Overview The 150th Psalm contains an invitation to Praise the Lord through music. We are instructed to “praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon […]

As music is sampled at a continuous rate for recording to a CD, a typical CD (700 MB) can contain 80 minutes of audio. Even though many recordable CDs are used for data-type purposes, most people measure record speed in multiples of ‘real time’. 1x record speed means that it takes 80 minutes ot record (burn) 80 minutes of audio. 52x speed means: 80 minutes / 52 = 1.538… minutes.

We get a lot of phone calls about DVD-R because it is a new technology and has been in the news a lot. Here are a few of the most common questions:

Printing and Labeling Q & A

Track-at-once is when the CD burner writes the disc one track at a time. This creates a gap in between tracks. This is caused due to the laser turning on and off during the process. This feature is best used when you know you need gaps in between the tracks. These gaps are 2 seconds in length.

The term DVD can stand for either Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc. Either definition is accepted, though Digital Versatile Disc is more widely used.

Taiyo Yuden invented the CD-R, along with Philips and Sony, on June 13th, 1988. At the time, Taiyo Yuden was the only manufacturer of CD-R media in the world, supplying media to many well-known CD-R distributors. The CD-R was not given the boost it needed until 1992. In that year, CD-ROM drives were introduced into the computer market. At that point, the CD-R market changed from mainly audio applications, to the data market, which because of its quick market expansion gave the CD-R notoriety and market success. As time passed, many Taiwanese manufacturers started to release their own CD-R media, thus resulting in a decrease in prices that continues today. With the market changing rapidly every day, Taiyo Yuden has managed to keep quality their number one issue. Because of this, they continue to be one of the best quality CD-R products in the market today.

Recording and Mastering Q & A

The DSR-DVD D8810 is Microboards’ newest award winning product.