Hey guys! Thank you for stopping by and watching the video! A small correction: at 05:16, the symbol after "ISRC" should be "=" not "|". So it should be "ISRC=1234567890". If you want to read a more in-depth tutorial about DDP files making and CD specifications, you can check out my blog post: tinyurl.com/makeddp You can download the REAPER DDP template there too!
@@JamesZhan YAH thanks for posting about it - another quick question: How do I credit the producer on my album - its a EDM/pop album where I wrote the chords and melodies and lyrics - but the producer did all of the instrumentation and track building so its a very notable artistic contribution and want to make sure to credit him properly - would ARRANGER= be the appropriate tag - or SONGWRITER= , or could I put PRODUCER= ?
@@JamesZhan could you help me understand two things, please? I'm trying to figure out if adding both UPC and EAN to album metadata will result in any sort of error, or they both can simply be there? The other thing is about the MESSAGE attribute: is it a good place to store information about the label?
@@erwinmagielda Yeah I don't think it would be a good idea to add two barcodes for the album. You are better off picking one. You should be able to add some brief info on the MESSAGE attribute. Keep it short though. I can't recall if there's a character limit.
Fantastic tutorial, I made some DDP's with reaper before and remembered it as quite annoying so I was not too stoked about making a new master as DDP (the music I record rarely gets put on CD, more commonly Vinyl or Tape). This is a great tutorial, short guide that just works. I was gonna point out the missing = in the example in the video but I see you pinned that already. I'd like to add that reaper also can play the ddp image file so that you can actually check it proper before sending it off, just drag the IMAGE.DAT into reaper and it will show with meta data and be playable. subbed
Important note. If your CD manufacturer doesn't accept marker data or you don't need or want to include this stuff per track, you must at least have the # sign in the marker description otherwise reaper will ignore it and you'll get a ddp file that is one track the length of your album. The end of disc marker must have the @ sign in it as a minimum, and the start mark is the ! sign. Also you can get a free ddp very basic 'player' that will open the DDP file. That's one of the more scary things about DDP in that no one has a ddp player in their car or on their phone. it's just a scary file that could say anything, and you could send off to production with errors in it.
Amazing video my friend. So clear, so precise and so effective!! I'd never even heard of DDP till a few days ago when my CD manufacturer asked for the masters in DDP format and I was sitting here scratching my head, haha. Thank you so much.
Reaper works well as a two-track editor? I'm not surprised. Reaper gets a lot of love from a lot of other pro engineers in my circles. I'll try this. There are no great 2-track editors out there for any platform. I have tried every one of them. Forever, I used Bias Peak to make .sd2f files Jam Image files. I dropped in regions, named the tracks, and then I imported and and burned the images in Toast to send off for duplication. It was SO easy, and insanely accurate to use. Then, BIAS-Inc disappeared. Their ghostly website still sells Peak. They ask some ridiculous $148 price for a Peak 6 license, and they offer zero support. They're freakin nuts. Pleased to meet you! I wish every tutorial on RUclips was as short and valuable as your video is here. New sub! Thank you! Have a fantastic day!
@@schoepsms It does, and the dev has been supporting it for 30+ years. I kinda want to buy it just to support his dedication, and I'll probably buy a Reaper license, too. Jam, Toast & Peak were the bomb, though. Final mastering used to be fun for me, and now it's a pain. FWIW, Toast still kicks ass for final assembly, and if you're looking to turn in a burned CD-R to the dupe plant, Toast can't be beat. It has fades, crossfades, and supports AU plugins too. If you can work without looking at waveforms, it's great, and it does have meters. Load your track files, set your final levels, fades and gaps, lay in ISRC, UPC & Text items, and you're off to the races. Toast burns Red Book Audio. Good stuff. Not ruined yet 😂 Cheers! Pleased to meet you!
This is exactly why I made this tutorial. Everyone says get HOFA DDP Maker. It does have more functionalities and it is easier, but many people might just need to do this once, and for that, Reaper is perfect for this!
Thank you for one of the few truly informative and useful RUclips videos out there. Well made also, by the way! Just one question: Why when rendering do you choose "Full Speed Offline"? Isn 't it safer to go with slower speeds, even at "x1"? Because when I burn CDs to send to some third person to make the DDPs, they always tell me to burn them at "x1" speed if possible, to avoid any digital errors. Doesn 't this apply to rendering from Reaper also?
James, you rule! Fantastic video! My question is, what is the proper way to add a second COMPOSER to the metadata? Do I separate each COMPOSER by "|COMPOSER=" or ?
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Hey guys! Thank you for stopping by and watching the video! A small correction: at 05:16, the symbol after "ISRC" should be "=" not "|". So it should be "ISRC=1234567890".
If you want to read a more in-depth tutorial about DDP files making and CD specifications, you can check out my blog post: tinyurl.com/makeddp
You can download the REAPER DDP template there too!
