physical CD tweaks?

[gigatron]

I remember my father saying something in regards to using a green marker on the cd edges to prevent laser escaping and I just did it and it does help.

Actually the cd I tried it on was an overburned 'data' disc (712MB burned on 80min cd), it was a bit hard to read on one of my dvd drives then I did the little trick and boom, it works like a charm. So I was like hmm maybe there are other little tricks of this sort and I came across this webpage:

http://www.tweakaudio.com/Cd%20tweaks.html

Thought this would be interesting to post.

[Sch3mat1c]

Nice joke page.

Tim

[fdegrove]

Hi,

Actually the cd I tried it on was an overburned 'data' disc (712MB burned on 80min cd), it was a bit hard to read on one of my dvd drives then I did the little trick and boom, it works like a charm.

Yup.
That works on any CD and has done so for the past fifteen years or so.Black marker is better still.

Haven't looked at that weblink yet, though.

Cheers,

[SY]

I tried the marker trick on my CD version of "Doom II", and now the caecodaemons are ever so much stronger. But my character moves more fluidly, so there's some recompense.

[Sch3mat1c]

Hey SY, Doom II? Shall I send you a sample of some levels I've made?

Tim

[Peter Daniel]

There was a similar thread before Tweaks for the disc itself

I tried most of the tricks and although they worked, they were not really convenient. And imagine that after attaching Monster Cable dampers and painting the edges green, not to mention sanding them and painting the insides, 200 of your best and treated CDs gets stolen. So these days I use Marigo mat and Blue LED only.
Y B Blue anybody?

[SY]

Tim, yes, absolutely.

A few years ago, when I was designing a game controller, one of my engineers and I put together a level that was a faithful rendition of our company's building. Extra monsters in the President's office, of course.

[mrfeedback]

The discs out of a dead 3 1/2" hard drive make good discs to place on top of the CD before closing the draw.
These are quite heavy and act as a flywheel.
I find this improves audio quality.

Eric.

[mbroker]

Originally posted by SY
A few years ago, when I was designing a game controller, one of my engineers and I put together a level that was a faithful rendition of our company's building. Extra monsters in the President's office, of course.

I attempted to make my highschool into a Doom level. I didn't get too far since once I finally got a good level editor, became familiar with the process, and was able to create several rooms and a stairway, I decided the learning process was what I was really after and creating all those square rooms was just too tedious. Can't wait to get my new PC so I can get started on Enter the Matrix and Half-Life 2 (when it comes out)....

Originally posted by mrfeedback
The discs out of a dead 3 1/2" hard drive make good discs to place on top of the CD before closing the draw.
These are quite heavy and act as a flywheel.
I find this improves audio quality.

Reducing jitter at the source. How do you center the platter on the CD and keep it centered? Some of the pricey Sony ES CD players used to come with a similar mass, though AFAIR it was just a 1"D x .38" turned aluminum rod.

Mark

[fdegrove]

Hi,

These are quite heavy and act as a flywheel.

It's a little added mass and damping you want, NOT a flywheel effect.

Cheers,