How to Burn CD [Red book]

Hey! y'all. It's time to mix down a project and master it, and i want to hear the results on as many different systems as i can before i commit to a final mix, so want to make a CD that i can pop into any CD player. It has been a long time since i have made a CD and so i want some advice on the best way to do it. Does Sonar X1 Producer have CD burning functions? If not, can i do Red Book CDs from say... Microsoft media player? Or what do you recommend? I've searched using key words burn , CD , Red Book, and got nothing. Thanks.

CD Architect by Sound forge owned by SONY

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/cdarchitect

Cakewalk's pyro Audio Creator is not bad for this function and it allows you to use VST effects from your Sonar library. Only problem is that Cakewalk hasn't upgraded it for a few years, but the $20 is not bad. 

Wookiee


CD Architect by Sound forge owned by SONY

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/cdarchitect

+10000000000000

I have CD Architect. Does Sony still develop this? Very good app.

I've looked at CD Architect several times.  I have other programs for mastering, audio editing, etc.  When I get ready to burn the CD, I've already added whatever VST's, mixing, etc.  All I need is a program to burn the CD, and Nero does that for me.

QuadCore


Hey! y'all. It's time to mix down a project and master it, and i want to hear the results on as many different systems as i can before i commit to a final mix, so want to make a CD that i can pop into any CD player. It has been a long time since i have made a CD and so i want some advice on the best way to do it. Does Sonar X1 Producer have CD burning functions? If not, can i do Red Book CDs from say... Microsoft media player? Or what do you recommend? I've searched using key words burn , CD , Red Book, and got nothing. Thanks.

jb101


Sonar Producer does have a burn function (menu - utilities - burn CD), but it would be better done with an external utility.
 
In Sonar you can only burn CDs Track-At-Once CDs, not Disc-At-Once.  I use CyberLink PowerToGo.
 
Here's an article that mentions Sonar's burning ability:
 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul08/articles/sonarworkshop_0708.htm
 
Hope that helps.

Since I'm a little bit old school I still prefer using SoundForge 8,there is 9,10 but I find SF8 has these least amont of usage on the resources and does a very fine job.I did render and do one in Sonorx1 expanded,and with all the pro channel toys(yes I bought them all) and still found SF8 easier and faster,and does come with a full array of tools needed for mastering.(especially if you  have done most in X1.

CD architect is one that i would chose. You also need another program to error check it.

Cj

No improvements have been announced for CD burning in X2. SONAR's built-in CD-burn feature isn't recommended for final burning, just for quick test CDs.

Almost any CD-burning program is capable of creating a Red Book CD, but some make it easier than others. Nero will do it, as noted above. I used Nero for years, but it had some annoying quirks that eventually drove me away from it. Nowadays I use CD Architect, and as much as I despise Sony as a company I have to admit that CDA's the best application I've found for burning audio CDs.

Nero has a problem with song titles that its had for as long as I can remember (current version has it too) that it will split a two word title when dragging to the burn windows.  e.g. if the song title is "Big Man", it will put Man in the Song Title field and Big in the artist name field.

I've looked at CD Architect (I have a demo copy of the latest version) and I can't find anything in it that will allow burning to multiple drives at one time.  I have a bank of 5 CD/DVD burner drives and can burn 5 discs at a time with Nero.

What are the advantages of disk-at-once v track-at-once (or the other way around)?

Sony says this:
~~~
Disc-at-Once should be used primarily with recording audio discs. Disc-at-Once is designed to eliminate the 2 second gap that is between the audio tracks on an original audio CD after it is recorded. If you choose the Disc-at-Once feature during the recording process, the final copied CD will not have the 2 second gap in between tracks and the music will be continual play. Not all CD recorders support Disk-at-Once. Track-at-Once can be used for both data and audio discs. Track-at-Once keeps the 2 second gap between the audio tracks. When recording in Disc-at-Once mode the laser on the drive stays on continuously while during the Track-at-Once mode recording, the laser will turn off and on in between the tracks.
~~~
In another source, I read that you should not use Track at Once if you are sending the CD off for manufacture because there could be clicks between tracks.  If that is correct, then the whole CD should be assembler in Sonar or in another tool with the gaps (or lack of gaps) between songs however you want them, and then the CD should be written as Disc-at-Once.

Jerhew


I've been considering CDA myself...but can it burn to multiple drives at once? I've done numerous searches to find an app that'll do Red Book/multi drives to no avail. I built 4 dvd burners into my DAW so I can burn in quantity if need be...so far...let's just say I have 3 spare drives :)

No. Its able to burn a gold master cd  that can be sent to a replication plant for replication. But CDA cannot burn multiple disk at one time.
Its used to make masters and error checked referecne cd's, for the most part.
 
Cj

From the SONAR Power! book series...

"TAO versus DAO
If you plan to have your CD duplicated professionally, you should have all your audio files together and burned to CD all in one session using DAO burning. This method of burning writes and closes a CD in one operation without turning the CD burning laser on and off between CD tracks. If you use TAO burning, the CD burning laser is turned on and off between tracks to create “links” between them. These “links” will show up as errors when the disc manufacturer tries to create a master disc from your CD-R disc."

Best,
Scott

--
Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

Scott, Thanks for the additional information.