Replication is another way of saying manufacturing or pressing. This is NOT taking a blank and burning the data onto the disc.

Replication involves using a glass master. So there is a fair amount of diagnostic work that goes into a project to ensure that glass masters are going to produce discs that behave in the same way as the provided masters. This is what is meant by a “workable” master, meaning a master that allows for a successful glass master. All masters must go through a three-stage diagnostic process each increasingly thorough and all masters must pass diagnostics before a glass master will be made.

A standard glass master requires approx 6 – 8 hours to produce from start to finish. Then it also is tested against the source master to ensure that stampers from that glass master will match the master in every way.

And the once the glass master is made, then stampers are created to press out the discs on state of the art manufacturing and molding machines.

And then finally once pressed and verified, the discs are printed or rather silk-screen printed directly on top of the disc.

This is why you can not get manufactured discs in a day or two. There are many steps and processes that must be complete and verified before the first disc can be pressed. Plus you’re stepping into a production schedule where many titles are already in front of you by the time you have decided you’re ready to go.

Its nothing personal, its just the nature of the manufacturing process. We will work with you to minimize any hold ups in the process and once a project is ready to get started – its started. Since you want your discs to look as good as they can and sound or function as perfectly as they can, you don’t want a manufacturer skipping steps to make up for a truncated production schedule.

The general process of making an audio CD, enhanced CD, CD-Plus, CD-V, or a CD-ROM disc are identical. The masters provided in their respective formats ensures what’s on the resulting replicated discs.

The process of making a DVD is similar in general ways but a DVD is actually two discs adhered together – nothing that you have to know other than you provide your content on a disc or a DLT and we can take over from there.