what WILL work??

[supercat]

I believe our web site is clear on this point. We only certify Microstudio to do CDG duplications with our CD-Recorder drives. We can't certify anything for any other drives. Period. We use to do that, and we found WAY TOO MANY folks that bought even the same drive we were buying, testing (rejecting the failures) and shipping where having problems.

I think I understand what you're saying, but you're not being clear. Let me see if I can say it better.

There are two issues when writing karaoke disks: (1) whether the drive can be commanded to create the proper pattern of pits and lands on the disk, and (2) whether it can create that pattern of pits and lands accurately enough that common CD+G players will be able to read it.

For various technical reasons, the CD+G format requires much greater precision in pit/land placement for reliable operation than do other formats (CD-audio, CD-data, etc.) In their quest to minimize cost, many manufacturers accept manufacturing variations which do not affect operation of other storage modes, but cause problems with CD+G disks.

Am I understanding those issues correctly? If so, feel free to borrow any of the text above into an FAQ since I think it might help make clear legitimate reasons for you to only certify your own drives.

Now for a question of my own: I've read about Yamaha's new CRW-F1 drive and am interested in its "Disk T@2" feature. The drive claims superior accuracy of pit/land placement in its "audio master" mode. Have you looked at all at such drives, or have you been overly soured by past experiences with Yamaha?

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