CD mastering/burning software

PipelineAudio wrote on 2/1/2001, 1:51 PM

there are some cool text based ones, like Paddus Disk
Juggler

wavelab has one, but it is no where near as intuitive and
easy to use as CD architecht, but porobably the next best
thing.

For now, I would just keep using CD architecht, as it is
the best thing I have ever seen for this

Chris_L wrote on 2/1/2001, 6:57 PM

Brett Crockett wrote:
>> Since CD architect is dead and gone and SF has no plans
>> of developing anything similar to it, does anyone have
>> any recommendations for CD software that is of similar
quality?

CD Architect.

>>I'm looking for something that will give me the same
simple control as CD architect (view all CD tracks
together, have marker style control of indexing, cross
fades, etc.)

How about..... CD Architect?

>>Basically I'd like whatever is out there that's as close
to
>>CD architect as possible.

That would be CD Architect then.

Rednroll wrote on 2/1/2001, 7:07 PM

Chris L,

Chris L wrote:
>>
>>
>>Brett Crockett wrote:
>>>> Since CD architect is dead and gone and SF has no
plans
>>>> of developing anything similar to it, does anyone have
>>>> any recommendations for CD software that is of similar
>>quality?
>>
>>CD Architect.

Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about audio
editing then you would know CD architect isn't available to
purchase anymore.
>>
>>>>I'm looking for something that will give me the same
>>simple control as CD architect (view all CD tracks
>>together, have marker style control of indexing, cross
>>fades, etc.)
>>
>>How about..... CD Architect?
How about getting your head out of your ass Chris?
>>>>Basically I'd like whatever is out there that's as
close
>>to
>>>>CD architect as possible.
>>
>>That would be CD Architect then.
And again dumbass, it's discontinued and not available for
purchase.

bgc wrote on 2/1/2001, 9:46 PM

Jeez Brian did you have a hard disk crash? No more gorilla
cookies for your afternoon snack! They make you nasty! ;)

Chris probably just thought I was an idiot who didn't make
his living in the audio mines every day and I was ripe for
a flame. Wrong.

Anyways, any suggestions (given that CD Architect IS DEAD
AND GONE AND DOESN'T SUPPORT NEW DRIVES... unless of course
it does by fiddling with the custom parameters... is that
an option? I've heard some people talk about that. Anyone
else hear that? Bueller? Anyone?... Sorry I'm punchy,
been in a high pressure mastering session for the last 6
hours).
Thanks,
Brett

Brian Franz wrote:
>>Chris L,
>>
>>Chris L wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Brett Crockett wrote:
>>>>>> Since CD architect is dead and gone and SF has no
>>plans
>>>>>> of developing anything similar to it, does anyone
have
>>>>>> any recommendations for CD software that is of
similar
>>>>quality?
>>>>
>>>>CD Architect.
>>
>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about audio
>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't available
to
>>purchase anymore.
>>>>
>>>>>>I'm looking for something that will give me the same
>>>>simple control as CD architect (view all CD tracks
>>>>together, have marker style control of indexing, cross
>>>>fades, etc.)
>>>>
>>>>How about..... CD Architect?
>>How about getting your head out of your ass Chris?
>>>>>>Basically I'd like whatever is out there that's as
>>close
>>>>to
>>>>>>CD architect as possible.
>>>>
>>>>That would be CD Architect then.
>>And again dumbass, it's discontinued and not available
for
>>purchase.

PipelineAudio wrote on 2/1/2001, 9:58 PM

>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about audio
>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't available
to
>>purchase anymore.

No need to get nasty :)
you KNOW where to find it. I dont think anyone would have
the nerve to get mad about using cracked software that is
no longer for sale

PipelineAudio wrote on 2/1/2001, 10:01 PM

Brett Crockett wrote:
>>Jeez Brian did you have a hard disk crash? No more
gorilla
>>it does by fiddling with the custom parameters... is that
>>an option? I've heard some people talk about that.
Anyone
>>else hear that? Bueller? Anyone?... Sorry I'm punchy,
>>been in a high pressure mastering session for the last 6
>>hours).

"something o-o economics voodoo economics"

Go ahead and mess with the custom parameters on it...Ive
even gotten IDE drives to work ok

Chris_L wrote on 2/2/2001, 6:29 AM

Brian Franz wrote:
>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about audio
>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't available
>>to purchase anymore.

So does that meant that all existing copies have suddenly
stopped working then?

Or am I right in thinking that Brett could still use his
existing copy?

Okay so it was a slight flame... :-)

Seriously, I can't understand why SF don't sell the program
on to someone else to continue development on it, or open
up the source, let people write their own drivers for new
writers etc.

