October 11th, 2019
In the growing age of Streaming Music & TV services by companies like Spotify, Amazon, Netflix & YouTube we have seen very little change in the purchase of Hard Copy CD’s ,DVD’s & Blu-Rays here at Duplication Centre.
At a concert in London last year we chatted to the members of Accousic Alchemy after their set at Pizza Express Dean Street.
Did you know how little the artists make when you download or listen to them via streaming…its appauling…..next to nothing!!…so we bought one of their cds and they signed it for us …that’s the way to show your appreciation to musicians!!
We encourage you to still do the same….build up your collection in hard copy as well as digital download…..buy a hard copy at a festival or gig or music shop and lets really support musicians!
Tags: BluRay, CD, CD Duplication, CD Mass Production, customers, digital download, DVD, hard copy, Helpful HInts, Mp3, Music, publish, selling, selling online, spotify, streaming, support musicians, Technical, Technical Discussion, youtube
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October 4th, 2019
It’s nearly two years now since we moved our phone lines from a Call Centre, to taking your calls directly here at our office and production rooms.
This has meant better and quicker service for our customers who can get speak to experienced and knowledgeable staff straight away .
We have found this more hands on approach in the company has led to us getting to know our customers needs and requirements more, and so provide an even faster response when you most need help .
We love to advise and help with new customer enquiries sharing our wealth of experience with you to help you get the right product.
Call us on 01702 530354 and let us help you with your CD, DVD or Blu-Ray duplication
Or visit the web-site for live chat and general information in our FAQ & Weekly Blog.
Tags: advice, artwork, BluRay, CD, chat, customers, duplication, DVD, expertise, Helpful HInts, Music, Technical Discussion
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September 27th, 2019
Merchandising is a great way to contribute to your funds!!
Whether it be from DVD’s and BluyRay with the Season Review of Premiership Football or Solo Artist CD’s we always use professional discs, printed parts and cases so your product is the best it can be for your audience.
Our packers take great care to make sure your CD’s/DVD’s or BluRay are presented as best they can be.
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Merchandising: 27th September 2019
September 20th, 2019
Here at Duplication Centre we offer the fastest service of any in the industry.
We have 24 hour turnaround and in some instances if you talk to us…faster than that.
We always try to help customers if they get in a tight spot 🙂
It’s always worth giving us a call …if we can help we will; sometimes customers will come and collect their orders directly from us to save time.
Give us a call if you need help or advice.
Tags: call us, cds, duplication, DVD, Fast production, help, Helpful HInts, helping customers, Music, selling, Technical, turnaround
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September 13th, 2019
However hard you try, in production of orders we do sometimes have spoilt print or rejected burns from our machines.
That means we have unusable discs, which we always try to recycle in some way.
Just one wonderful use for a recycled CD/DVD !!
Tags: Blu-Ray, CD, CD Duplication, duplication, DVD, DVD Duplication, eco friendly, Environment, Recycling
Posted in The Environment | Comments Off on Recycling Discs: 13th September 2019
September 6th, 2019
Just a little practical help for you with posting out your CD’s and DVD’s; especially if you might be considering selling via social media or your own website.
Always use a Mailite or Jiffy bubble bag for protection if you have chosen to use Standard or Slimline Jewell case or a Plastic DVD Case. If you don’t they are likely to get broken and it will cost you more to replace the case for your customer.
Card cases obviously don’t break but can bend and of course the disc inside can break …so they still need protection.
Either use a bubble bag or stiff card envelope.
For Royal Mail this takes you into the “Large Letter ” pricing category so dont be tempted to just stick a small stamp on!!! They won’t deliver it if you get it wrong!!
The actual price of the stamp depends on the weight of the contents but when you are sending just 1 unit it will usually be in the first category (up to 100g) or possibly just into the second.
Don’t forget to cost the price of the postage into the price you charge your customer….it all adds up!!
You can check your pricing here:
https://www.royalmail.com/price-finder
Tags: cds, delivery, dvd's, packaging, posting, Royal Mail, selling, selling online
Posted in Customers, How To...!, Secrets to selling, Selling Your Music | Comments Off on Sending CD’s and DVD’s in the post: 6th September 2019
August 30th, 2019
Every now and then we have art submitted for orders that really catches our eye!
