Subject:prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or..?

Posted by: martin7

Date:1/8/2007 9:56:30 AM

Could anyone give me some guidance on the steps from final render in Acid Pro 6 to sending it out for CD duplication. I understand CD architect or Wave Lab contain the functions required - any recommendations?

m7

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or..?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/8/2007 11:42:58 AM

You'd probably want to couple Sound Forge with CD Architect (which actually is free with Sound Forge 8). Sound Forge, like WaveLab from the Borg—err, I mean, Steinberg—allows you to sweeten (or creatively mangle) the audio and get it ready for CD mastering.

I like CD Architect in regards to mastering a CD for duplication simply because it's straightforward.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or..?

Reply by: kbruff

Date:1/9/2007 3:31:14 AM

This may sound weird, but I would recommend using both of them.
Wavelab and Sound Forge both have some unique considerations, which makes them very functional.

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or.

Reply by: martin7

Date:1/9/2007 3:03:43 PM

What does Wave Lab have that SF doesn't? (ie I don't have that much money to spend!)
m7

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or..?

Reply by: jumbuk

Date:1/9/2007 3:29:31 PM

Kbruff, you have too much money to spend!

I would say, learn one application well and use it all the time. For mastering, SF8 does the job, and is much cheaper than Wavelab. Spend the rest of your money on some Waves plugins.

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or..?

Reply by: kbruff

Date:1/10/2007 4:28:18 AM

Waves can take your audio to the graves...
Just kidding, no really I often use both of them all the time,
Sound Forge helps me with my ACID / Vegas projects while
Wavelab does all my editing, mastering and CD arrangement (text, codes and archiving).

I also find that the metering and visualizing of data is better in Wavelab, lastly I have been using Wavelab a lot for batch encoding and renaming samples.

The average user could easily stick with one tool, but I find that having both creates that extra flexibility.

See ya,
Kevin

Pluggin shootouts (blind tests and other objective measures) continue to show that some of the most affordable pluggins are "sounding better" than some of your higher end tools...

check out...
http://www.masseyplugins.com/
http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php

Just to name a few...

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or.

Reply by: martin7

Date:1/10/2007 5:54:47 AM

thanks kbruff - At this point, I've mastered everything in Acid, using Waves eq, limiter, etc. I know I need to arrange for CD. Is that it? Or am I missing a final pass through 'something'?
m7

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or.

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:1/10/2007 11:50:35 AM

If I recall, ACID Pro can burn your project to CD using DAO (Disc-at-Once) for mass production, but you'll have to add CD track markers to your project first.

Also, CD Architect offers a lot more control over your CD before you burn it. (I mean, it wouldn't be called, "CD Architect," otherwise.) :)

When you use CD Architect, you can either browse for mastered files to add to the CD Architect project or use the "export to CD Architect" commands within Sound Forge 8.

Sound Forge 8 coupled with CD Architect 5.2 (which comes free with SF 8) is about equal to the current version of WaveLab.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or.

Reply by: kbruff

Date:1/10/2007 12:09:57 PM

"is about equal" well kind of.
In his case soundforge + CDA will probably work perfectly.

Subject:RE: prep for CD - Wavelab or CD Architect or.

Reply by: martin7

Date:1/10/2007 2:34:04 PM

Guess i'll go SF/CDarchitect then, thanks.
m7