I was wondering about it, thanks for the info and great tutorial!
Yup, I tought so :) Anyway, thanks for the video tutorial !
omg so glad i saw this! Was scrolling for clarity - thanks for it!
@@katiekrawczyk3804 Glad you saw it! haha
@@JamesZhan YAH thanks for posting about it - another quick question: How do I credit the producer on my album - its a EDM/pop album where I wrote the chords and melodies and lyrics - but the producer did all of the instrumentation and track building so its a very notable artistic contribution and want to make sure to credit him properly - would ARRANGER= be the appropriate tag - or SONGWRITER= , or could I put PRODUCER= ?
So many mastering tutorials on RUclips, but nobody talks about preparing masters for distribution. Thanks!
It's an important step!
This was exactly the tutorial I needed and was presented in a clear and simple way. Thank you so much James for sharing your knowledge with us!
I come back to this tutorial whenever I need a DDP made. It's by far the best one you'll be able to find! Thank you James.
Great to hear that!
@@JamesZhan could you help me understand two things, please? I'm trying to figure out if adding both UPC and EAN to album metadata will result in any sort of error, or they both can simply be there? The other thing is about the MESSAGE attribute: is it a good place to store information about the label?
@@erwinmagielda Yeah I don't think it would be a good idea to add two barcodes for the album. You are better off picking one. You should be able to add some brief info on the MESSAGE attribute. Keep it short though. I can't recall if there's a character limit.
@@JamesZhan thank you again!
This wasn’t even anything I was needing to do but I still enjoyed it and learned a lot. Great tutorial!
Glad to hear!
Fantastic tutorial, I made some DDP's with reaper before and remembered it as quite annoying so I was not too stoked about making a new master as DDP (the music I record rarely gets put on CD, more commonly Vinyl or Tape). This is a great tutorial, short guide that just works. I was gonna point out the missing = in the example in the video but I see you pinned that already.
I'd like to add that reaper also can play the ddp image file so that you can actually check it proper before sending it off, just drag the IMAGE.DAT into reaper and it will show with meta data and be playable.
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Such a good tutorial, minimal hand holding, just all the information I needed and quickly. Thank you!
Important note. If your CD manufacturer doesn't accept marker data or you don't need or want to include this stuff per track, you must at least have the # sign in the marker description otherwise reaper will ignore it and you'll get a ddp file that is one track the length of your album. The end of disc marker must have the @ sign in it as a minimum, and the start mark is the ! sign.
Also you can get a free ddp very basic 'player' that will open the DDP file. That's one of the more scary things about DDP in that no one has a ddp player in their car or on their phone. it's just a scary file that could say anything, and you could send off to production with errors in it.
Man, this video is SO valuable! Thank you for doing this. It’s exactly what I needed right at this precise moment.
Glad you found it helpful!
Awesome! Thanks a lot! Next time, the beers will be on me!
I can't thank you enough! This was so kind of you
man i am sending my album to manufacturer last minute and completely forgot about dpp, you're a lifesaver, thanks!
Very Helpful, thanks a lot !
Thanks a million for this perfect tutorial!
This was so helpful. Especially with the template. Well done.
Super helpful! Thanks a lot!
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks James. Liked & Subscribed!
Most excellent ! thank you so much.
you did a wonderful job with this, James. Thank you!
man, you really are GOAT!!! Thanks again!!!
Thanx. Worked like a charm!
Thank youuu!
This is so great. Reaper just keeps delivering for me.
Excellent! Thank you! You made two middle aged men very happy today :)
Man you rock! Straight to the point, very pro video shooting.. What else could we dream of?! Thanks a million!
Amazing, thank you!
Thanks for this tutorial !!
James thanks, this is really concise and well done.
Really saved the day for me. Thanks so much James. I really appreciate you taking the time to do this.
Lukas
You are amazing... Thank you so much.
Added to favourites. Great tutorial!
Thanks! Very useful
Hey James, you are a genius I was searching for this in all the web tks a lot
Amazing video my friend. So clear, so precise and so effective!! I'd never even heard of DDP till a few days ago when my CD manufacturer asked for the masters in DDP format and I was sitting here scratching my head, haha. Thank you so much.
awesome! Thank you!
best tutorial available today. You are a life saver, bro
Glad you find it helpful!
James, thanks for the video!!!! Great
You are welcome!
That was an absolutely excellent tutorial. Hell yea buddy thank you.
clear and v helpful
very helpful, did it for my new album, 18 songs, maybe 30-60 mins work! easy, thank you!
Many thanks !
You are super great! many thanks!
Thanks a million, easy, quick and clear tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for.
Awesome Tutorial man... So easy to follow and worked perfectly. Thanks so much.
