Mastering and CD burning gear!
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Posted on Mar 27, 2008 06:19 pm
meltdown5
Faze 2 Studios
Member Since: Aug 15, 2005
Ok, so i recently stumbled on a good amount of money. And i was wondering what you guys would suggest. I need a good mastering Software... what is the absolute best there is?
also, i need soemthing to burn my cd's with... really good software to arrange the songs, and add secret tracks and such with... what is there that does that? price is no issue.
-Ian
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Keith WarrenMans reach exceeds his graspMember
Since: Oct 23, 2007
Mar 28, 2008 02:38 am For mastering software, I use Wavelab and Waves Diamond bundle- and from my understanding, that's pretty much industry standard. I don't know how to use half the stuff I have, so I wont say I 'master' with it per-say, I just bring up the levels and polish my music. Wavelab will run you from 50-500$ I think, but you could also use Sony Sound Forge, which I think is a little cheaper. A good Waves Bundle will run you about 1K$ US.
As for burning CDs and adding hidden tracks and such, I'm clueless. I just use Nero, which came with my lightscribe drives and it does an OK job. I'm not sure how to add hidden tracks though- I'd love to know!
And since you're in the money, if you have a spare midi controller floating around, send it my way, lol.
CptTrippsCzar of Turd PolishMember
Since: Jun 20, 2006
Mar 28, 2008 11:56 am I use Harbal and also the wave plugs.
As far as CD burning and hidden tracks. I believe you just create a clip of silence lasting however long and just keep inserting it until you get to the hidden track. Adobe Audition has built in burning and does the dithering and 16 bit conversion all in one. Technically you could burn the CD's with roxio if you wanted, I don't believe there is anything special about the burning process.
