Ripping Mixed Cd's

[Revelationroadshow 0]

Well into my CD collection ripping exercise and am just moving on to the Grandmaster and DMC discs. Problem seems to be that they are being ripped into individual tracks and the CD is mixed with the track numbers simply there are markers.

 

Using media player 11 as can't get on with anything else. Any ideas on how to rip these discs as single MP3 files or how to store as a mixed file but with track markers?

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

you will have to rip the CD to wav and chop it back together..

 

or if you are useing somthing like a HD2500 rip including the track number so the files are in the right order and then make a play list with no crossfade but in continue mode..

[Gary 0]

As Marc said, you'll need to rip the tracks individually, then play them back on "Continuous" setting, so that playback doesnt stop at the end of each track, which is how you'd normally want tracks to behave.

 

 

 

For ripping, have you tried "Audiograbber"? I find it easier to use than many, and it has a couple of big advantages:

 

 

 

1) If you've got multiple CD Drives on your PC, you can run multiple copies of Audiograbber - which means that you can rip several CDs at once. I can rip both discs of a NOW album in about 1 minute 10seconds.

 

 

 

2) Audiograbber even adds all the tags (Artist, Title, Album, track number etc..) to CD quality WAV files, not just compressed MP3s.

 

 

 

3) Audiograbber uses the LAME encoder, which is pretty popular and well known as a very high quality "behind the scenes" bit of software/subroutine.

 

 

[RobbieD 0]

Exact Audio Copy lets you choose to rip CD's as individual tracks, or as an "Image" - basically one long file (mp3 or wav) with a separate text table of contents listing the track marker positions (which some burners can use to recreate a copy CD).

 

It's one of the best rippers out there and it's free.

 

However I use this method:

useing somthing like a HD2500 rip including the track number so the files are in the right order and then make a play list with no crossfade but in continue mode..

It has the advantage that you can quickly jump to any track to mix in at that point and use the display to know where you are in a mix.

 

[Dukesy 0]

Some auido software will let you record via the line in input, such as SAW or Cool Edit - or whatever the new version is. Even the newer versions of Fruity Loops can do it and that is regarded as a music sequence / writing software.

Click record on the PC and press play on the CD deck (without auto cue track mode of course)

If you have enough memory, should be able to easily record 80mins to wav with no problems. Save the file.

Job done.

A good soundcard helps too - especially if you have a choice of inputs, digital, etc. You may wish to change the recorded file format as wav (as good as it is) is rather large!

In fact, UKHero is probably a better person to jump in here and advise as I've not had the time to play with this for quite a while. smile icon

Edited July 14, 2008 by Dukesy

[gadget 0]

+1 for Exact Audio Copy.. very fast, even on my celery laptop and external USB CD-writer (cos the internal acer one packed up rather quickly).

[Revelationroadshow 0]

Thanks guys - I'm a Mixmeister user and wasn't sure if it would hickup at the transition point or not sound right, but I will give it a go without any transition and see what happens. Has the advantage that I can output to a mixed file but with track markers.

[UKHero 0]

Some auido software will let you record via the line in input, such as SAW or Cool Edit - or whatever the new version is. Even the newer versions of Fruity Loops can do it and that is regarded as a music sequence / writing software.

Click record on the PC and press play on the CD deck (without auto cue track mode of course)

If you have enough memory, should be able to easily record 80mins to wav with no problems. Save the file.

Job done.

A good soundcard helps too - especially if you have a choice of inputs, digital, etc. You may wish to change the recorded file format as wav (as good as it is) is rather large!

In fact, UKHero is probably a better person to jump in here and advise as I've not had the time to play with this for quite a while. smile icon

 

Well I would not go down this route unless there is no other alturnative or you can do it via optical or coaxial digital cable. As just recording it will make a slightly degraded copy otherwise. There have been some very good sugestions above from the likes of RobbieD and Gadget...

 

Nik