er Bollox ??........well those prices are bloody cheap.... what make & model of CDR was that then,
and where did you get it ?
...... I assume you already had the scsi card to connect it up, cos you aint included that on the list ? ?
..... and where are you getting blanks that cheap.....I get 'em from Ideal hardware at about 3 quid
each average for a box of 10.........but if you read what I'm saying it aint bollox.....
tell us where you get this stuff........at the average prices I've seen, something like a Plasmon CDR
would be about 325 -350 ish.....the 2940 about 160 ish, and the blanks on top
.....Ok ...I exagerated slightly if you go on straight average advertised cutting prices......so around 450-550 for the hookup + blanks......which is about 1/2 of a 1000 cd run, at standard plant prices....(without mastering fee which is about 300 ish)......but you can get pressing cheaper than that if you hunt around.....so it would be about 2/3rd's the price at a good deal plant if you exclude the infamous "Mastering" ....
so I'm simply saying, that to produce a master for a company to distribute/press,
the DAT master is enuff......You CAN ask the engineer to NOT fuck with the DAT
at the mastering stage, ...you are allowed to be there......and if you've gotta choose between a DAT & CDR there's NO competition
.........as a musician, you'd have to be a fool to buy a CDR over a DAT
......how can you mix external & internal sounds live to a CDR?
.........I will concede that if you are working in h/d only, then yes you can burn down to CDR
.......but otherwise it's a non-starter !!........DAT's can be re-recorded etc
......CDR's can't........etc etc.......
and whilst yes it must be great for people to walk around with a cd to play their cutz from,
if you do have an external set-up, you're gonna have to get a dat to mixdown to anyway........
So.........where are these great prices from then ?......I need to know.....well at those prices 150 for a cdr.......we all want to know !!!....
also I'd say........when I've done a mix.......it's fine !!........ I dont need any eq. or compression or that stuff.........I want it how I mix it !!.........
all I need is normalisation & compliation in the correct order/ time length.......what I DONT want , is bloody mastering engineers pratting about with my sound !!
I cant understand your logic Avene........first you say that stuff sounds great when you mix it, then the mastering engineer turns it into some pop/thin sounding shite........and at the same time you're advocating applying just the techniques that result in that crap sound......The whole point WHY indie dance sounds so upfront and raw, is precicely due to those reasons.....so that's why a new Prodigy album sounds like a heap of thin crap........cos it's a record company mastered consumer product........also most plants will work happily from DAT.......so you can simply avoid those that will only master from CDR.....
so I dont think it's bollox to say that as an alternative viewpoint, if you believe enuff in your stuff, then maybe it's worth thinking about cutting a 1000 CD run.......after all, cd's are about a tenner retail cheapest......so if you flog 'em at a deep-sea each, then if it's good stuff why shouldnt you sell it ??........sell 1000 at a fiver each & thats 5K to re-invest !!!.....worth thinking about !.....you just have to be disciplined enuff NOT to spend all the money you make in dribs & drabs as it comes in, but to stick some of it aside to pay for the next run etc......worth a thought maybe mr bollox !.......even cheaper for vinyl....lets face it, no ones gonna play a cd in a club huh ??!!.....