I think it's because I used to work in the CD Duplication business, or it's because I have friends that are musicians, but I do get asked a lot what the difference is between short run cd duplication and cd replication.
If you are producing a short run of cd's, say 10 to 500 then you are going to want CD duplication. This is where the manufacturing company burns copies of your original cd using either a tower of burners or a robotic cd duplication machine.
These CDs are just duplicated from your master and made one by one, they will have the visible burn area on the bottom. You can still have cds duplicated with labels or printing on the top. You can also still get all the fancy packaging that you want, tray inserts, different cases, sleeves, inserts whatever you need.
Once you cross that 500 threshold you begin to cross the line between duplication and replication. Usually not until you hit 1000 CDs does it become a better financial decision though.
CD Replication is where they make a glass master of your CD and then manufacture the CDs just like any other recording artist. The CDs don't have the burn line on the bottom cause they weren't recorded, they were manufactured.
AdvanceDiscs can handle all your short run cd duplication in Canada and ship to anywhere. They have good prices, a good turn around time and produce great packaging.
Most musicians trying to get their first run of cd's start there. You can also get some posters and other promotional materials at the same time.
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