Creating Disc-at-Once (DAO) CDs

Tools Menu

From the Tools menu, choose Burn Disc-at-Once Audio CD to burn a disc-at-once CD using the current CD layout.

Use DAO CDs when you need to create a master disc for mass replication.

Sound Forge Pro tip OverviewWhen creating DAO CDs, right-click the ruler or Time Display window and choose Audio CD Time from the shortcut menu. In Audio CD Time format, the ruler will display hh:mm:ss:ff (hours:minutes:seconds:frames). Audio CD time uses a frame rate of 75 fps.

Next, choose Quantize to Frames from the Options menu to ensure that any edits you make will occur on frame boundaries.

If your first track region begins before 00:00:02:00, a timeline offset is automatically added so the first track begins at exactly two seconds. This offset is added for burning only and is not reflected in the data window.

If you want to display track numbers in the Time Display window, right-click the Time Display window and choose CD Track Position from the shortcut menu. In this mode, the Time Display will show track numbers and the running time for each track. Negative values indicate the pause time before a track:
Sound Forge Pro timedisplaycdtracks Overview


What do you want to do?

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewCreate and edit tracks for a disc-at-once CD

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewUse the CD layout bar

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewEdit pause time for a disc-at-once CD

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewUse the Track List window to arrange tracks

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewCopy, export, or print your track list

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewAdd CD text to a disc-at-once CD

Sound Forge Pro button OverviewBurn a disc-at-once CD

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