Any chance SF?

CDM wrote on 2/2/2001, 8:24 AM

I have never had a problem using the custom settings in CD
Architect. The first thing I would recommend is that
everyone get a Plextor drive. They have acted flawlessly
for me over the years. They also tend to be MMC compatible,
which is what CD Architect requires for custom drives.
Just go to the advanced tab and choose either Atapi or SCSI
MMC compliant and then choose the device that the drive is
attached to. It should detetc the drives capabilities from
there...

as for free CDA, I suppose that since they don't sell it
anymore, it isn't illegal to give it away? I don't know the
copyright laws, though. :)

Chris L wrote:
>>
>>
>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about
audio
>>>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't
available
>>>>to purchase anymore.
>>
>>So does that meant that all existing copies have suddenly
>>stopped working then?
>>
>>Or am I right in thinking that Brett could still use his
>>existing copy?
>>
>>Okay so it was a slight flame... :-)
>>
>>Seriously, I can't understand why SF don't sell the
program
>>on to someone else to continue development on it, or open
>>up the source, let people write their own drivers for new
>>writers etc.
>>
>>Any chance SF?
>>
>>

Rednroll wrote on 2/2/2001, 8:44 AM

Well, Ok, now that everyone's done being a smart ass. My
solution to this problem was to buy a drive that was
supported. I originally had a Yamaha 8x4x24 Scsi drive and
it didn't have a supported driver, but it still seemed to
work, using similar Yamaha or MMC compliant drivers. The
problem was, that I was constantly having clients say that
they would give a cd to someone and it wouldn't work in
their CD players. Probably a high amount of errors that
some players couldn't handle, because when they brought the
cd back into my studio it would play fine on my CD player.
I even tried using Colin Hill's "Pre" software to convert
from a CD architect wave image to a CDrwin Cue image, and
slowed my burning down to 4X and 2X, and then burn with
CDrwin and this still produced the same results. I bought
a Plexter 8/20 Scsi and this drive rocks! I have had no
problems and cd players are able to read data instantly
when I put it in the player. I burn at 8X with the same
solid results. I love these drives so much I bought 4 more
and started building a SCSI duplicator. These drives are
no longer available from any retail store, but you can get
remanufactured drives from the Plextor website. The 8/20
is $180 and the 8/2/20 is $195, both of these work great
with CD Architect.

Now you might understand why I'm so upset with the new
release of Sound Forge 5.0....CD architect doesn't come up
in the Menus and I just purchased CD burners to support the
software, instead of Vice-Versa. Now if I want to have
24bit compatibility doing mastering and be able to use
Vegas with 24 bit, I have to have 2 versions of Sound Forge
set up on my PC. Thank you very much Sonic Foundry!!!

Chris L wrote:
>>
>>
>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about
audio
>>>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't
available
>>>>to purchase anymore.
>>
>>So does that meant that all existing copies have suddenly
>>stopped working then?
>>
>>Or am I right in thinking that Brett could still use his
>>existing copy?
>>
>>Okay so it was a slight flame... :-)
>>
>>Seriously, I can't understand why SF don't sell the
program
>>on to someone else to continue development on it, or open
>>up the source, let people write their own drivers for new
>>writers etc.
>>
>>Any chance SF?
>>
>>

Rednroll wrote on 2/2/2001, 8:53 AM

Yes Charles, Thanks for that advice awhile back. My
Plextor drives rock with CD Architect now. I've had
nothing, but flawless burns with these drives. They also
have supported drivers using Nero, which supports multi-
drive burning, so I built a duplicator with these drives
also. So how do we get CD architect to appear in the new
Sound Forge 5.0?

Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>I have never had a problem using the custom settings in
CD
>>Architect. The first thing I would recommend is that
>>everyone get a Plextor drive. They have acted flawlessly
>>for me over the years. They also tend to be MMC
compatible,
>>which is what CD Architect requires for custom drives.
>>Just go to the advanced tab and choose either Atapi or
SCSI
>>MMC compliant and then choose the device that the drive
is
>>attached to. It should detetc the drives capabilities
from
>>there...
>>
>>as for free CDA, I suppose that since they don't sell it
>>anymore, it isn't illegal to give it away? I don't know
the
>>copyright laws, though. :)
>>
>>Chris L wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about
>>audio
>>>>>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't
>>available
>>>>>>to purchase anymore.
>>>>
>>>>So does that meant that all existing copies have
suddenly
>>>>stopped working then?
>>>>
>>>>Or am I right in thinking that Brett could still use
his
>>>>existing copy?
>>>>
>>>>Okay so it was a slight flame... :-)
>>>>
>>>>Seriously, I can't understand why SF don't sell the
>>program
>>>>on to someone else to continue development on it, or
open
>>>>up the source, let people write their own drivers for
new
>>>>writers etc.
>>>>
>>>>Any chance SF?
>>>>
>>>>

CDM wrote on 2/2/2001, 9:32 AM

I'm afraid you'll never get that to happen. Just get used
to having SF 4.5 on your system for CDA. Just rename the
shortcut CD Architect, instead of 4.5. :-)

until SF comes up with an alternative...

