HOFA CD-Burn.DDP.Master offers a streamlined solution for creating audio CDs and DDP images directly within your digital audio workstation. Designed as both a plugin and a standalone application, it allows users to produce professional master CDs with ease, integrating seamlessly into your existing workflow. The plugin can be loaded into your master module, enabling you to generate Red Book standard audio CDs and DDP 2.00 images without leaving your DAW environment.

This software supports a wide range of audio formats, sample rates, and bit depths, accommodating all common production needs. Features such as automatic pause detection, CD-Text, ISRC, and EAN/UPC support—including Japanese CD-Text—enhance metadata management and compliance. The standalone version includes additional editing capabilities like cutting, moving, fading, and crossfading audio files, along with track export options and ISRC embedding in WAV files. The tool is compatible with both PC and Mac platforms in 32- and 64-bit versions, and it offers user interface options in English and German.

The latest version introduces expanded functionality, including the ability to import and export audio at arbitrary sample rates and bit depths, support for multi-CD projects suitable for lengthy audio content, and improved normalization and pause detection. Users can compile multi-session CDs, export tracklists as PDFs, and connect directly to HOFA’s DDP Player Maker. The updated interface and enhanced features provide a more efficient and flexible mastering process, catering to vinyl releases, online distribution, and repeated CD burning needs.