Brief Introduction to CD Manufacturing
CD Manufacturing plants all around the world have seen a large fall in demand for their services due to ever improving internet speeds and downloading capabilities. Probably the main industry affected is the music industry which of course has always demanded high volume of CD production. Prior to the ability to download music, pretty much all released was on CD whether it be an album or just a single. Now with the download market place, most singles are downloaded hence reducing the requirement of the physical format.
Many people seem to think this is the end of CD manufacturing requirements altogether but when you look at statistics and all factors involved it is simply the reduced demand needing to meet the actual capacity available. Using the music industry alone as a model, considering how many singles are released each month and prior to download the volume of units pressed and sold of all singles, the volume is quite substantial so when this requirement is removed it is inevitable there becomes a big excess in capacity over demand. Albums are also available as download however the demand for the physical CD is still far greater than the download probably due to consumers feeling better value for money and also to get more than just the music itself.
As a direct result of this fall in demand, many factories around the world have closed which naturally reduces the available capacity towards to actual demand. With album sales still holding strong and no apparent demand for high definition audio to replace the standard audio CD, there is no reason to believe the physical CD is going to disappear altogether anytime in the near future. There have been attempts to offer alternatives such as flash drives but again the consumer chooses the CD.
It is wrong to assume people care less about the quality of products and music they buy now. Of course there are certain genres of music that is aimed at younger people who probably aren’t so concerned but the majority of album sales are by people who want the best available. When you consider it is simple to rip the audio from the CD to your portable player anyway it makes sense to work from the best quality and also retain the best version rather than download an inferior copy due to compression in the first place. Why not have the best of both options rather than pay the same for the lower quality? Artists would not go to such great lengths to be sure of the best recording, best mix and best master if they did not think it would benefit so as long as there is the demand for the best available quality there will be a demand for CD manufacturing.
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