Archive for the ‘general information’ Category
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
Monday, January 24th, 2022
As we approach the end of January i saw this short reflection and thought it was worth sharing:
Try to take life day by day, so that you don’t become overwhelmed.
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet.
Be grateful for the little things.
Enjoy nature.
And try not to get stressed over things you can’t control.
We’ll help you maintain this with our professional CD, DVD & BLU-RAY duplication.
Real people here to help you with your project every step of the way.
Call or email us for advice:
01702 530354
una@duplicationcentre.co.uk
We look forward to working with you!
Tags: advice, BluRay, CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, help, Helpful HInts, wellbeing
Posted in advice, communication, Customers, general information, helping others, helping you, wellbeing | Comments Off on Vibe of the Week:24th January 2022
Friday, January 7th, 2022
We are very proud to work with Bonnier Books on the production of the Audio CD for the series broadcast on BBC2 called Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer.
These are still available to purchase and are a really funny extended audio version of the days spent fishing together,in various locations in the UK.
Bonnier Books are promoters of great and absorbing audio books .
Its worth having a look at their new titles available in hard copy book format as well as audio cd digpaks.
https://www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/
Tags: audio books, CD Duplication, customers, digipaks, eco friendly, Helpful HInts, Mp3, publish
Posted in audio books, Customers, general information, helping you, Interest | Comments Off on Gone Fishing: 7th January 2022
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Chatting to a customer yesterday made me think about how much we are able to recycle and be eco-friendly, even in our industry which has traditionally been very plastic orientated.
We have promoted all our Eco-friendly products for some years and we only use FSC Certified and Sustainable Card and Paper.
In addition to that we recycle all incoming supplies boxes and use them to double box and protect our outgoing orders.
Our general ethos is to try to recycle anything we can …from bubble bags, & boxes to over-run discs / spoiled discs.
All of this makes sense to protect our environment and makes great business sense too .
Let me know if you have any other ideas that we can adopt ,which maybe i havent thought of !
Email me : una@duplicationcentre.co.uk
Tags: CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, eco friendly, Environment, Helpful HInts, Recycling
Posted in advice, general information, Helping You Decide, Recycling, The Environment | Comments Off on Recycling at Duplication Centre: 8th December 2021
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
Lots of people ask us what is the best way to send content to us for CD & DVD duplication.
The choice is yours; you lose no quality whichever way you decide to send it to us.
You can either send us a hard copy master in the post or upload your files to us here to create a master for you.
We have to have a physical master for the duplication process to work so if you send files to us we create a cd/dvd master from those.
We can create a master disc from WAv Files,ISO,IMG,NRG. DDP or Bin/Cue
If you choose to send your files to us electronically you receive a link from us by email after you check out and this allows you to upload to us by WeTransfer. If you choose this option on check out is costs either £10 or £25 depending on which files you are sending and whether you need metadata adding.
If you are in any doubt or need any help with your order just call us on 01702 530 354, or come onto live chat and we can clarify things for you.
Tags: advice, BluRay, CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, Helpful HInts, Mp3, Technical, technology
Posted in advice, CD Text, general information, Gracenote, Helping You Decide, How To...!, metadata | Comments Off on How To Send us Your Master CD or DVD: 28st October 2021
