• what is ‘on body’ printing?

    • The physical CD can be printed on by specially adapted printers to create a professional finish for your CD copies. In addition, CDs can be specially provided with an already applied ‘base coat’ cover of any colour, on which the ‘on body’ printing is applied. Please contact us to ask what base colours are stocked or can be provided.

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  • what packaging materials are available for CDs and DVDs?

    • As CDs and DVDs are the same size, packaging is common to both formats.
    The following is not an exhaustive list: -

      polypropylene wallets (with and without flaps);
      card wallets (plain or printed);
      CD single jewel case (needs a printed JCARD to provide a professional finish);
      slim line jewel case (needs a printed booklet for a professional finish and available in a variety of colours);
      standard jewel case (needs a printed booklet and an inlay card (under the CD tray) for a professional finish. Trays are available in grey, black or clear);
      digipak;
      clam shell (available in a variety of colours);
      DVD case (available in a variety of colours. DVD cases can be specified with a printed cover and (optionally) with a printed booklet);
      fetish cases (available in a variety of colours);
      etc.

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  • what is a CD-R?

    • A CD-R is a CD where the data on it has been ‘burned’ by a laser. This is the most cost effective way of creating small volumes of CDs as little or no initial set up is required.

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  • what is a CD-ROM?

    • A CD-ROM is a CD where the data on it has been created via pressing using a glass master. This is the most cost effective way of creating large volumes of CDs. Although a glass master has to be created, subsequent pressings are very quick.

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  • whose blank CDs are used to copy my data to?

    • We only use top quality materials from companies such as Taiyo Yuden or Mitsui.

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  • what format of CDs do you support?

 

    • CD-ROM Mode 1, Form 1 (ISO9660, UFS, HFS etc.)
    • Playstation (Developer)
    • CD-XA Mode 2 (Form 1 & 2)
    • CD-DA (Audio - with ISRC, UPC and sub indexes)
    • CD-I (Green Book - CD-Interactive)
    • CD-I Ready
    • Single / Multisession
    • CD-Extra (Blue Book aka Enhanced CD, CD Plus)
    • Video CD (White Book)
    • Track At Once (TAO)
    • Mixed Mode (Mode 1 & 2)
    • Session At Once (SAO)
    • Kodak Photo CD
    • Disc At Once (DAO)
    • DOS/ Windows / MAC / Unix / Linux
    • and more (too many to list)

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  • what volume of copies do you handle?

    • As many or as few as the customer wants.

 

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  • can you master my audio for me before copying?

    • Yes, but at present we cannot offer attended audio mastering sessions.

 

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  • what is mastering and how will it benefit me?

    • The aim of mastering is to produce music that has a clear, smooth, punchy, rhythmic sound with the same level of loudness between all the tracks. It can be as simple as topping and tailing each track or a complex process of remixing and editing. A set of music that has been properly mastered should sound excellent on any playback system.
    However, this is a large subject and the above few sentences cannot do justice to it. There are many good sites on the www that will give you as much detail on the subject as you want!
    Start from our links page and go to the Sound-on-Sound website.

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  • what is the difference between duplication and replication?

    • we use the term “duplication” for the process of copying CDs or DVDs by “burning”  them on a CD/DVD writer and the term “replication” for copying CDs or DVDs by creating a glass master and pressing them;

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  • what format of DVDs do you support?

    • for DVD duplication: -

      DVD Write/Record:

        DVD-R 4.7GB*1, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

      DVD Read Support/Playback:

        DVD-ROM, DVD-Video (Single & Dual layer), DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

    for DVD replication we support all formats of DVD

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