trying to produce audio CDs from a Macbook

[andromedanwarmachine]

Hi Team,

I'm having a bit of an issue with trying to produce CDs from my Macbook which will playback on anything like a conventional CD machine.

I'm working on footage in ProTools and then bounce to desktop which produces a file which is playable conventionally "WAVE audio file" and which opens iTunes to playback. But once dragged to disc it's not playing the game externally on anything else.

Somebody told me that I need a thing called Toast to produce audio CDs and that the machines themselves don't come with the software to do it?

Is it a media choice also? Will conventional computer CD-Rs be alright on audio only machines??

Thanks

JimP

[scb]

sounds like you're making a data disc with a wave file on it instead of an actual audio disc.  itunes will burn an audio disc (as will many other programs)

[keytohwy]

Scott is right, just burn the cd from iTunes.

[live2496]

Somebody told me that I need a thing called Toast to produce audio CDs and that the machines themselves don't come with the software to do it?

Is it a media choice also? Will conventional computer CD-Rs be alright on audio only machines??

Hello Jim,

If you want a full-featured program for editing/cd burning try this program:
http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/waveeditor/

CDR's burned on your computer should play in audio CD players just fine.

Gordon

[morst]

Somebody told me that I need a thing called Toast to produce audio CDs and that the machines themselves don't come with the software to do it?

I think Scott (SCB) hit the nail on the head that you are making data discs, not audio CD's by using the Finder.  Toast gives you quite a bit more control than iTunes, but iTunes is totally adequate to get the job done. You will need to drag the original WAV file(s) into the left-side pane on iTunes, which will make it into a "Playlist" which can then be burned to disc. Once the playlist is created, you can rearrange, add and remove tracks as you like, and then click BURN to actually make the disc.

CD-R is the correct blank to burn on a computer, it will play on any standard CD player. There are also "Music CD-R" discs which are the only type which can be burned in a consumer standalone CD burner. They cost more because they include a bogus surcharge which supposedly goes to the music industry to offset all the lost income from illegal copying, so don't use 'em if you can help it.

[ArchivalAudio]

I use WaveEditor
but after exporting as Wav I use SCB's xACT to fix SBE's and Flac them- then I also use xACT to give the appropriate  - metadata tags
the drop the flacs into Toast
and have CD's that also have the proper CD text.

which is cool in my car player

though I usually now just use my RockBox'ed iPod to play flac files and don't even burn discs- unless I'm giving them to others...


           
--Ian

[andromedanwarmachine]

Thankyou all for your help- I have now used iTunes and it is exactly what I needed and produced a result straight away.


Whilst we are on the subject (although we're not, really...); As iTunes is the convenience tool of the data-compression generation, does it compress on import?

i.e. If I import commercial audio material from a CD into my machine, when I play it back from iTunes, is it already then reduced to an MP3??

Thanks

JimP

[nl]

Depends on your Import Settings of course. If it has to stay lossless, make sure it is WAV, AIFF or Apple Lossless when you import your CD.

[nl]

By the way, you can also use the free application Burn to burn your CD's: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

[andromedanwarmachine]

thanks for that nl...

JimP

[skaggs]

By the way, you can also use the free application Burn to burn your CD's: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

can i use this program to copy existing shows from cd without track cuts.  and can it be used to burn wav files w/out the cuts?  i just got a macbook pro and i am trying to figure out which programs to use.  I will probably hit up you experienced mac guys with more questions.  i am trying to look through the threads first.  thanks in advance.

richard

[darby]

By the way, you can also use the free application Burn to burn your CD's: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

can i use this program to copy existing shows from cd without track cuts.  and can it be used to burn wav files w/out the cuts?  i just got a macbook pro and i am trying to figure out which programs to use.  I will probably hit up you experienced mac guys with more questions.  i am trying to look through the threads first.  thanks in advance.

richard

if you mean extracting the files to just one WAV file... I suggest xACT
as far as burning I use Toast Titanium, but it's not free

[skaggs]

Thank you.  i have been looking at that.  Does anybody have a dithering/post production software recommendation.  I was using cool edit pro on my PC.  thanks

richard