Pro Tools All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies
Chapter One
Putting
Your Music on CD
In This Chapter
Understanding CD burning
Finding the right CD-Rs
Burning your first CD
Preparing your CDs for duplication
Finding a CD duplicator
One of the coolest things about audio recording nowadays is that you
can create music in your home and put it on the same medium that
the biggest record companies use. When I started as a recording engineer,
the best you could do was put your music on cassette for other people to
listen to. Pressing vinyl was expensive. But now anyone with a computer,
a CD burner, and a few inexpensive CD-Rs can put his or her music on the
same format as all the best albums in the record store. You gotta love it!
In this chapter, you explore how to make CDs of your music. You discover
the best CD-Rs to buy, and you get a chance to burn a CD. You also find out
how to submit your mastered CD to a company that can mass-produce your
music and make it ready to sell. A ... read full excerpt from Pro Tools All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies ebook
