1. A system for coordinating tasks in a control system for an optical disc drive for optical media with a pitted premastered area that cannot be overwritten and a grooved user-writeable area that can be overwritten, comprising: a first processor operable to communicate with a second processor, wherein the first processor includes instructions for performing non-time-critical tasks, and the second processor includes instructions for performing time-critical tasks, and further wherein the first processor monitors the status of the time critical tasks in the second processor including reading from the premastered area and writing to the writeable area of the optical media.