Brian Franz wrote:
>>Yes Charles, Thanks for that advice awhile back. My
>>Plextor drives rock with CD Architect now. I've had
>>nothing, but flawless burns with these drives. They also
>>have supported drivers using Nero, which supports multi-
>>drive burning, so I built a duplicator with these drives
>>also. So how do we get CD architect to appear in the new
>>Sound Forge 5.0?
>>
>>Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>>>I have never had a problem using the custom settings in
>>CD
>>>>Architect. The first thing I would recommend is that
>>>>everyone get a Plextor drive. They have acted
flawlessly
>>>>for me over the years. They also tend to be MMC
>>compatible,
>>>>which is what CD Architect requires for custom drives.
>>>>Just go to the advanced tab and choose either Atapi or
>>SCSI
>>>>MMC compliant and then choose the device that the drive
>>is
>>>>attached to. It should detetc the drives capabilities
>>from
>>>>there...
>>>>
>>>>as for free CDA, I suppose that since they don't sell
it
>>>>anymore, it isn't illegal to give it away? I don't know
>>the
>>>>copyright laws, though. :)
>>>>
>>>>Chris L wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>>>>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything about
>>>>audio
>>>>>>>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't
>>>>available
>>>>>>>>to purchase anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So does that meant that all existing copies have
>>suddenly
>>>>>>stopped working then?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Or am I right in thinking that Brett could still use
>>his
>>>>>>existing copy?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Okay so it was a slight flame... :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Seriously, I can't understand why SF don't sell the
>>>>program
>>>>>>on to someone else to continue development on it, or
>>open
>>>>>>up the source, let people write their own drivers for
>>new
>>>>>>writers etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any chance SF?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

bgc wrote on 2/2/2001, 12:42 PM

Unfortunately I've heard from SF that there's no
alternative in the making. They've actually suggested
competitors products. Keep no hope alive.
Brett

Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>I'm afraid you'll never get that to happen. Just get used
>>to having SF 4.5 on your system for CDA. Just rename the
>>shortcut CD Architect, instead of 4.5. :-)
>>
>>until SF comes up with an alternative...
>>
>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>Yes Charles, Thanks for that advice awhile back. My
>>>>Plextor drives rock with CD Architect now. I've had
>>>>nothing, but flawless burns with these drives. They
also
>>>>have supported drivers using Nero, which supports multi-
>>>>drive burning, so I built a duplicator with these
drives
>>>>also. So how do we get CD architect to appear in the
new
>>>>Sound Forge 5.0?
>>>>
>>>>Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>>>>>I have never had a problem using the custom settings
in
>>>>CD
>>>>>>Architect. The first thing I would recommend is that
>>>>>>everyone get a Plextor drive. They have acted
>>flawlessly
>>>>>>for me over the years. They also tend to be MMC
>>>>compatible,
>>>>>>which is what CD Architect requires for custom
drives.
>>>>>>Just go to the advanced tab and choose either Atapi
or
>>>>SCSI
>>>>>>MMC compliant and then choose the device that the
drive
>>>>is
>>>>>>attached to. It should detetc the drives
capabilities
>>>>from
>>>>>>there...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>as for free CDA, I suppose that since they don't sell
>>it
>>>>>>anymore, it isn't illegal to give it away? I don't
know
>>>>the
>>>>>>copyright laws, though. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Chris L wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>Chris you are a dumbass, if you knew anything
about
>>>>>>audio
>>>>>>>>>>editing then you would know CD architect isn't
>>>>>>available
>>>>>>>>>>to purchase anymore.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So does that meant that all existing copies have
>>>>suddenly
>>>>>>>>stopped working then?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Or am I right in thinking that Brett could still
use
>>>>his
>>>>>>>>existing copy?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Okay so it was a slight flame... :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Seriously, I can't understand why SF don't sell the
>>>>>>program
>>>>>>>>on to someone else to continue development on it,
or
>>>>open
>>>>>>>>up the source, let people write their own drivers
for
>>>>new
>>>>>>>>writers etc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Any chance SF?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>