What format to professionally produced CDs use?

**apj101** · 10-25-2006, 02:29 PM

err CD-R

gmen5681 · 10-25-2006, 05:40 PM

professional producers dont burn CDs. they are actually pressed. if you are talking brand, i have no clue. but unless you want to pay to have a CD pro pressed, you can just burn

Jet · 10-25-2006, 06:03 PM

Pressed CD's? Explain that, please, I haven't heard of it before.

SirKenin · 10-25-2006, 06:51 PM

They aren't pressed... They're burned with autoloading stacks.. You can see an example of small ones here.. Pressed is REALLY old skool.. ie... Records.

**magicman** · 10-25-2006, 07:46 PM

Since the recording layer is below the surface, it wouldn't do much good to press the disk, all you'd be pressing is the lacquer coating. Slightly off topic, I remember seeing a documentary (I dare say it may have been How It's Made) about the pressing of records, interesting stuff.

gmen5681 · 10-28-2006, 03:50 PM

that is not right. here is a link telling the process of making a CD. the data is pressed onto the cd.
http://eil.com/explore/guide/cd_making.asp

ive been in school for 3 years taking music recording classes. i have recorded 2 of my own CDs, and had them professionally pressed.

Edit: im sure there are some people that create their own CDs by burning them, but a major record CD is pressed. that link that you posted. im sure there are quite a few guys out there using them, especially guys that bootleg CDs.

edit 2: found a video showing the process of making a disc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rc8iltCqrms

**magicman** · 10-28-2006, 05:14 PM

Well, you're partially right. Yes that process shows the 'pressing' of a CD. But the data isn't pressed onto the disk, it's made by injecting liquid polymer onto the master disc (that video shows it). So the process does differ greatly from the the vinyl pressing that some people may have had in their mind.

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magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	Since the recording layer is below the surface, it wouldn't do much good to press the disk, all you'd be pressing is the lacquer coating. Slightly off topic, I remember seeing a documentary (I dare say it may have been How It's Made) about the pressing of records, interesting stuff. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

10-28-2006, 03:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
gmen5681 banned Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 74	that is not right. here is a link telling the process of making a CD. the data is pressed onto the cd. http://eil.com/explore/guide/cd_making.asp ive been in school for 3 years taking music recording classes. i have recorded 2 of my own CDs, and had them professionally pressed. Edit: im sure there are some people that create their own CDs by burning them, but a major record CD is pressed. that link that you posted. im sure there are quite a few guys out there using them, especially guys that bootleg CDs. edit 2: found a video showing the process of making a disc http://youtube.com/watch?v=rc8iltCqrms Last edited by gmen5681; 10-28-2006 at 03:58 PM.

10-25-2006, 05:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
gmen5681 banned Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 74	professional producers dont burn CDs. they are actually pressed. if you are talking brand, i have no clue. but unless you want to pay to have a CD pro pressed, you can just burn

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	They aren't pressed... They're burned with autoloading stacks.. You can see an example of small ones here.. Pressed is REALLY old skool.. ie... Records.

10-28-2006, 05:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	Well, you're partially right. Yes that process shows the 'pressing' of a CD. But the data isn't pressed onto the disk, it's made by injecting liquid polymer onto the master disc (that video shows it). So the process does differ greatly from the the vinyl pressing that some people may have had in their mind. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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