asap help with mastering/duplicating cds

[madbutcher]

So... my band sent out our master to the label guy (in Australia) for him to send it to the cd place to get pressed, and they said the disc failed and they couldn't duplicate it, so we thought maybe it was scratched and we sent another master copy, and it failed also, they tried burning a copy of the master to duplicate it and it failed too. We just sent out a copy with all the data files with a log and a CRC? (can't remember the exact words or letters) to try that. Should that work? Or does anyone know what the problem could be?

 

[JeffTD]

Did you burn a Redbook master, or just use something like Toast or Nero?

 

[madbutcher]

Don't know......just sent whatever the mastering guy sent us.
...and yes, already asked him, and he said he did it the same way he has done many others and has never heard this complaint before.
I will ask if it is redbook or just toasted or nero'ed.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Use another burner, or another CDR brand. If your CD contains more than 5 errors most factories will not accept it (and burning errors are very popular usually until you find the perfect combination: burner, brand, speed). Some burning software show you the number of errors.

 

[Aaron Smith]

I've wondered about this stuff as I've been working on more projects that will be replicated. It seems to me that if you burn a CD at a slower speed, it will likely have less errors? That, plus the quality of the CD-R you're using...so a big spindle of those Apogee CD-Rs that cost $1.50 each, would probably be a good investment?

 

[VH100R]

When I had to send a master CD for pressing I used a sony audio CD to burn the audio.

didn't had any problem from the factory here in Portugal.

hope that helps since I at the time didn't know shit about redbook protocol. Still don't

 

[_RiseInside_]

I´ve sent many many albums to replication factories since i worked in a kind of cheesy though big selling record label. If you have a plextor drive there´s Plextools - www.plextools.com - which is great. If not, there´s http://www.cdspeed2000.com/. Brett nailed it: Got to find the best - drive/cdr brand/recording speed combination. Recording slower does get you less C1 and C2 errors though many drives can´t record slower than 4x these days. Most pre-master cds i got from mastering studios around europe were Tayio Yudens. The other were sony white cdrs. Personally I used those sonys since they´re cheaper than Tayio Yudens and are easier to find.Check this http://www.cdmasteringservices.com/digitalerrors.htm

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Recording too slow can cause errors as well. My actual burning "team" is Verbatim CD-R at x16 on my Mac's G5 drive. They're cheap, bought in bundles of 50s, and no errors yet.

x16 was also the speed I used on the PC back in the days, giving me 0 errors, x24 and x8 would usually give more than 5,000 errors... It's really a matter or trial and errors.

Important: once the CD is burned, take it from the drive with CLEAN hands (yes, wash them before), don't put your fingers or anything on it (don't blow air on it to "remove dust" as you're more likely to spit), put it in the case and seal it!!! Then do it again (most of the time I would send 2 sealed pre-masters).

 

[fatalforce]

Burn at 1x. This will decrease the amount of errors. Very important when your sending a CD-R of your mix to the mastering house.