Did you burn or press your CDs/DVDs?

Our CDs / DVDs are really pressed!

So these are not CD or DVD blanks but real pressed CDs from the glass master.

What is the difference between burned and pressed CDs / DVDs?

The serious difference between a burned and a pressed CD lies in both the manufacturing process and the quality of the CD. With a pressed CD, a so-called glass master is created during studio recordings. All of these depressions that will later appear on the CD are precisely inserted into the glass master as small humps. The glass master later serves as the actual pressing tool in the pressing plant during production. Very fine granules are then pressed into an injection mold, which hardens immediately. In order to turn this small disc into a silver CD, it is metallized using a chemical process with aluminum and then painted.

So-called blank discs are used to make a CD-R. These are then provided with the depressions by a laser, which are burned into this blank. The information or data is only on the surface of the CD. Strong exposure to light can damage the data on a burned CD. With a pressed CD, on the other hand, the data is physically imprinted. A pressed CD or DVD lasts up to 30 years and is very resistant to very high or very low temperatures, dirt or scratches. The quality of music reproduction depends on the quality of the blank discs and the burners. If you work at speeds that are too high, the small depressions turn into egg-like holes, which can then no longer be read clearly.

For editions of 250 or more, it also proves to be uneconomical to reproduce the CDs or DVDs using a burner.

A pressed CD is of course much more impressive than a burned blank CD and represents your band in a professional manner. Bands that have a claim to professionalism and quality should have the CDs pressed - best with us ;)