Take a look at these card wallets:
Use our free artwork creator tool and the card wallet template in our artwork section to create your card wallet.
https://www.duplicationcentre.co.uk/artwork.html
Tags: artwork, cardwallet, CD, DVD
Posted in Customers, Design, Selling Your Music, The Environment | Comments Off on Incredible Art: 30th August 2019
August 22nd, 2019
Back Pain Instructional DVD
Whilst posting on Social Media I reflected on the huge diverstity of customers we have at Duplication Centre.
Its fantastic that we can work with so many interesting customers:
Instructional DVD’s for a whole host of topics: Fishing,Pilates, Back Pain Cure, Painting, Guitar tuition…. to name but a few.
CDs for School, CDs for both Solo Artists and Bands, Gospel Music, Prayer Casts, Self Help CDs, Mediation CD’s, Blank DVD’s for Photographers & Videographers,Theatre Prodcutions,University Graduation Ceremonies, Buskers, Fund raising/charity CDs.
Each project has its own special interest and purpose and makes our work both interesting and fulfilling.
Call us if you need help or advice with your project or get an instant quotation online:
https://www.duplicationcentre.co.uk/prices.html
Tags: artwork, CD, CD Duplication, customers, diversity, DVD, DVD Duplication, Helpful HInts, Music, selling
Posted in Charity, Customers, Design, Helping You Decide, music, Secrets to selling, Selling Your Music | Comments Off on Love The Diversity: 22nd August 2019
August 12th, 2019
This is the third and final article by Mark Smith our Director of Technology here at Duplication Centre; helping you to understand some of the terminology and abbreviations used in the industry.
Audio Files:
Unlike the disc image formats above, these are just individual audio files used by computers. They require ‘Authoring’ to a disc. Authoring a CD means taking the audio (in any of the formats) and writing it into a format and structure a simple CD player can understand and play
WAV
These are high quality audio files, very similar to standard CD-Audio. This is a very common format used in recording studios .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV
AIFF
AIFF is practically identical to WAV, but this format was developed by Apple in the late 80’s. Another very common format in recording studios.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Interchange_File_Format
MP3
This is a digital music format created for sending audio over the internet. The great attraction of the MP3 format is its ability to compress files, allowing them to use much less space. Technically lower quality than the above audio formats, but not really in any noticeable way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3
FLAC
The Free Lossless Audio Codec. This is a newer format which is able to compress audio to take up space just like an MP3, but does so in a ‘lossless’ way. This means the audio quality should not be degraded in any way, but the file size will be noticeably smaller. A useful format that has only seen uptake in technical and audiophile community.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC
Video Files:
This section may appear a bit short, but I had to draw the line somewhere. There are a very large number of video formats that have existed over the years, far too many to discuss here. In practice there are 2 very common ones.
All video formats will require ‘Authoring’ to make a standard DVD-Video disc (OR a Blu-Ray-Video disc) to be player in a standard player. Simply burning a video file on a disc will not necessarily allow it to play in a standard player.
MP4
A modern high quality video format widely used in consumer and professional markets.
MOV
Another modern high quality video format widely used in consumer and professional markets. Developed by Apple.
Tags: Aiff, audio files, duplication, FLAC, MOV, Mp3, MP4, Technical Discussion, technology, video files, wav
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July 16th, 2019
This article is the second in our series to help you understand some of the terminology used in the duplication process
Artwork Files:
Beware, we are now moving into the area of artwork and the word image no linger relates to a disc image! When talking about artwork, and image is simply a picture, a graphic or photograph
PDF
PDF stands for “portable document format.” Adobe Systems designed this format, which has become the standard for exchanging electronic documents. Its a very complex and powerful format used extensively in artwork design and printing, perfect for supplying your artwork supporting the other artwork formats below, as well as special print formats, colours and vector graphics.
JPEG, TIFF, and PNG
These image formats are ideal for photos and similar images containing many colours offering good quality and acceptable sizes are possible. The quality / file size of a jpeg can be altered through the use of compression.
The three formats all vary slightly in the way they apply compression to the images, each with its own advantages. For printing its best to keep the compression at a minimum so the files are larger and better quality.
PSD
This format is only used by the graphics programs Photoshop. The files are generally large and contain lots of additional information and layers which are not needed for print. The complexity of the files make them perfect for editing and designing, BUT not ideal for printing. You should save your artwork to PDF or JPEG when ready to submit for printing.
To learn more about artwork formats this article is a good place to start, offering beginner guides to the various types: Further information on artwork formats.
Tags: artwork, CD Duplication, design, Design Tips, duplication, files formats, jpeg, pdf, png, printing, psd, Technical, tiff
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