cd burning for beginners

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how do u burn vinyl onto cd burners ?
is this an easy thing to do ?
can this not be done at all ?

which cd burners do u all have ?
can u get cheapo good ones ?

― piscesboy, Thursday, 21 November 2002 17:57 (twenty-three years ago)

i have an acer burner, and use nero's burning rom software for burning.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 21 November 2002 18:03 (twenty-three years ago)

to burn tracks from vinyl to CD i would record the output from my vinyl player directly into my PC (via line in socket) using a program like SOunforge. then edit the recording if required, save as a WAV or mp3 (the wav will be large as there is minimal compression so be careful) - then record this onto CD

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 21 November 2002 18:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm beginning to do this, too. I learned the hard way:

- You need the right Y-cable to go from your preamp or receiver to your computer's sound input. Roxio Toast software for Mac comes with one.
- If you'd rather not tie up your component receiver, get a cheap phono preamp ($40 Recoton).
- Finally, don't spend too much time trying to eliminate electronic hum and pops. If grounding your turntable doesn't fix it, instead, carefully filter it out using the best editing software you can find cheaply. Amadeus for Mac works for me.

― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 21 November 2002 18:13 (twenty-three years ago)

A primer here

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 21 November 2002 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

(My above tips only relate to the 1st question re vinyl rips.)

― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I would just plug my Philips CD recorder into a hifi, and make a lovely analogue copy.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

yay ! thanks all.
'ideas for going farther'
i like that.

still sounds complicated though to a
tapes-and-walkman type.

i like the word 'rips' . mmmmmmmm

― piscesboy, Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:13 (twenty-three years ago)

then edit the recording if required, save as a WAV or mp3 (the wav will be large as there is minimal compression so be careful) - then record this onto CD

We should stress: If at all possible, burn audio CDs from a WAV of AIF file, not mp3. After that, you can encode it as mp3 and trash the WAV, since your audio CD will also serve as an archive of the uncompressed tracks. Point is, you want to burn from the highest sample rate available, not after it's been sampled down (compressed).

― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:21 (twenty-three years ago)

How about from minidisk? I imagine some steps would be the same, but is there a digital transfer in the oppisite direction? Is it possible to download this software without signing up for kazza or someone like kaaza?i want a program that puts the music into a sound wave looking line so i can easily cut and paste. i downloaded audacity, butwhen i went to listen back, the file sounded like cd skipping, can i just fix that?

― scottstreat (scottstreat), Thursday, 21 November 2002 21:43 (twenty-three years ago)

― scottstreat (scottstreat), Thursday, 21 November 2002 21:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I recently bought a nice cyberdrive CD burner off eBay for just over 40.00 GBP, with Nero bundled. The more modern burners are great - the 'burn-proof' or 'exac-link' technology means no more coastering (with all that buffer under-run stuff that intimidated relative technophobes like me). Just feed them blanks and they burn perfectly every time.

― David (David), Thursday, 21 November 2002 23:30 (twenty-three years ago)

How about from minidisk?

Not sure what you mean. The lastest portable Minidisks have this 'NetMD' thing but it only downloads (from the pc to the md). You cannot upload from the minidisk to the computer. If you want to transfer FROM the minidisk you would have to record from the line out on the md to the analog in of the soundcard. Then edit the recorded file, save to .wav or .aiff as described above before burning to CD.

― David (David), Thursday, 21 November 2002 23:37 (twenty-three years ago)

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