Jointly developed by Sony and Philips and first published in 1980, the Red Book standard provides the specification on the optical and physical characteristics for the audio compact disc. In addition it also specifies the organization of the content, such as track numbers, table of contents etc.
(See Orange Book, Yellow Book)

Hey guys,

I burnt a CD the other day, sent it off and it came back with an error of some kind on it. If I want to burn a CD for a pressing plant what kind of options/things to i have to check for? does it have to be disc at once? please help!

Im not a mastering engineer, and have never really had to put much thought into this.

Which program and CD writer would you raccomend for acurate "Red Book" CD writing?

I have a Mac (g5 - DP - OSX) :D

Just curious what kind of results people are getting from using newer DVD burners to burn Red Book CDs.

Where I'm coming from is: the system I'm putting together will definitely have a DVD burner for archiving purposes. Do I still need to add a low-jitter CD burner like PLEXTOR or Yamaha or will the newer DVD-RAM burners do this task just fine?

Ok, I'm using Ahead Nero to burn my CDs and Im about to create a master CD to send off to a pressing plant for duplication.

However I want to make sure I'm mastering to red book standard so the plant dont reject it.

I have been using Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum (not the free one that cam with the burner, but the commercially available one (~$90 US).

Any one have any idea if this will this program burn to Red Book Specs, or is this home "toy" program?

Thanks!

DH

Can anyone tell me what the redbook standards are?
Decibel level in particular. But all redbook information is very welcome...eq curves etc.

Thanks from me and my recording class.
WE APPRECIATE IT!

Pardon my inexperience... I want to "master" my own project for now... is there a way to produce a red book compliant CDR with less than 2 sec. gaps between tracks? (Old guys - remember LZep's Heartbreaker/Livin'Lovin'Maid segue?). Can this be done in compliance with Red Book. I'm using Sonic Foundry's CD Architect and it seems to require 2s.
Thanks

I enjoy my trips to mastering houses, (I am having some trouble here in the UK over 24 bit AIFF files) but that aside...

I do however have to make my own Red Book masters for budget clients.

How can I give my CRS a 'once over' before they get sent to the factory? (or my bulk duplicator!)