I have become hooked on getting a quality CD recording of ME playing my grand piano at home. This piano is located in my den with wall-to-wall carpeting with piano in corner. I like to play lounge type music (bar room soft and slow background type music - current and new music); a good relaxing activity if the ROCKETS lose. I have learned a lot about recording on my own in the last 6-8 months but want to further improve. I have one CD recorded so far with requests for more. Let me know if you share my interests and have suggestions for improved recording quality OR how to improve burning multiple CD's with labels for distribution. Also I presently give these CD's away to family but would like to know legal aspects of recording for sale purposes or for using to promote myself. I am using the following system, it takes about $2M minimum to get the required equipment in my opinion: MARANTZ CDR-500 CD Recorder CD Player (the newest model which has 2 CD drives, one for input and one for burning copies at 30 min/CD) with volume control. About a $1000 BERINGER EURORACK, MX602A Mixer with volume control, about $250 BARCUS-BERRY Microphone with volume control, about $150 BERINGER MICROPHONE with STAND, about $300 I recorded my first CD with just the Barcus Berry mike attached directly to the soundboard of the piano; and the quality was pretty good but no stereo effect. Since then I purchased the MIKE and obtained GREAT STEREO with the MIKE positioned over the soundboard on the base side of the keyboard and the BARCUS BERRY mike mounted on the soundboard on the treble side of the keyboard. I adjusted the mixer for all base on the MIKE and all TREBLE on the BARCUS BERRY. The I maximized the power for all so I just missed getting distortion. Any help, interest, advice on where to find help on the internet; I can't find it - everyone assumes your born a professional on this topic! On problem I have is printing CD labels - what a PAIN!!! I'm using MEDIA FACE, about $18. One last request - is there a web site where you can get free photos/art for use on CD'S? Everything I find has poor resolution or is not allowed to be copied on CD's? Thanks!
I'm not sure you realize how HUGE a question you asked. They've filled entire books with answers to your questions! Drop me an email sometime and I'll give you any info you want.
I saw some really good advice: Look for a used CD printer on EBAY. It may cost $200-500 but It'd be worth it. A quick search turned up this, and this Not really. I'd consider paying like $20-30 for one of those Broderbund 'Click Art' collections. A lot of the stuff there would be unusable, but there are some cool old sci-fi images and some nice jpegs. Add a little photoshop magic and I'd bet you could come up with some decent stuff. Really, that's about the only place that I've found any license free stuff that I'd even think of using for less than $100.
Yes, It does. They're usualy modified EPSON printers. They have feed trays that are sized for a CD, And they print directly on the CD.
