CD Production
Replicat offer a wide variety of CD Production services and options from standard 120mm discs to 80mm miniatures - perfect for promotions.
All CDs manufactured by Replicat are pressed from a glass master, printed on and supplied either in bulk or packaged for Australian and global distribution.
Looking to get a large number of audio CDs pressed for a social event or as commercial handouts?
Or a bulk load of audio/rom hybrid discs produced and plastic sleeve packaged for magazine covers?
Or perhaps CD production for your independent band or movie soundtrack?
Replicat are the award winning industry standard in CD production - both in Australia and around the globe.
Offering an enormous array of high quality, low cost professional CD production services, Replicat is your business' one-stop-shop for all things compact disc: whether it be CD pressing, cd replication or packaging manufacture.
What is CD Production?
Commonly used to describe the "pressing" of CDs, CD production refers to the process of creating a compact disc from scratch - with contents added during the manufacturing process.
Ostensibly, the CD production process is fairly simple: the data from the "source" disc is transferred to a glass master, which is then used to create a metal "stamper", which is then loaded onto the moulding machines and copies of the CD are literally "stamped" out of plastic. These plastic discs are then cleaned, coated with molten aluminium and a protective laquer is added and hardened by UV light. Finally, the whole disc is silk screened for protection and printed on, ready to be added to the packaging! Simple right?
The alternative method to CD production is "CD Duplication" - or simply "copying" the data from one CD to a pre-bought blank. Although this method is less expensive and has a faster turn-around, the chance of error is increased significantly and the discs produced can't be relied upon to play in every CD player. Replications, on the other hand, are exact copies of the original and therefore offer no real barriers to entry, other than cost and the increased setup time.
Replicat have acted as CD Production experts on thousands of runs in Australia and around the globe - on projects for musicians, film makers, corporates and individuals. Contact us today for more information on CD Production or any other of our wide variety of services!
