Sending audio CD via ftp to pressing plant

essami wrote on 10/15/2007, 10:23 AM
Hi!

Im in a hurry to send a mastered audio CD to pressing plant. Usually I've burned the cd with Vegas 6 and then sent the CD via normal post. But now Im in a hurry and should send the cd via ftp upload.

My question is how do I render/save the audio so that they can handle it at the plant? Can I make a disc image? Can I do it with Vegas or do I burn the cd and then rip it somehow to my harddrive in some format?

Any info would be awesome, thanks!

samim

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jbolley wrote on 10/15/2007, 11:40 AM
I'd check with the plant. I know some support upload of DDP info for a master but not a redbook upload. Perhaps they just want 44.1KHz 16 bit stereo wav files for each track.
Please report back what they are asking for, I'm very curious.

Jesse
essami wrote on 10/15/2007, 11:53 AM
They say "Please send the data as an image file. For audio productions only DPP formats may be used" Is that a typo? Should it be DDP?

What program can I use to create this?

Should I first burn the CD with Vegas and then use Nero to create an image file of the CD to my harddrive?

Sami
Geoff_Wood wrote on 10/15/2007, 2:31 PM
Vegas, Acid, and CD Architect (especially) SHOULD be able to save a DDP image.

Nearst thing is CDA saving the assembled (rendered) CD as a 'CD Architect Image File' (WAV file), and including a saved Cue Sheet For Replication (TXT) file from the Tracklist window.

geoff
essami wrote on 10/16/2007, 2:16 AM
I see no options in Vegas or CDA to burn as DDP (dont have Acid). I see that DVDA supports burning DDP but cant do audio with that.

CD architect image files seems to be the only option so far but I think better is to send individual wav files of the songs and cue sheet.

Sami
Geoff_Wood wrote on 10/16/2007, 12:33 PM
Either the individual or the single large. If you have any effects, levelling, or fading on the individual files in CDA then you *must* send the rendered CDA Image WAV file.

In Vegas you will have fully rendered the mixes to new files, of course...

geoff