DDP MAKER

Drop your masters, get your DDP.

WAV 44.1 kHz / 16 bit only.

DDP MAKER builds a pressing-ready DDP (Disc Description Protocol) file, directly in your browser, from your mastered WAV files. Drop your tracks in disc order, fill in the metadata (album, artist, ISRC, barcode), set the silences between songs, then export. The generated DDP is strictly compliant with the DDP 2.00 specification (DCA, Inc.) and can be checked with any DDP player before sending it to the plant.

Drop your WAV files here, or click to choose WAV 44.1 kHz / 16 bit / stereo — one file per track

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Frequently asked questions

  • Drop your mastered WAV files, fill in the titles, ISRC codes and barcode, set the gaps between tracks, listen to every transition, then generate the DDP. The two-minute demonstration:

  • DDP Maker turns your mastered WAV files into a DDP compliant with the DCA specification, the industry-standard delivery format for CD pressing plants. It builds the complete disc audio image, places track and index points (ISRC included), generates the UPC/EAN barcode when provided, and produces an MD5 verification file. The result opens and verifies in any DDP software on the market, including the free online DDP player.

  • Only uncompressed WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo — the native CD audio format (Red Book). One file per track, in the order they should appear on the disc (you can reorder them freely afterwards). Any other format (24 bit, 48 kHz, MP3, mono…) will be rejected: a CD audio DDP can only contain this exact format.

  • No. The audio signal is never processed: no gain, no dither, no conversion. The samples in your WAV files are copied as they are, byte for byte — the DDP is 100% identical to the original audio. DDP Maker simply compiles your tracks into a DDP: it assembles them in the chosen order, with the gaps you have set between them, and the two seconds of silence the CD standard requires before the first track.

  • The price is fixed: €9 all taxes included per DDP generated. Your files never leave your device: card payment (Stripe) is requested right before generation, without leaving the page. Once payment is confirmed, the DDP is assembled and downloaded directly from your browser — nothing is ever uploaded to a server. The invoice is sent to you by e-mail.

  • Yes: DDP Maker runs entirely locally. Your WAV files and the generated DDP stay on your machine at all times — only the payment confirmation goes through our servers, never your audio.

DDP® is a trademark of DCA, Inc. — Copyright 1989-2026 DCA, Inc. — Licensed from DCA.

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Save project

The project file (.ddpmaker) keeps everything you entered: titles, ISRC, pregaps, track order, CD-Text, barcode.

It does not contain your WAV files. Keep them, without renaming them: to resume your work, you will open this project and drop the same WAV files again.

Payment

Press-ready DDP €9 incl. VAT

Card payment, secured by Stripe, without leaving this page: your files stay loaded. The DDP is generated as soon as payment is confirmed; the invoice is sent to you by e-mail.

Your DDP is ready

Downloaded

DDP compliant with the DDP 2.00 specification (DCA, Inc.). The audio is identical to your WAV files, byte for byte.

Before sending it to the plant, check it: open the DDP player, then drop in the .zip file you just downloaded. Playback, CD-Text, ISRC and MD5 checksum.

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