Archive for the ‘general information’ Category
Monday, June 13th, 2022
We are very keen to promote all our card products and are always trying to find ways of recycling wherever we can.
Our industry was traditionally very plastic orientated but over the years we have moved to create our own bespoke card products, having die cut templates made with UK printers in order to produce really high quality packaging for your CDs and DVDs . I think this is key, we haven’t brought in card products that are in any way inferior to the traditional plastic options.
Our card is responsibily sourced and FSC Certified as sustainable….and very high GSM…so the single card wallets, the lancing packs and double card wallets are all 350 gsm…lovely and thick and professional to the touch and print, as well as being very protective for your discs. They are all silk finish.
Tags: advice, CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, eco friendly, Recycling
Posted in Eco-friendly, general information, Helping You Decide, Recycling, The Environment | Comments Off on Eco-Friendly Products: 13th June 2022
Thursday, May 19th, 2022
Apart from our in house duplication services, we also offer CD & DVD replication which we outsource to an amazing company in the Czech Republic.
We have worked with them for nearly 20 years bringing professional high quality replication to our customers.
If you are not sure of the difference between the two processes we have details in our FAQ on this but some of the main differences are: quantities each process excels at, the speed of turnaround, price and most importantly the process used to put your art and content on to the discs.
https://www.duplicationcentre.co.uk/faq.html
Duplication offers fast turnaround (24 hour), digital printing and burning of content from quantities of 1-1000 , whereas replication will only print 500+ quantities and is done using a glass master which stamps the data on to the disc.This takes 10-15 working days.
Brexit did initially give us a few headaches with importing but we have this all in hand now as we pay the customs fees as soon as we know the order is in the UK.
If you need 500 + discs and have time on your side give us a call or have a look at the prices on our site.
https://www.replicationcentre.co.uk/
Tags: CD Duplication, CD Replication, DVD Duplication, DVD Replication, Helpful HInts, technology
Posted in advice, general information, printing | Comments Off on CD & DVD Replication: 19th May 2022
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
When the CD information or CD text is displayed on a computer, the information is coming from an online database. The database is usually Gracenote (the more common) or AllMusic.
The Gracenote database serves CD information to: Apple Music, WinAmp, Quintessential Media Player, and Finder (Mac OS). The AllMusic database serves CD information to: Windows Media Player, Rhapsody, and Real Music Player.
Registration on these databases must be completed by you for CD information/text to display.
You can find further information on how to submit your CD on the below links.
Gracenote Database
AllMusic Database
Tags: advice, cd text, gracenote, Helpful HInts, Technical
Posted in advice, CD Text, general information, helping you | Comments Off on CD Text / Metadata: 22nd April 2022
Thursday, April 7th, 2022
We are finding that more and more, selling your CD’s in hard copy at live venues and gigs of any kind, is a vital source of income for artists.
For musicians it is usually just audio CD that they sell, but an idea worth considering is a live DVD as well.
Not many bands sell DVDs at music gigs and would be a very different and exciting piece of merchandise.
You can have a DVD in a single card wallet …just like a CD…so it is no more expensive to produce here..just few pence more for the disc.
You can get an instant price here:
https://www.duplicationcentre.co.uk/prices.html
Or you can call and chat to us for help and advice on 01702 530354.
We look forward to speaking to you.
Tags: advice, CD Duplication, DVD, DVD Duplication, Helpful HInts, live music, Music, selling
Posted in advice, Customers, general information, helping you, live music, Make some money, music, Secrets to selling, Selling Your Music | Comments Off on Selling Your CD’s and DVD’s: 7th April 2022
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
We offer both soft ( electronic) and hard copy proofs to you, free of charge.
Some customers just want to visualise or in the case of a hard copy, see the quality of their order and how it will actually look when printed.
So for example this customer wanted to see the colour match of his disc to the digipak:
It can be the case that printed parts will not exactly match the colour of the same colour upload, when its printed on a disc…just the fact that they are printed on different mediums can affect the tone of the colour sometimes.
In the case of a hard copy proof we print 2 copies and hold 1 here as a control and post the other to you by Royal Mail.
You then have the option to approve straight away if you are happy with the print or to alter it by uploading new artwork to us.
We will always work with you to get the best result possible for your order.
Not everyone wants or needs this so if you do, just need to mention that you would like this in the notes (which is a free field text section) as you check out.
We have all sorts of other advice in our artwork section here:
https://www.duplicationcentre.co.uk/artwork.html
Or you can call us on 01702 530354 and we will be happy to help you.
Tags: advice, artwork, CD artwork, CD Duplication, Design Tips, Helpful HInts, printing
Posted in advice, Artwork, Customers, general information, helping you | Comments Off on Proofing Your Artwork: 30th March 2022
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Revive Innovations are a start up company in Bristol .
They produce a new signature material called RE-CD which uses our waste discs to produce a new beautiful & robust material.
This is then manufactured using common workshop tools and processes into peices of furniture, jewellery and many other products. Production has low emissions and products are repairable and reprocessable.
The finish on products is sanded and polished to either a matt or gloss finish.
It is made from 100% recycled discs whether they are Cds, Dvds or Blu-Ray.
The physical properties of RE-CD is durable, hardwearing and temperature resistant.
The end product is a unique sustainable composite material.
Have a look …what they are doing there is amazing!
www.reviveinnovations.design
Tags: CD, DVD, eco friendly, Environment, Recycling, technology
Posted in general information, helping others, New Technology, Recycling, The Environment | Comments Off on Recycling Our Waste Discs: 9th March 2022
Monday, February 28th, 2022
We are delighted, in fact over the moon, to partner with Revive Innovations to recycle our waste discs.
For a long time we have struggled to find a viable long term way of recycling discs.
We build up unwanted discs when, for example a machine does a “bad” print or our burners reject a disc.
Over time these mount up and apart from a few small projects, we have never found anywhere to recycle these on a longterm basis.
More news next week on Revive Innovations and the new life breathed in to our rejected discs.
Tags: CD, DVD, eco friendly, Environment, help, Recycling
Posted in general information, helping others, New Technology, Recycling, The Environment | Comments Off on Recycling Our Waste Discs: 28th February 2022
