Dance Music Business Resource

CD Manufacturing

Short run CDs in small quantities are often burned (one-offs), as opposed to the more reliable standard method of replicated CDs (injection-molded). IN higher quantities, there is minimal price difference. Replicated CDs look better too. Reliable plants are all ISO-9002 compilant.

Technical information:

http://www.cdman.com/tech/tech.php3

has more info than I've been able to find elsewhere.
good DVD, CDROM, CDI, graphics formats sections.

the different book specifications:
http://www.cdman.com/tech/cdglossary.php3#book

Normal (Red Book) CDs

http://www.cdman.com/tech/audioinput.php3

* Audio CDs are 78 mins.
* CDR is the preferred method to send
* All indexing etc. will be transferred exactly as you burn it
* Burn at 2x speed, no higher
* Some CDR recorders aren't able to write the end point on a track, only the start point

ISRC ( International Standard Recording Code)

http://www.ifpi.org/online/isrc_intro.html

International Standard Recording Code. Some recorders allow the ISRC to be recorded for
each audio track on a disc. The code is made up of: Country Code (2 ASCII characters),
Owner Code (3 ASCII characters), Year of Recording (2 digits), Serial Number (5 digits).

Owner Code aka Registrant Code is the code of the 'producer': The Registrant Code is assigned by National ISRC Agencies upon application by the producer.

Serial Number may be chosen by yourself, eg. catalog number.

ISRC can be used to track the original copyright holder in cases of piracy.