Life saver! Thanks a bunch! :)
Reaper works well as a two-track editor? I'm not surprised. Reaper gets a lot of love from a lot of other pro engineers in my circles. I'll try this. There are no great 2-track editors out there for any platform. I have tried every one of them. Forever, I used Bias Peak to make .sd2f files Jam Image files. I dropped in regions, named the tracks, and then I imported and and burned the images in Toast to send off for duplication. It was SO easy, and insanely accurate to use. Then, BIAS-Inc disappeared. Their ghostly website still sells Peak. They ask some ridiculous $148 price for a Peak 6 license, and they offer zero support. They're freakin nuts.
Pleased to meet you! I wish every tutorial on RUclips was as short and valuable as your video is here. New sub! Thank you! Have a fantastic day!
DSP Quattro is a two track editor and can create DDP files. It's $100 and worth the convenience.
@@schoepsms It does, and the dev has been supporting it for 30+ years. I kinda want to buy it just to support his dedication, and I'll probably buy a Reaper license, too. Jam, Toast & Peak were the bomb, though. Final mastering used to be fun for me, and now it's a pain. FWIW, Toast still kicks ass for final assembly, and if you're looking to turn in a burned CD-R to the dupe plant, Toast can't be beat. It has fades, crossfades, and supports AU plugins too. If you can work without looking at waveforms, it's great, and it does have meters. Load your track files, set your final levels, fades and gaps, lay in ISRC, UPC & Text items, and you're off to the races. Toast burns Red Book Audio. Good stuff. Not ruined yet 😂 Cheers! Pleased to meet you!
thank you for this!
Very helpful bro! 😊
Thank you so so so much!!!!
Thank you!
Made a succesful DDP master using your tutorial, thanks so much!
So glad to hear that! Congrats!
Thanks James... brilliant tutorial. Earned my subscription in a heartbeat. Cheers!
Thank you!
Hero! Thank you so much!
this is such a lifesaver. everything else i saw said i needed to spend a ton of money to do this. thank you so much!!
This is exactly why I made this tutorial. Everyone says get HOFA DDP Maker. It does have more functionalities and it is easier, but many people might just need to do this once, and for that, Reaper is perfect for this!
Excellent! Thank you! Great tutorial!
Thanks for the excellent and concise tutorial!
Thanks a lot James, this was very clear and helpfull!!!
Hey!!! Thanks so much!!!
Thank you for this tutorial. It was exactly what I needed.
thanks for this video. I refer to it everytime I have to make a DDP...
👏thank you my guy!
You're a HERO!😄
This is amazingly helpful, thank you!
Thank you! Great job!
That was perfect! Thank you so much! Life saver! You have angel energy
thank you very much man!
hey there James, great video here - most helpful - many thanks
Damn mate you're a hero. Most useful tutorial video I have ever used in my life.
AMAZING!!!!
Very good instructions! Thank you!
James, you're amazing. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Super, thank you so much. Where I get a ISRC code if the album is self produced?
Thank you! Great tutorial, very helpful!
You are welcome!
Excellent job, James! Thanks a lot!
This is much appreciated brother, thank you!
Extremely helpful!! Thank you so much
Awesome thanks so much.
Just posted a video on it! ruclips.net/video/FSqX4bt9to4/видео.htmlsi=ZCU8BG-toWwNcJLu studio one is included :)
A superb tutorial presented brilliantly. Great job!
Wow thank you so much
Thank you for one of the few truly informative and useful RUclips videos out there. Well made also, by the way!
Just one question: Why when rendering do you choose "Full Speed Offline"? Isn 't it safer to go with slower speeds, even at "x1"? Because when I burn CDs to send to some third person to make the DDPs, they always tell me to burn them at "x1" speed if possible, to avoid any digital errors. Doesn 't this apply to rendering from Reaper also?
You just saved my day! Thanks for instruction!
Thanks!
Great stuff mate. Very helpful thanks.
You are welcome! Glad it helped!
really grateful for this tutorial mate 🙏 really helped me out in a pinch!
This is so useful, thanks mate
James, you rule! Fantastic video! My question is, what is the proper way to add a second COMPOSER to the metadata? Do I separate each COMPOSER by "|COMPOSER=" or ?
prolly just wiht a semicolon or comma
Great Job man. Thx a lot. Exactly what I searching for
You just saved me so much money my guy 🎉
Ever so helpful - Thanks!
Great content! Thanks for sharing it!
Really helpful man great job!! 👍
Thanks very much. Clear, to the point, fun to watch and listen to you, and thanks for the blog ref. and for the template - very useful.
Glad to hear!
Thank you for this! Cheers!
THANKS!
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Glad you think so! You are welcome ☺️
This is pure gold, thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
Thank you very much! Just spent some time watching this video and testing! It was GREAT!
Good to hear man!
Thanks James! Life saver
Hi James, Life saver dude! Top!