When manufacturing a CD, there are some important checks that should be made to make to ensure that your content comes out exactly like you wish it to. If is a DVD with songs you are producing, then adequately preparing your DVD for manufacturing will ensure that the songs are recorded in the correct order and that the spacing in between is also right. One important precaution to take before parting with your master is to make a copy of it.
The master needs to be mixed to two tracks and these are the edited and sequenced tracks. Be sure that the content sounds the way it should. Also, know that every manufacturer will do things a little differently. For instance, some will only do equalization and level if asked to while others do it as a standard part of the service. Also, some will take a look at your master tape and collaborate with you on ways to improve and sharpen it while others will just reproduce what you give them.
Another difference is that there are some manufacturers who may require that you fill a track listing form and submit this together with their master. This will usually be available on their site. On this form you will also be required to give complete and highly accurate running time logs. The time should show all the events on the tape such as songs, pauses, tones and all other content in the order that they should occur.
If your content runs over the total standard time of 78:00 minutes, you may have to sign a disclaimer. It is important to mention that the longest duration a CD can have is 79:45 minutes.
You will get from manufacturers the tape formats they accept masters in. The majority of them can take PMCD which are pre-mastered CDs, CD-R master (16-bit/44.1kHz CDA format only), Mini Disk, DDP 2.0, Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and quarter or half inch Analog Tape.
Production aside, there is also the important issue of copyright. For one, legitimate audio product manufacturers will ask you for a license if the DVD or CD being produced has unique content that will be made available for sale. This is to protect the rights of the artists and writers of the content against label owners who might release the contents and then not pay for the rights.
As you finish making your DVD ready for manufacturing, handle the master tape carefully. It should only be handled on the edges as prints from fingers and scratch lines on it will be released in form of data errors. As a final step and precaution, do a final test before you release your master tape for production because what will come out will be an exact reproduction of what is put in from the master tape.
The master needs to be mixed to two tracks and these are the edited and sequenced tracks. Be sure that the content sounds the way it should. Also, know that every manufacturer will do things a little differently. For instance, some will only do equalization and level if asked to while others do it as a standard part of the service. Also, some will take a look at your master tape and collaborate with you on ways to improve and sharpen it while others will just reproduce what you give them.
Another difference is that there are some manufacturers who may require that you fill a track listing form and submit this together with their master. This will usually be available on their site. On this form you will also be required to give complete and highly accurate running time logs. The time should show all the events on the tape such as songs, pauses, tones and all other content in the order that they should occur.
If your content runs over the total standard time of 78:00 minutes, you may have to sign a disclaimer. It is important to mention that the longest duration a CD can have is 79:45 minutes.
You will get from manufacturers the tape formats they accept masters in. The majority of them can take PMCD which are pre-mastered CDs, CD-R master (16-bit/44.1kHz CDA format only), Mini Disk, DDP 2.0, Digital Audio Tape (DAT) and quarter or half inch Analog Tape.
Production aside, there is also the important issue of copyright. For one, legitimate audio product manufacturers will ask you for a license if the DVD or CD being produced has unique content that will be made available for sale. This is to protect the rights of the artists and writers of the content against label owners who might release the contents and then not pay for the rights.
As you finish making your DVD ready for manufacturing, handle the master tape carefully. It should only be handled on the edges as prints from fingers and scratch lines on it will be released in form of data errors. As a final step and precaution, do a final test before you release your master tape for production because what will come out will be an exact reproduction of what is put in from the master tape.
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