The Aussie Magazine "Silicon Chip" has in the November 2007 issue an article "Your Own Home recording Studio", pp 10-17.
Learn how to produce audio CDs for musos at a fraction of the cost of a recording studio.


Incidentally there is also Part 1 of a 2 part (continued in the next month) construction project "Playback Adaptor for CD-ROM Drives", pp 40-47.
Nifty adaptor can use old (obsolete for PC CD speeds) CD-ROM drives to play back standard audio CDs using an IR remote control, up to 2 old CD-ROM drives, and the PIC based circuit - circuit boards and kits are available.