When reading through the terms and conditions at your favorite CD and DVD duplication facilitys website, you come across a term you arent familiar with.
All CD duplication projects are done on Red Book standard audio media.
What is the Red Book of audio, what are the media standards it has set, and why is it so important?
The Red Book is one of the nine Rainbow Books, which provide universally agreed on specifications for all types of media. The Red Book provides the standards for audio CDs, also known as CDDA (or Compact Disc Digital Audio). There are also Yellow, Orange, White, Blue, Beige, Green, Purple, and Scarlet books in the Rainbow Book set.
These different colored books provide audio standards for:
Yellow CD-ROM and CD-ROM XA
Orange CD-R and CD-RW
White Video CD
Blue Enhanced CD, CD+G, and CD-Plus
Beige Photo CD
Green CD-I (Interactive)
Purple DDCD (Double Density Compact Disc)
Scarlet SACD (Super Audio CD)
According to the Red Book, a standard CD is 120mm in diameter, 1.2mm thick, and is made up of polycarbonate plastic substrate, one or more thin layers of reflective metal...
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