This topic I know has been discussed in previous posts, but we've had opportunity to try different software now for burning and I just wanted to know (whoever would post a reply) opinions on ease of use, capabilities, etc.
I've tried Music Match, CD Creator 5, and Pro Edit for burning CD's from cassettes, and if there's a good one other than these in particular for this situation, I'd sure like to know about it. Thanks to anybody who'd reply.
Evaluating cassette to CD software
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Mark:
Can't help you on that one. I personally go for quality in the process rather than speed. Record everything in Cooledit and use Easy CD to make the CD when I am finished recording. The main reason for that is I can tailor the sound the way I want it. Bring the steel more out front
, which I tend to do on occasion, as it seems to be buried in the mix, normalize the songs (usually to 0db), which keeps them all at the same level and sometimes change the EQ to take off some bottom end etc.
Slow to be sure, but the end result, to me anyway, is worth it.
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Can't help you on that one. I personally go for quality in the process rather than speed. Record everything in Cooledit and use Easy CD to make the CD when I am finished recording. The main reason for that is I can tailor the sound the way I want it. Bring the steel more out front
, which I tend to do on occasion, as it seems to be buried in the mix, normalize the songs (usually to 0db), which keeps them all at the same level and sometimes change the EQ to take off some bottom end etc.Slow to be sure, but the end result, to me anyway, is worth it.
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I "record" to the hard drive (wav file) using Adaptec "CD Spin Doctor" which is part of Easy CD Creator. The reason I use this is it has an option to balance the right and left channels before it is written to the hard drive and it is fairly "user friendly".
I then use GoldWave to do any cleanup, additonal EQ, compressions and then use the "Maximize Volume" function in GoldWave to set the over level of the song. Setting the levels of each song to a reference level, allows each song on the CD to be the same (or very close) level, rather than have them playback at different volume levels.
I then burn the CD with Adaptec software from the file(s) on the hard drive. Burning from files on the hard drive is the fastest way to burn and if a problem develops in the burn process (and the CD is a "coaster") it's easy to start over, since the files are still there. Once I'm done burning, I can go back and delete the files.
Whenever I "rip" songs from different CD's to combine into one CD, I use AudioGrabber as it has a function to set the song levels to a reference when ripping so all the songs play back at approx the same level. Some CD's have different levels from others and using that function allows the songs on the burned CD to play at the same level.
I then use GoldWave to do any cleanup, additonal EQ, compressions and then use the "Maximize Volume" function in GoldWave to set the over level of the song. Setting the levels of each song to a reference level, allows each song on the CD to be the same (or very close) level, rather than have them playback at different volume levels.
I then burn the CD with Adaptec software from the file(s) on the hard drive. Burning from files on the hard drive is the fastest way to burn and if a problem develops in the burn process (and the CD is a "coaster") it's easy to start over, since the files are still there. Once I'm done burning, I can go back and delete the files.
Whenever I "rip" songs from different CD's to combine into one CD, I use AudioGrabber as it has a function to set the song levels to a reference when ripping so all the songs play back at approx the same level. Some CD's have different levels from others and using that function allows the songs on the burned CD to play at the same level.