SONORIS DDP Creator Pro is a standalone Compact Disc authoring application compatible with virtually any DAW software on the market. DDP Creator allows you to assemble professional Red-Book-compatible audio CDs and supports the import and export of DDP 2.00 images and Cue Sheet (.cue) files. It also enables you to burn and rip audio CDs, as well as send disc images to a replication plant using standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
The Pro version adds even more functionality with a Vinyl Mastering mode, Enhanced CD support for video, image, program files, measurement and loudness normalization of tracks using the ITU-R BS.1770-2 / EBU R128 loudness recommendation, 24-/32-bit file export capability, true-peak metering, DDP encryption, MP3 and AAC encoding with No Clip Technology, and more. The software runs on Windows and Intel Mac computers. An iOS version of the DDP Player is included with support for DropBox for easy DDP file import.
CD Authoring
With DDP Creator, you can assemble a Red-Book-compatible CD by just dropping 16-bit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, or M3U files into the application's workspace, and then setting the track order. You can adjust the spaces between tracks, and audition the final playback sequence by playing back the transition from one track into another. You can edit the PQ points, ISRC, MCN, and CD-Text data. You can also export to a DDP file set, Cue Sheet, or CD file, as well as print a PQ information sheet if needed.
DDP Export
The main feature of the DDP Creator software is the export of a CD project to a DDP 2.00 file set. The industry standard DDP protocol is supported by all major CD-replication plants and ensures error-free transfer and manufacture of your CD master. With this workflow, there is no longer a need to burn a physical master disc with its inherent error-prone nature and the risks that go with that.
DDP Import
Besides the export of DDP files, DDP Creator can also import additional file sets including DDP images made by other software such as Sonic Studio HD, Sadie, Sequoia, and Pyramix. This feature allows you to check on all details of an imported project, including PQ codes, ISRC, MCN, and CD-Text data. You can edit the project, playback tracks, and export to DDP, Cue Sheet, or burn a Red-Book-compatible CD. This workflow ensures the integrity of your DDP masters, no matter what DAW generated them.
Enhanced CD
An Enhanced CD can hold not only audio data but computer data like images, videos, song texts, or program files as well. The DDP Creator supports the extra session as this is the most common and compatible format. When an Enhanced CD is played back in a normal CD player it will play just like any other audio CD. But when this CD is opened on a Windows or Mac computer it will show the data session as an extra drive. With this feature you can open and export Enhanced CD DDP files and CD’s. Adding a data session to an existing DDP fileset is also possible.
Vinyl Mastering
The Vinyl Mastering mode is active as soon as you choose one of the tracks as the start of Side B of your vinyl project. This effectively splits the project into Side A and Side B. A stereo phase-correlation meter appears, and you can use it to prevent any problems in the cutting stage. Exporting the project will result in two audio files: one for each side, in 16-, 24-, or 32-bit WAV, AIFF, or FLAC format. Generate a PDF tracklist to send with the master files to the cutting plant.
DDP Creator Pro Features
- Loudness and peak measurement and loudness normalization of tracks according to the ITU-RBS.1770-2 / EBU R128 loudness recommendation
- Edit CD Text, ISRC, or MCN of an existing DDP without rewriting the DDP image file
- Adjustable gain per track
- Adding fades and crossfades—exponential and S-curve
- Dithering to 16-bit (if needed) with TPDF, HP-TPDF, and three separate noise-shaping flavors
- MP3 and AAC encoding with No Clip Technology to prevent clipping in the encoded file
- Automatic audio file tagging using CD text data
- Enhanced CD support
- Vinyl mastering mode
- Import of CD text with .csv files
- 24-/32-bit file export capability
- Export files with variable naming
- ISRC codes embedded in WAV file following the MPG / EBU standard
- EBU R128 compliant loudness metering
- True-peak metering
- Custom PQ sheet logo
- DDP encryption
All Other Features at a Glance
- Supports import and export of WAV, AIFF, FLAC, M3U files
- 24- and 32-bit file support
- Supports ample rates from 44.1 to 96 kHz
- High-quality sample-rate conversion (with Secret Rabbit Code)
- Reordering of tracks
- Add/edit ISRC, MCN, and CD Text per track and/or for the entire project
- Add/edit track indices, including on the fly during playback
- Playback of individual tracks or entire project
- Adjust and playback transitions between tracks with preroll
- Export DDP 2.00 image files
- Import DDP 1.0x and 2.00 image files
- Cue Sheet (cue) support
- Undo/redo
- Pyramix .pmi CD-image support
- CD Architect .cda CD-image support
- CD Text binary-file import and export
- Audio CD burning
- Audio CD import (ripping)
- Data CD/DVD burning
- MD5 checksum files automatically created
- MD5/CRC checking, compatible with many formats
- MD5 checker (Windows/Mac) executable included in DDP image
- MP3 and AAC encoding up to 320 kbps
- Red Book compliance checking
- PQ Sheet .pdf export with additional project fields
- Safe FTP uploading of DDP images, verifies uploaded data and resumes broken uploads
- Waveform display with zooming
- Edit functionality, move and trim wave objects
- Reading ISRC codes embedded in WAV file following the MPG/EBU standard
- Peak meters
- Automatic updates
- Easy online license activation
- USB-drive-based license activation for offline computers