SUMMARY OF SPECIFICATIONS

COMPACT DISC (“CD”) PRODUCTION MASTER:

Master every CD Production Master:

• In DDP 2.0 format
• Single Image File Only
• Must embed UPC and ISRCs
• With CD-Text in “CDTEXT.BIN” format as requested
• Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
• Bit Depth: 16 bit

FILE NAMING CONVENTION

Describe all Production Masters using an easy to follow naming convention, apply it to all files, and if applicable, all folders and any storage media, and use it consistently (i.e. between each production master release format) to connect and identify all deliverables).

Please remember to identify at a minimum where applicable:

• artist
• song title
• production master release format
• audio file format, sample rate & bit-depth
• identify all approved production masters
• File and folder names cannot begin with periods or underscores, or include any special characters such as dashes, spaces, forward slashes, back slashes, accents, or other characters such as &, @, #, *, ?, <, >, “, |, :, etc. 

For CD Production Masters, preferred File Naming Convention for DDP is:

• ArtistName_AlbumTitle_ReleaseFormat_MMDDYY