There are dedicated audio CD-R and CD-RWs and these are optimally designed for audio data.
Please note many low-end CD players cannot read CD-RW discs as an additional laser is needed which increases the cost. These make excellent test discs to help you perfect a CD. There is a limited number of times this may be done, but it is very large (in the thousands). This means that once a track has been written it cannot be changed.ĬD-RW - These can be written to and then erased at a later time. Please note the total duration listed in the main windows includes this pause but the individual song times does not.ĬD-R - These are the most common and can only be written to once. You can change this value on the main burn dialogue and you can set a value from 0 upwards. Do not try to overburn CD-RWs as we have had cases where this renders the CD-RW unusable.īy default there is a pause of 2 seconds between each track. Generally less than 1 minute of overburning is possible.
The amount is highly variable and specific to the brand of CD-R. There is the ability to overburn a CD-R where you write more than the rated amount onto the CD. There is a limit of 99 tracks for an audio CD. This represents the total play time of all tracks on the CD. Most audio CDs are either 74 minutes or 80 minutes in length with some 90 minute CDs of limited availability. Audio Tab - Audio CD Overview Audio CD Sizing
