| Some people make audio recordings of their church | | | | can replicate the music onto a glass master and press |
| choir and want to share the sounds with friend and | | | | the music into the compact discs/ dvds, or they can |
| family, and every member of the choir. They want | | | | digitally transfer the music onto a cd / dvd using |
| to have the compact disc (CD) or in some cases | | | | state of the art industrial duplicators. The packaging |
| DVD duplicated by a professional, and get a label | | | | selected for each option is different too, but the end |
| placed on it that will commemorate the event in | | | | result will be a digitally recorded song that is |
| some small way. | | | | beautifully done, printed and packaged. |
| There are many duplication businesses that will be | | | | Many people will also duplicate their DVD collections |
| happy to transfer files onto compact discs and dvds, | | | | because they do not want the originals scratched or |
| and edit the contents so that it fits on the disc. | | | | broken from continual use. They will take their DVD |
| These services are not offered when compact discs | | | | collections to a DVD duplication service with a short |
| are replicated because the product is in the | | | | turn around time who will have copies made of their |
| conception stage and the replication services stick | | | | collection. The copies will be professionally done but |
| strictly to creating masters and pressing out originals, | | | | are not the quality grade that is found in a DVD that |
| and professionally printing images on CD's. They also | | | | would be sold at a music store. HOwever, more and |
| professionally package the product and shrink wrap it | | | | more businesses now offer commercial quality DVD |
| so it can be placed on store shelves ready for | | | | duplication services to the genral public. |
| customers to purchase. | | | | The artwork for the CD and DVD duplication process |
| Other people have a large collection of songs that | | | | will normally be done using inkjet printers. The |
| they have created on their own talent, and many of | | | | customer can choose if they want peel off labels |
| these people want to send them to record | | | | that contain photographs that were printed by a |
| producers in the hope of being heard. Sending a cd or | | | | home printer or if they present the required artwork |
| dvd that is hand made and labeled with black marker | | | | they can usually get the duplication business to print |
| sounds and looks totally unprofessional. To get a | | | | to the DVD at time of pressing. The client makes the |
| break in the music industry, it is important to present | | | | decision on the artwork, and the style of lettering, |
| a professional product and people will choose to get | | | | and the end product is printed off on a digital printer |
| their music duplicated onto Cd or DVD by a | | | | and transferred to the cd or dvd when it is |
| professional. | | | | duplicated. |
| A professional can offer the artist two choices. They | | | | |