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12.8.3 Make a Disc Image
Publishing your project might require a disc-image file. For instance, sending your Project to a
professional CD duplicator might require digital transmission of the content of your CD, rather
than sending a potentially imperfect physical copy. Also, you may wish to use a different
application to burn your CDs, in which case you need an image file. There are many file
formats for disc images, some better suited to audio-CD creation than others. Studio One uses
a continuous audio Wave file and a cue file to achieve the most universal support.
To create an image of your Project, click on the Make Image button at the top of the Project
page. This will create a cue file and a single, continuous Wave file of your entire Project and
will place them in your Project folder. The cue file contains all of the necessary information to
create the separate audio tracks for your CD by referencing the continuous Wave file. Many
third-party CD-burning applications can create a CD using the Wave and cue files together.
12.8.4 DDP Export
DDP images are quickly becoming the standard method of getting a disc image from
mastering to disc manufacturing. The DDP image contains all the contents of your master disc,
plus formatting information that ensures your replicas will exactly match your master. To
create a DDP image of your Project, click on the DDP button at the top of the Project page.
All of the DDP image data will be exported to a single folder with the name of the Project
appended with "DDP." This folder can be delivered to a duplicator.
12.8.5 Digital Release
It is possible to publish your Project to a single folder containing all Tracks in your Project,
properly tagged with the appropriate meta-information. A common use for this would be to
quickly create an MP3 album in one folder and then upload it to a Web site or online retailer
for distribution. This process is similar to creating a mix on the Song page, as described in the
Create a Mix section of the "Mix" chapter.
Click on the Release button at the top of the Project page to open the Digital Release menu. In
this menu, you can choose whether you want to create WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, or MP3 files,
and where you wish to store the files. You can also choose a sample rate and a resolution (bit
rate), depending on the format.
The folder to which all new files are written will be named according to the Disk field in the
Project meta-information at the top of the Track Column. The name of each Track in the Track
column is used for the name of the new files created. In the Options section of this menu, you
can include Track numbers and the artist name in the name of each new file to be created in
the album. All other meta-information supplied for each Track will be used to tag the new files
appropriately.
You can also do a real-time mixdown for the digital release.
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