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Palpatine

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Hello,

I've been using pc cd burners for years, but I've never had one of the audio cd burners. I'm buying one for my church, so I have a few general questions about them. I'm considering something like the Philips CDR775.

Do you record a session to memory and then burn it to cd, or is it a direct burn?

What type of input jacks are there? Do they come with any RCA inputs?

Could you record from any device such as a tape deck or mixing board?

I appreciate any knowledge you can give me. If anyone knows some helpful sites, please point me to them.

Thanks.
 
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Shudder

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Jesus doesn't like musical piracy.

I'm guessing they do track-at-once so you'd do a bunch of mini-sessions and swap out CDs, etc.

And do they do real-source 1x burning nowadays? I won't mess with the standard burning machines so I don't know exactly.
 
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Workin'

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<< Do you record a session to memory and then burn it to cd, or is it a direct burn? >>

Direct to CD.

<< What type of input jacks are there? Do they come with any RCA inputs? >>

Usually analog jacks only (i.e., RCA-type).

<< Could you record from any device such as a tape deck or mixing board? >>

As long as the device has a line-level analog output, yes.

Other info:
You can only burn on blank &quot;Audio&quot; CD's using this type of component. That means that your blank media will cost a little more than blank data CD's. You can make bit-perfect copies of existing music CD's. Stand-alone recorders are somewhat less flexible than PC-based recorders, but whether you need that flexibility or not depends on your needs.
 
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Goosemaster

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Since no one wants to help, here we go:

Actually, I set up a setup like this for my uncle ,A PASTor...what a coincidence....

anyways, the cdrecordable drive is just like a floppy or a zip drive, in cd form.
For inputs or outputs, what you want is a SOUND card with imputs. Since you seem new, i'll take the liberty of explaining to you. Most every peripheral in your pc is in card form. The sound card is the device that gives the computer the ability to work with sound. Some sound cards are better than others, and include extras. The Sound Blaster live or the Hercules game theater XP both have a &quot;breakout box,&quot; a little device that goes in one of ouside slots , like where your cdrom drive is. This device handles various inputs and outs, from DAT to RCA to Optical on some models. The Cdrw drive , like I said, is more of a media accessing module more than a sound machine. When put together, both devices can make for a good recording studio or audio editing machine.


For more info, and the locations of the best prices...mail me lherrera@cox.rr.com :D:cool:
 
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Palpatine

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Thanks for all the good info Workin'.

I wanted to get a regular pc cd burner, but their pc was too lame to handle a cd burner. There wasn't even enough disk space to hold a cd image.
 
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Workin'

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<< Sound City sometimes has good deals. >>

They do indeed. I've ordered 2 things from them in the past, both times the products were so poorly packaged it looked like they went through the washing machine on their way to the shredder. But the products weren't damaged.

Never heard of Vanns...

There's always Crutchfield! Probably the best service available, but you do pay for it. Although ocassionally they have some pretty good specials.
 
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