- #DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF ARCHIVE#
- #DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF FULL#
- #DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF SOFTWARE#
- #DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF PROFESSIONAL#
In the early days of CD manufacturing, a CD audio "master" would be sent to the manufacturer, and they would create a glass master from that CD from which all of the copies would be made with.This approach is still used today in many situations. A DDP file allows the producer and mastering engineer to have complete control over all parameters for the CD, therefore it is recommended for critical applications when you have very specific artistic needs for the production. DDP files allow you to set all of the parameters for the CD such as the exact gap between each song, the cross fades and other information.
DDP files are used when sending music to a CD manufacturer (also used for DVD formats). If I was a betting person I’d be backing a digital deliverable in higher resolution.What is a DDP file, and what are the advantages?īy Rob Stewart - Last updated August 7, 2017ĭDP stands for "Disc Description Protocol", a proprietary format developed by DCA, Inc. Like the new Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec for example (very nice by the way).įuture formats are anyone’s guess. And, for example, iTunes Producer will not read ISRCs, UPCs or CD Text … this has to be separately entered on the upload (at least last time I used it).Ĭonstructively, if you want to provide something ‘special’ in terms of mp3s, maybe focus on the quality of the codec. Generally, mp3s aren’t useful as media for uploading to major digital distributors like iTunes anyway since they usually require wave files to be submitted.
#DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF PROFESSIONAL#
If the label and/or the client haven’t asked for the information to be encoded on the mp3s, is there really a need?įWIW, I’ve not come across a deliverable yet that has required mp3s to be encoded with this sort of information.Īlso, how do you extract the encoded information in a report to get the client to sign off on … like the CD report that WL and PlexTools Professional generate … for encoded mp3s? The reason may be that there’s no real ‘need’: mp3 files are provided to the client as a ‘convenience add on’ to the primary deliverable (PMCD, DDP, wave files).
#DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF ARCHIVE#
I don’t see the record labels asking for anything different yet, and many of them use DDP at 44-16 as their master archive format, and still ask for vinyl cutting masters on CDR or DDP (which are not the best sources for vinyl), but I think it’s just a matter of time before somebody makes a new “Master” format as the CD declines.
Maybe someone here has seen discussion about a new upcoming master format, but I’ve yet to run across it. At some point I would think the 44.1 16 bit limitation will go away, and if someone just “has” to make a CDR from their iTunes 48k or 96k 24 bit files, they’ll just have to live with the built-in sample rate and bit depth conversion.
#DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF FULL#
Maybe a DDP-like full length PCM or FLAC file, but at 48k or 96k 24 bit, with full ID3 tag info replacing the current info in the PQDESCR, and probably a checksum. This also got me to wondering what the next “master” format will be after DDP. Maybe Wavelab could add ID3 v2 as an option, not necessarily the complete set of tags, but at least the ISRC and UPC field, so the client would feel like they’re getting something special for their mastering money. I’m not too concerned because I don’t want to make MP3’s anyway, with hundreds of ID3 tags, but for those who do, I would think it would be a concern.
#DDP AUDIO VS ENCODED BWF SOFTWARE#
It seems most mastering software don’t bother with this, leaving some mastering engineers to search out things like Jaikoz. That seems to be the only way to get the ISRC or UPC filled in MP3. I’m not overly concerned with this because most record labels or their distributors have their own procedures in place for making MP3 files and tagging MP3s or AACs from higher res Wav, CD, or DDP “Masters” we supply, but I wonder why most mastering software don’t include full ID3 v2 tagging as specialized taggers like Jaikoz do.
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