[linux-audio-user] pmcd app

Brad Fuller brad at sonaural.com
Tue Jan 31 22:03:19 EST 2006


Sylvain Robitaille wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Lee Revell wrote:
>
>> What in the hell is PMCD?
>
> It seems to be (though today was the first I ever heard of it myself):
>
>      * PMCD: is an acronym for a "Pre Master CD", when used for the
>        manufacturing or replication of CD's. The "Master" in which is
>        referred, in manufacturing terms is a "Glass Master"
> (http://www.asimusic.com/mastering.html)
>
> It doesn't seem to me that any specific software is required, so much
> as specific conditions be met when creating the CD.
>
Hmm.. I don't know.  I know that some plants only accept PMCDs. They 
make the glass masters from it.
Sony's CD-Architect can output PMCD, so I was trying to find more info 
on it and any Linux sw.

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