The last marker is where you enter the album metadata, so double click that to edit it. #Revolt!|PERFORMER=Till I Conquer|ISRC=1234567890|SONGWRITER=Phillip Stewartįollowing the same format, write the metadata in the marker of each track. You don’t have to use all of them, but you should have at least the title, the performer and the ISRC. There are several metadata properties that you can put for each track, which are TITLE, ISRC, PERFORMER, SONGWRITER, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, and MESSAGE. If you can’t find it, just copy it from here.Īfter the vertical line, type “PERFORMER=” and then type the artist name. The vertical line is usually located at the key right above the Return key. The vertical line is used to separate one metadata property from another. The # represents INDEX1, which marks the start of a track.Īfter typing in the track title, put the vertical line symbol “|”. It probably doesn’t matter much anymore, since less and less people are using CD players, but if you are printing CDs, might as well do it properly, right? Step 4: Adding Track and Album Metadata Let’s write the track metadata first.ĭouble click the marker for track 1, which is the second marker, and type # into the “Name” field of the marker. The reason for this is to accommodate slower CD players. This will only work if you did step 1 correctly. The “Length” in the tooltip will show how many CD frames you have selected. You can check that by highlighting 12 frames of a track, starting at the marker (which is also the beginning of the track): You also need to check that there is no audio in the first 12 CD frames of each track. The marker at the start of a track is actually where the song begins when people are skipping among the songs on a CD player, so it’s important that you place the markers properly.
The total number of markers should be equal to 2 + # of songs. In total, you should have one marker at the very beginning of the project, one marker at the very end of the project, and one marker for each track on the record. Step 3: Adding MarkersĪdd a marker at the start of each track, and at the end of the very last track. You can check that by moving the edit cursor to the end of the last track, and look at the time on the ruler. Make sure the files are in the correct playback order if not, it’s important that you reorder them correctly before you proceed.Ĭheck that your record is no longer than 75 minutes. Now, you should have all your master files lined up one after another on the same track in REAPER. When REAPER asks if you want to insert multiple media on separate tracks or sequentially on the a single track, choose “Single Track.” You can listen to it at home, although we recommend that you leave it in its case until needed, because it is vulnerable to dirt and scratches just like any CD, and errors from the disc can get passed on to the duplicates and potentially affect sound quality.In Finder or File Explorer, select all the Wave files that are to be printed to CDs, drag them into REAPER, and drop them at the 2 seconds mark. A PMCD is an audio disc in CDR form, recorded at low speed and verified to ensure that the error rate is within acceptable limits for a master. uploaded to your manufacturer’s ftp site, downloaded onto your own hard drive for archive, and copied without any degradation just like any computer file.įor the purposes of duplication, which is the process whereby the audio is copied at high speed onto a bank of CDR drives, the PMCD format is usually required. DDP can be transferred electronically, i.e. It is a very robust format, and has an MD5 Checksum built in to allow a 100% guarantee of data integrity – which means that provided the master passes its own checksum verification, you know that not a single bit has been altered. The DDP itself is a set of files which define the CD content but cannot be played back on conventional domestic equipment. Replication is the manufacturing process by which CDs containing your audio are stamped and coated on a production line, and provides the best quality and best value for quantities of 500 and up (sometimes fewer). We recommend DDPi as the superior option for replication of CDs. There are two formats for this, DDPi (often just called DDP) and PMCD (otherwise known as Pre-Master CD, or Red-Book CD Master). However if you plan to sell CDs then we will provide you with a production master, one of which is included in the price of your session.