Blank Media

[Musicman51]

I would like to know which brand of blank cd's everyone is having the best results using with Microstudio? I personally have tried them all, including the media that mtu suggest and sells. I don't notice any, or little difference in any of the different brands. I am not having any media problems. I was just wondering. I generally purchase whats on sale. I am currently using Philips blank CD's, $5.49 for 50 of them. They work as good as my Maxell, and Verbatim. I think media preparation is the key. Whats everyone using? George

[ddouglass]

George, Music quality discs is the ones I use, because they have more permanency. The data versions have been known to fade out (if that is the right term) after time. I have had good luck with Maxell and Sony.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

George, Music quality discs is the ones I use, because they have more permanency. The data versions have been known to fade out (if that is the right term) after time. I have had good luck with Maxell and Sony.

i have been using Maxell for a while now, (music cd ).which is kinda hard to come by, i have tried verbatim ( colored disc ) and i found out that when i used a black ( blank disc ) to burn ( copy ) a cdg and tried to re-import it my cd/dvd drive took a while to read the disc, and sometimes it wont even read it..

[Musicman51]

"music quality discs" ???
Dale are you refering to the "Music" or sometimes called "Audio" discs? Put out by memorex, maxell, sony and others?
Dale, i have used these "type" of discs for 15 years. I am not sure if you are aware what these discs actually are. The term "music quality" kinda threw me off. The word "music" on these discs does not refer to their quality, rather it refers to their format, or intended use.

Years ago, Philips created the home cd recorder. These were units that looked like a dual drawer cd player except they could record cd's from cassettes, cd's, and other audio sources. These machines were produced by philips, later, JVC, Sony, Harmon Kardon and a couple of other companies. Of course to make yet another buck off the consumer, they made their own disc format to work with just these machines. Much like the companies did for DVD. The home recorder "music" or sometimes also called "audio" disc will work also on a computer, but not the other way around.

I never found these disc superior to the "data" computer discs we all use today. These "Music" or "Audio" format disc are rather expensive if memory serves me right. I am surprised these things are still available. The "music" or "audio" home recorders aren't around much anymore.

I still have one, and have owned several throughout the years, although i seldom use it anymore. Glad to hear they are working out so well for you. I think i still have a stack of these somewhere around my studio, i will dig them out, and give them a try. Thanks for this information. George

Here are a photo of my old Philips recorder, and my Harmon Kardon recorder.

[ddouglass]

The way I understand it from what I have found is that the Data grade disc (plain) do not have as good of a coating on them and will fail within 4 -5 years (I have had this happen too) where the "Music" discs are more permanent with a thicker coating that does not breakdown as quickly.
Anyway I used the Memorex, Maxell, and Sony all without any problems. But then my KMA files are my back and not on discs. I used to make copies to use in shows before we went with Hoster, but do not bother now since my originals stay pristine.

[billyo]

i have a TDK dual tray 4x digital audio cd recorder DA-3826 i bought about 6 yrs. ago and i used this for recording, and it's true this recorder wont work on data cd, it had to be a music cd...and i also used to used this playing cdg's a while back , i had to plugged in a cdg decoder in order for it to read cdg's