Home CD recorders

Douglas R. Allen

Douglas R. Allen

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Jan 11, 2011
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I have a Philps Home Audio CD recorder. With it I use Fostex D1624 and D824 recorders for 24 track recordings using the Adat out on my Yamaha 01v96.
At home I go adat out on the fostex recorders to adat in and do the mix down then go Coaxial digital out on the yamaha (44.100/16 bit) into my Philps cd recorder. Just home recordings.
My normal Music CD's I purchase in my area no longer contain the Serial Copy Management System in them. So of course they no longer work in my recorder.
I'm looking for a source for Music CD's with the SCMS code on them. They should say for Home Audio Recording on them.
Or I'm looking for Memorex MUSIC CD-RW cds, 700mb/80 min/4X speed. If you have one kicking around let me know.
Any ideas as to where I can find these?

Thanks
Douglas R. Allen
 
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Douglas R. Allen said:
I have a Philps Home Audio CD recorder. With it I use Fostex D1624 and D824 recorders for 24 track recordings using the Adat out on my Yamaha 01v96.
At home I go adat out on the fostex recorders to adat in and do the mix down then go Coaxial digital out on the yamaha (44.100/16 bit) into my Philps cd recorder. Just home recordings.
My normal Music CD's I purchase in my area no longer contain the Serial Copy Management System in them. So of course they no longer work in my recorder.
I'm looking for a source for Music CD's with the SCMS code on them. They should say for Home Audio Recording on them.
Or I'm looking for Memorex MUSIC CD-RW cds, 700mb/80 min/4X speed. If you have one kicking around let me know.
Any ideas as to where I can find these?

Thanks
Douglas R. Allen
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Honestly, if you are doing anything more than a CD here and there, buying a pro level recorder that does not require SCMS enabled discs will pay for itself very quickly.
That said, you can also try this, it worked with my old Phillips recorder and was a common "bootleggers" tip when home CD recording was just getting popular:
Insert an SCMS disc, let the recorder read it, and then press "record" but don't hit the start/play button yet. Manually open the CD tray (a paper clip in that tiny hole under the tray in the manual/ emergency eject. Swap in a regular CDR. Record away, you have now fooled the machine. Literally and figuratively. :)
Of course, I was doing this at least ten if not twelve years ago, so there may have been updates put into the Phillips machines to prevent doing this.
 
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I'd look on eBay or Craigslist for some other CD recorder that doesn't require those kind of CDs, or get one of those 'all in one' recorder/mixer things that uses regular CD-Rs.

I feel like CDs in general are going away soon, so I expect it to become more and more difficult to find rare CD recordable media.

If you have a desktop computer, I'd just record into Audacity and burn the .wav file, or encode to mp3. Many desktop computers have coaxial in, and if not, almost any $100 USB interface will.

And, in most cases, the CD is going to end up on the computer anyway.

PS- I just got one of those Alesis Masterlink insane CD recorders with a 40GB hard drive for...you guessed it...free. :lol:8)~8-)~:cool: (I feel so bad saying that, I'd give it to you if I didn't need it).
 
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Jason Dermer said:
Honestly, if you are doing anything more than a CD here and there, buying a pro level recorder that does not require SCMS enabled discs will pay for itself very quickly.
That said, you can also try this, it worked with my old Phillips recorder and was a common "bootleggers" tip when home CD recording was just getting popular:
Insert an SCMS disc, let the recorder read it, and then press "record" but don't hit the start/play button yet. Manually open the CD tray (a paper clip in that tiny hole under the tray in the manual/ emergency eject. Swap in a regular CDR. Record away, you have now fooled the machine. Literally and figuratively. :)
Of course, I was doing this at least ten if not twelve years ago, so there may have been updates put into the Phillips machines to prevent doing this.
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Thanks! That worked like a charm! My player is 13 years old.
Errr Emmm. Of course I would never do that and not pay my SCUM fee.. :lol:

Douglas R. Allen
 
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