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Get your practice recordings on
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Drawbacks? (compared to tapes)
Not many:
The only real drawback is that, for some users, you will only be able to use CDs
that are 'write once only'.
Unlike a cassette tape,
when you have put down a whole collection of songs on a CD, the CD must then be
'finalised' before you can play it in an ordinary CD-player. No further recording is
possible on that disc.
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HOWEVER!! We can also make 'Re-Writable CDs' (that behave just like a cassette - You CAN wipe them over and record again many times,
and 'add' tracks to them)
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
These Re-Writable CDs are marked
'CD-RW' - ('RW' meaning Re-Writable) but with DIGITAL AUDIO'
written on them. They
are burnt/ made in the stand-alone unit I have at home.
***NOTE:
BUT They may not play in your player at home. I can lend you one to try out
first before you buy one.
If we can get this kind of Re-Writable CD
to work for you, then they are the most practical -- I can record your backing
tracks straight onto them in class, and add tracks easily too, as the weeks
go along!)
They
are a little more expensive than other types of CD.
(Not because the technology is any different
or better, but because the music industry demanded that a 'bounty' be put on
them to off-set the loss of royalties that would ensue if people used this
technology to copy legit music CDs!!) |
CD-RW
DIGITAL
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A Good brand
to look for:
usually available at:
Dick Smiths and
JB-HIFI stores)
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recordable CD types:
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I hear you cry: 'I have seen all these 'blank CDs' in the shops. But
there are all different sorts with different labels.
Should you ever be going shopping for
recordable / re-recordable CDs then here is a little tutor on what the
different types are all used for, and their benefits and drawbacks:
(Note that the term 'writable' and 'recordable' mean pretty much the same
thing)
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Somewhere on all the CDs you buy, including ordinary music CDs, you should
see this little logo >>>> |
CD |
| Other information is added to this that will tell you what type of CD it
is and what it can be used for: |
1. Ordinary
MUSIC CDs you buy to listen to, with music already on them, will have this
label on them
NOTE the additional words 'Digital Audio'
(meaning they contain recorded music) >>>> |
CD-Digital Audio |
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labelled 'CD-R' will have this label on them. (The 'R' is for
'Recordable') They are the cheapest form
of writable CD. They can only be written on in a computer. They are 'record once', and
they play just like an ordinary music CD in pretty much all CD players
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CD-R |
| 3. CDs
labelled 'CD-RW' will have this label on them. (The 'RW' is for
'Re-Writable') They can only be recorded on a computer, but you can
erase them and record them again just like cassette-tape. They play just like an ordinary music CD in
most modern CD players
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CD-RW |
4. CDs labelled
'CD-R' but with the addition of the words 'DIGITAL AUDIO' again.. These are
write-once, (more expensive than CD-R and CD-RW)
and are not recorded on the computer.
You use a
separate unit, that will look somewhat like an ordinary CD player,
(like the one I use) >>>> |
CD-R DIGITAL |
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