music CD to HD to CD-R or RW

[Larry the Newby]

Browsing the answers to this question (many of us only
have the single CD +/- drive) I need to copy (burn???!!)
my original CD to the HD.
Then select the tracks from HD to copy to a new CD-RW
(cause I will make misteaks...).
In the advice several 'solutions' given-

You can also use Audacity,
You can use RealOne Player. (Tools/Record from mic/line- in..
Go to Roxios website & get the latest patch or update
You could also try "Musicmatch Jukebox"http://musicmatch.com
You should use the software that came with your CD

burner, such as Nero or EasyCD Creator.... well worth
yourtime to invest in Nero 6. <<<
NOW
I have Roxio EZ Create 5.3, duuuh, I just found it, and
was unable to do much with WMP tho it is 'neat'.
Do U suggest staying with EZ or..........
THANKS a bunch. (guess I M trying to do it the simplest
way!!!!!)
TIA Larry

 

[Ian & Lorraine]

Browsing the answers to this question (many of us only
have the single CD +/- drive) I need to copy (burn???!!)
my original CD to the HD.
Then select the tracks from HD to copy to a new CD-RW
(cause I will make misteaks...).
In the advice several 'solutions' given-
burner, such as Nero or EasyCD Creator.... well worth
yourtime to invest in Nero 6. <<<
NOW
I have Roxio EZ Create 5.3, duuuh, I just found it, and
was unable to do much with WMP tho it is 'neat'.
Do U suggest staying with EZ or..........
THANKS a bunch. (guess I M trying to do it the simplest
way!!!!!)
TIA Larry

The simplest way would be to give your EasyCD 5.3 a chance before trying any
other options. As I recall, EasyCD does indeed have a function to "rip"
music tracks from a CD to the HD. To preserve the full original quality of
the music tracks, rip the tracks into "wav" format instead of compressing
them to mp3 format. Wav files are a whole lot bigger than mp3 files, but
once you've burned your copy of the CD, you can delete them.

Regards,
Ian.

 

[Larry still newby]

Thanks I n L
Disovered the same thing ! Wasnt able to DL the update
but so far have burned Cher The Early Years to HD. Yust
followed the step by step it actually worked. A full half
a gig worth of WAVE I assume.
Next to try to rearrange tracks and do the rearranged CD.
Interesting enough I have for years used JPG files for
graphics stuff, even if I reduce image size and modify
that. Assume the distortions when zooming in and
retouching are caused by iterations of the pixels and will
NOT be corrupting them.
So it seems like the WAV conversion must stay in WAV like
an initial BMP stay in BMP until all changes are made.
Ah Komputers.

Thanx

 

[Ian & Lorraine]

Thanks I n L
Disovered the same thing ! Wasnt able to DL the update
but so far have burned Cher The Early Years to HD. Yust
followed the step by step it actually worked. A full half
a gig worth of WAVE I assume.
Next to try to rearrange tracks and do the rearranged CD.
Interesting enough I have for years used JPG files for
graphics stuff, even if I reduce image size and modify
that. Assume the distortions when zooming in and
retouching are caused by iterations of the pixels and will
NOT be corrupting them.
So it seems like the WAV conversion must stay in WAV like
an initial BMP stay in BMP until all changes are made.
Ah Komputers.

Thanx

I always enjoy hearing success stories, and I'm glad to hear that you've got
things working to your satisfaction. WAV files retain the true value of the
original music tracks, but if you want to rip several CDs worth of music to
your HD before doing any burns, the alternative of ripping to 320kbps MP3 is
actually worth considering. Mp3 files are much smaller than the equivalent
wav file would be, even at 320kbps. Going the route of ripping to wav is
the true ideal, but in all honesty, nobody outside the canine species can
spot any difference between an ultra-high bitrate mp3 and a wav file.

When you do your ripping, make use of EasyCD's CDDB function, which will
automatically tag your ripped files with the appropriate artist/song name
text. I'm a little vague on the details of EasyCD at this point, because
I've been using Nero for burning and CDex for ripping for quite a while now.

Regards,
Ian.