The AuthorScript Music SDK is a full-featured audio "rip and burn" engine and toolkit with an API to enable applications running under the Microsoft 32-bit Operating Systems (Windows 9X, NT, 2000, ME XP, and XP MCE).

The chief advantages of using the AuthorScript Music for digital music burning are:

Small Footprint- At 1MB, the AuthorScript Music is smaller than competing solutions. It is written very tightly and it allows for quick downloading.

Efficiency/Speed - The AuthorScript Music will never be a performance bottleneck. The SDK can support 64 separate drives simultaneously.

Simplicity - AuthorScript's clear API makes it very easy for third parties to integrate audio and music burning support in their applications.

Best drive support - Sonic's SilentSelect ™ technology enables support of new drives automatically by reading and understanding their key attributes dynamically. This eliminates the need to update supported drive tables in the field as new drives enter the market.

Broad compatibility, proven solution - The AuthorScript Music is used by leading applications developers as well as PC OEMs including AOL,/MusicNet, HP, IBM, Sony, NEC, Fujitsu, Philips and many others. It has an installed base of over 40 million to date.

• Music CDs; write red book audio CDs
• Data CDs; write data CDs
• Copy Function for CDs
• MP3 CDs; Create CDs that can be played in MP3 players

• Windows 98SE, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, and XP/MCE

• High-Speed Media Support
• Selectable Burn Speed
• Supports ability to burn multiple copies
• Support for 74 and 80 minute CDs
• Supports raw mode copying
• Buffer Underrun Protection – JustLink – Ricoh’s technology
• Buffer Underrun Protection – BurnProof – Sanyo’s technology
• ISO 9660 Mode 1 and Mode 2 XA
• Joliet – supports file names up to 64 characters in length – including double-byte characters
• UDF Support
• Session-At-Once – allows users to write multiple DAO sessions on a CD
• Disc-at-Once (DAO) writes multiple tracks in a single operation and closes the disc
• Track-At-Once (TAO) writes data one track at a time
• Test mode
• Display CD Properties (sessions, tracks, etc.)
• Close disc completely option (not just session) (automatic)
• Accurate display of project size
• Accurate display of space remaining on disc
• Accurate display of time remaining on disc
• Erase option to erase RW media
• Power Management Aware (rejects sleep, hibernation)
• System diagnostics utility – allows tech support reps to quickly and easily collect users' system and device information (debug utilities built into products)
• Seamless burn from network support

• CDDA Support – create audio CDs playable in any CD player
• Extraction of Multiple audio tracks at once
• Adjust silence/gap between tracks
• Audio from MP3 files (SDK does not convert to/from MP3)
• Audio from WAV files
• Audio from WMA files (SDK does not convert to/from WMA)
• Audio from CD Audio disc
• Audio from multiple CD audio discs
• Mixing all of the above on one CD
• Audio track preview (will play tracks from CD)
• Edit audio tracks (can add/remove tracks)
• Supports MP3 and WMA as source for audio tracks (SDK does not convert WMA or MP3 files)
• MP3 decoder (must license MP3 decoder with Fraunhofer/Thomson Multi Media)
• MS Audio Support
• Alterable layout
• CD Text Support
• SRC Support – writes the International Standard Recording Code information of each track’s author, country of origin and year of production
• UPC Support – writes a Unique Product Code for identifying each song, necessary for  commercial CDs