Shavano Music Online

    Your CD - Low Volume Production

    http://www.colomar.com/Shavano/your_cd.html

    1 Music CD for $50.00 (US) or 5 Music CDs for $100.00 (US)
    or 1 Spoken Word CD for $25.00(US)

    If you have wanted to turn your recordings into CDs, Shavano Music provides a cost effective way for you to do it. You can send us an Audio Cassette Tape or digital masters of individual songs on 100 meg ZIP drives and we'll convert these into a music CD. We charge $50.00 (US) for the first CD, and $50.00 for the next 4 copies the first CD if you order all 5 at one time.

    Shavano Music accepts recordings in the following formats:

    • High end (CrO2 or better) Stereo Audio Cassettes recorded at 1 7/8 ips.
    • High end (CrO2 or better) Stereo Audio Cassettes recorded at 3 1/2 ips.
    • Digital Audio stored on IBM PC formatted 100 Meg Zip Drives (multiple discs may used to create the finished CD) - WAV files.
    • Digital Audio stored on CD-RW disks - WAV files.
    • Digital Internet Downloads - WAV files.
    We do not accept information stored on DAT tapes or Reel-to-Reel magnetic tape.

    What this includes

    • Jewel Cases
    • Color Inserts (Printed using a Color Epson Ink-Jet printer).
    • Labels on the CDs
    If you provide a photo (hard copy, not a slide or transparency), a LOGO and a title, the CDs will come with that applied. You can also supply your own artwork provided that it is in any of the following formats:
    • GIF files
    • JPEG files
    • BMP files
    • Adobe Photoshop files
    And these are on a separate IBM formatted floppy disk, or is Emailed to us as an attachment. Please include a marked up drawing indicating the layout of the artwork. Keep in mind that any supplied image must cover the CD or insert without requiring it to be rescaled larger - rescaling larger causes images to look very grainy and quite poor. If in doubt, please provide original photos (not transparencies) - We'll scan them.

    We will build any table of contents needed for the CD and print any information that you want, provided it fits on the insert. The insert will be printed on one side, and folded in half. The backside of the insert will remain blank. I suggest that the artists involved autograph this page.

    The CD may contain up to the maximum amount of recordable space (up to 74 minutes in stereo). Some things, such as silence between songs is counted in that available time. Your specific music times may vary depending on the content of the recordings.

    All materials supplied will be returned to you with the CDs. Any artwork created for the CD will be returned with the order on a 3 1/2 inch IBM PC formatted floppy disk.

    What this doesn't include

    Some effort to properly master the music files will occur. The goal will be to adjust the mix for the most even volume levels across songs and clean up any simple noise problems. If your mix is bad, it will not be correctable. If you have serious noise problems, it won't be correctable. If you have distortion on your recordings - it will appear on the CD

    At this price, the expectation on Shavano Musics part is that you, or someone you have worked with has already done the final mix and some attempt has been made to to master the recordings. The final result will be no better than the recordings/data you send.

    Where to start

    If you think you'd like to do this, start by creating your own master recordings. From here, you should be able to refine your skills and techniques to get the best sound possible. See Recording Tips for more ideas.

    How to get your CDs

    Please contact us personally. These are done on a individual basis - not processed in large numbers. If we can't do a good job, we won't do it at all. Start the process by Emailing us at 'jens@colomar.com'.

    Funds to cover the CD creation and mailing expenses must be provided in U.S. funds, drawn on a bank in the United States, or by Money order. No CDroms will be created on credit, all costs must be paid up front. Shipping and handling will vary depending on your location. Costs for 4 or 5 CDs shipped to destinations within the U.S.A. are estimated to be $10.00 (U.S.).

    If you desire to create an additional run of CDs, you should be able to use one of these CDs as a master for most companies who create 1000 or more CDs to order. You may also contact us for further copies of any CD we setup and created for you. Our minimum order for copies is 4 CDs ($15.00 US each) at $60.00 (US), not including Shipping costs. This price does not apply to CDs produced elsewhere.

    We will not reproduce copywrited recordings or copyrited digital information.

    NOTE: Some audio CD players may have problems with the CDs we create. These are typically very early model CD Players. We test each CD created on Sony CD Players to verify sound quality and sound level consistancy with production CDs.

    Spoken Word CD's

    I recently created a CD that was spoken text (sent to me on a tape). This was a group of short phrases (with around 45 seconds of silence between them) that are to be used to teach a pet bird to talk. The goal was to put it on the CD player and leave it looping all day long. If you want to record a similar CD (spoken words only), we will do that for $25.00 for a single CD. The package will be much simpler and contain only a simple text title page on the CD Jewel case and a simple text only title on the CD. If you want to provide many different phrases, these can appear on different tracks (up to 99). Please contact us for details.

    hile you can buy training CDs for your soon to be talking pet birds, this will provide you a way to have them hear the phrases you desire, in any language.

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