Burning tracks to Cds

[no_rex4u]

What is the best way to burn tracks to cds?

1 track/cd, 2 tracks?

Wav, Flac. etc...

[makar1]

You can't (realistically) choose between WAV and FLAC. Either you burn an uncompressed Audio CD (WAV quality), or you burn MP3s as a Data CD.

1 track/CD sounds ridiculous to me. I'd burn as many as you can fit onto a disc, and make 2 copies if you are unsure what order you'll want them in.

[xs2man]

As said above. As many tracks as you can squeeze on a CD, and burn 2 of them so you can mix and mash between them. I also use printable CD's and a CD printer for printing track-listings on the cd's.

[no_rex4u]

i was only burning one track/CD, then i quickly ran out of CD's and decided to rethink the burning process

[Patch]

i was only burning one track/CD, then i quickly ran out of CD's and decided to rethink the burning process

Good thinking.

[blueprint]

Search around on youtube for interviews with big name djs and they usually do one release per cd, up to four tracks max.

If you want the bottom line, here's my advice - do that method if you are getting paid for gigs and if you have time for it. Because trust me, that stuff takes time (labeling/printing, burning, and even picking the right cd brand-taiyo yuden) If not, I suggest doing all audio discs with 8-10 tracks max on each disc, and even that gets cumbersome.

In the end, I just use Traktor with control discs and deal with using a laptop (I hate it).

[hest]

I try to get 10 tracks on each disc and keep two copies of each. I always burn at a rather slow speed, x4, but I can't for sure say it's necessary.

[johney]

You can't (realistically) choose between WAV and FLAC. Either you burn an uncompressed Audio CD (WAV quality), or you burn MP3s as a Data CD.

1 track/CD sounds ridiculous to me. I'd burn as many as you can fit onto a disc, and make 2 copies if you are unsure what order you'll want them in.

i burn mp3s to Audio CDs, i think i'm revolutionary

i think around 8 tunes per CD should be the maximum, when you burn more tunes per one, you're starting to limit yourself when mixng (if you don't burn doubles that is) and if you burn less, you quickly run out of cd's and space in the wallet, it's up to you to find the balance.

[xs2man]

It's not just how many tracks you burn per cd, but also what tracks you burn too. I imagine I would probably burn my cd's in Key & genre, so one cd is in one key, and the next in another and so on, but in the same genre. And doubles of each cd also.

[no_rex4u]

ooh i never thought of burning a CD in the same Key,

I always do same genre, and low speeds.