Lard Motel

Dear Mastodon, I'm planning with a label to make an audio CD. I'd like to make this the best it can be - perhaps with bonus data. Can I please ask - Do you have at least ...

#music

A CD drive in a computer?
47.3%
A CD audio player?
38.4%
No CD player at all.
14.3%
Poll ended at .
Feb 20, 2025 at 1:05amWeb
Show threadpubliusFeb 20, 2025

@lardmotel

Hell, I have LaserDisc players that play CDs, and I think I may still have a working Discman somewhere.

Show threadPhantom CircuitFeb 20, 2025

@lardmotel I have, at least, all three but I thought it better not to tick the last one. 🤓

Does the existence of the player matter? Even more so then with vinyl releases, if a download code is provided, the CD is just the "collectible" aspect, perhaps?

I bought my first CD player so I could play 'Rotund for Success' (1989). 👴

Show threadKapitän ClownfeuerFeb 20, 2025
@phantomcircuit @lardmotel Recently bought a "Hi-Fi" so Frau CF could play her awesome collection of CDs, and I even have a Wreck-Horde player so I can play those Big Black round things I find in 2nd Hand shops, and my son informs me that other people still do this too! He's 14, therefore extremely knowledgable ;)
Show threaddj2mnFeb 20, 2025
@rasur @phantomcircuit @lardmotel The trouble with CD players is you have to have an amplifier as well and I just don't have the space (mental or physical) for that any more. I have kept some of the CDs & vinyls that I collected back in the day that had some meaning or resonance at the time, and have a small section of shelving dedicated to them - I call it the museum of 20th Century Artefacts. If civilisation collapses they won't be any use, but I keep them like I keep my childhood teddy bear.
Show threadKapitän ClownfeuerFeb 20, 2025
@dj2mn yeah i just bought her a little compact panasonic thing.. does CD, BT, USB.. Aux.. 60W speakers.. perfectly fine for tunes while cooking, but i'm with you on space.. rip it all onto a NAS and done with it is my excuse
Show threadPhantom CircuitFeb 21, 2025
@rasur @lardmotel recently bought a "Hi-Fi" so Frau CF could play her awesome collection of CDs? That was kind of him! 😜
Show threadKapitän ClownfeuerFeb 21, 2025
@phantomcircuit Crimbo prezzy. We're still trying to find the "Crash For Hi-Fi" CD ;)
Show threadLard MotelFeb 20, 2025
@phantomcircuit
The label is based on CDs so that’s the bottom line, I am looking into CD plus, but that would mean a CD drive and I think even less likely. Thumb drives are more versatile but see first sentence.
Show threadPhantom CircuitFeb 21, 2025

@lardmotel So the important consideration behind your poll question is not whether people have a CD player, but whether the "plus" data aspect is worth pursuing—is that right? That's as opposed to wondering whether a CD release is worth doing.

Does "based on" CDs necessarily *exclude* download options? Audio downloads? Downloading of other data? You could always handle the latter bit from your own server, if needed. But also the ethos of the format matters to you and the label, I know.

Show threadLard MotelFeb 21, 2025
@phantomcircuit I have biases which I need to measure against at least a small sample. My belief has been that CD drives are a niche but it’s a discussion with a label.
Show threadbigiainFeb 22, 2025
@phantomcircuit I would be way more likely to buy whatever this is on cd if I thought it was an exclusive way to get access to special/extra stuff. (Even though I suspect it’d be pirated fairly quickly and available for download somewhere). @lardmotel
Show threadLard MotelFeb 23, 2025
@bigiain @phantomcircuit
You're right that everything will be pirated immediately. A plausible trick is that part of the experience is held on the physical object (e.g. Donut CD). More importantly - the faster and better distributed the item is, the more people will choose to buy it. It needs to be within the impulse.
Show threadblurkFeb 20, 2025
@phantomcircuit @lardmotel I guess the existence does not matter. I occasionally buy physical CDs when the packaging is nice. Then rip them.
Show threadxmanmonkFeb 20, 2025
@lardmotel I checked the box for cd drive in a computer, but mine is an external drive.