !

Anyone have a problem with cell phones in the Mastering room?

No sir, I don't like 'em !

I find the beeping, ringing, and talking quite distracting.

I ask people to step outside the room to use them.

And more importantly, the ringing can produce odd interferences in monitoring.

Main Question:

We recently started using DVD+R Double Layer discs for data backups with the PLEXTOR 716 DVD burner. Like the convenience of the 8.5 GB capacity, esp for large surround sound sessions. Both VerbatI'm and Memorex discs seem to work fine.

Using Toast... verifies fine... mounts fine on a Mac G4 . Basically using procedure to backup Pro Tools sessions and CD & DVD images.

Can I do this effect in sound forge? how is it possible

Is there any thing in sound forge to command some sound to come from behind

I know an engineer who eq's his recording with peaks at the frequencies where the ear is the most sensitive. His goal was to make the sound "Louder" with out pushing compression and limiting hard. I had never seen this. His results were O.K. sounding.

How can I avoid compressing and gaining the leak?

I record using a Tascam 488 and I usually mix it down by plugging into my friend's sh*tty computer. Needless to say, it comes out sounding like sh*t.

What is a good, cheap program I can use to keep some of the fidelity that I am losing at the moment using my present system.

I am about to ftp my wav files to be mastered. Should I do this?
I am concerned about audio loss, or anything that may compromise
the music. Should I worry.
Please help
thank you.