| If my memory serves me correctly, the DEC CD-rom mastering will do
a quantity one run, but you pay the same as you would for a
quantity 100 run. As to whether they can take your format?
Who knows? Why don't you ask in the CD-rom conference. It is
at CDROM::CD_READER Press KP7 to add it...
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| There are other firms that will accept your EIAJ tape directly
to press an audio CD. DEC's service is probably more oriented towards
CD-ROM and they want, if memory serves correctly, a particular
magtape format. Wasn't there an article in the latest Digital Audio
on making your own CD?
Steve
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| Re .1
I browsed through the CD_READER conference. It seems to cost $100/disc
for quantity of 100, and $20/disc for quantity of 1000. I will
post more info here as I get it. Thank you for the pointer.
Re .2
You are quite right: conversion of EIAJ digital tape into a CD would
involve a fair amount of processing such as creating a master directory,
inserting index points, and so on. DEC might not be the best place
for this sort of CD pressing. I'll go out and buy the latest issue
of _Digital Audio_ and see what other firms offer the service.
I read in a magazine that someone invented a new way to cut a CD
master using a piezo-electric transducer and a needle. I hope
this technology lowers the cost of mastering and pressing CDs so
that even a small chamber music orchestra can publish their performance
on CDs. A CD containing 73-minutes of _Turkish March_, or Czerny's
etudes played by a 6-year-old would make a perfect Christmas gift
for a friend or an enemy!
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