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.

This is a good read about "Red book"

http://blog.fixyourmix.com/2009/what-is-a-red-book-cd-producer-speak/

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.

fooman


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

yes and works great with SF.series and X1pro expanded,you must render first in sonor,not supported on 64 bit systems except under the (x86).
 

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

Cj

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I have put down for X2 Producer. Does anyone know what, if any improvements there are in the CD making features for X2 over previous versions of Sonar?

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.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I have put down for X2 Producer. Does anyone know what, if any improvements there are in the CD making features for X2 over previous versions of Sonar?

Its best to have a dedicated program for burning CD's. Dont count on a sequncer program like sonar to burn, as its not red book. Like it has been stated , CD Arch is a good program for burning cd's

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.

I have used Nero since the begining of time. Before that a Philips CD recorder ( $15 for a blank)
I like that it will verify the burn if you ask, this saves handing out duds.
I agree that it's a little buggy as noted. You drag and drop a folder of songs that are pre numbered and it will always mix them up.