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Petrus · 25th January 2012

I do not quite understand why the program used to master the disk (place track markers and add CD-text) should be able to do anything than that, plus spit out a DDP? Certainly it is easier and more precise to use a real DAW to make one big CD file first.

My workflow: edit and compile and master in Reaper in 24/88.2 or 24/96 into a full CD length wav file. Use iZotope in Sample Manager to convert that into 16/44.1. Place markers and add CD-text in Wave Editor, export DDP. This ensures that the mastering program (sometimes I use CD Architect also for home burned CD-Rs) does nothing to the audio.

25th January 2012	#12
Petrus Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Espoo Finland Posts: 868	I do not quite understand why the program used to master the disk (place track markers and add CD-text) should be able to do anything than that, plus spit out a DDP? Certainly it is easier and more precise to use a real DAW to make one big CD file first. My workflow: edit and compile and master in Reaper in 24/88.2 or 24/96 into a full CD length wav file. Use iZotope in Sample Manager to convert that into 16/44.1. Place markers and add CD-text in Wave Editor, export DDP. This ensures that the mastering program (sometimes I use CD Architect also for home burned CD-Rs) does nothing to the audio.