recording mixes

[martin james]

can anyone help me i need a easy way to put cd mixes that are track marked in to one long track with no gaps and store at 25kbps

[Barely Human]

Ok, first off, you cant store cd audio at 25kbps, and more to the point, whay would you want to? It would sound like a telephone. This subject has cropped up so many times, try using the search function -

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/portal/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=31362

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/portal/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=29369

[martin james]

Ok, first off, you cant store cd audio at 25kbps, and more to the point, whay would you want to? It would sound like a telephone. This subject has cropped up so many times, try using the search function -

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/portal/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=31362

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/portal/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=29369

sorry that was ment to say mp3 @ 256kbps

[Barely Human]

Cd audio does not relate to bitrates used for compression methods. It is basically stored in wav format at a sample rate of 44100, and a bit depth of 16. If your relating this to how it sounds, its about the same quality you would get from 192kb mp3, (most people say 128, but i beg to differ).

Best thing to do is record your mix of whatever going onto cd as a 16 bit, 44100 wav, and that way you wont lose any quality through needless compression..

[martin james]

Cd audio does not relate to bitrates used for compression methods. It is basically stored in wav format at a sample rate of 44100, and a bit depth of 16. If your relating this to how it sounds, its about the same quality you would get from 192kb mp3, (most people say 128, but i beg to differ).

Best thing to do is record your mix of whatever going onto cd as a 16 bit, 44100 wav, and that way you wont lose any quality through needless compression..

no you see what i trying to do is put all my mix albums on my ipod but i want each one as one complete track (so i just need to remove the track marks) the bit rate does'nt really have anything to do with it as one i have the file i can convert it into whatever

[Barely Human]

Ah right, you want to rip a mix cd to mp3.

Soundforge or Wavelab are the best bets. There are free programs out there for this, but i dont know them myself.

[MangaFish]

if you already have your mixes on cd then just use a cd ripper. i think even windows media player will do this.

[oldbugger]

if you already have your mixes on cd then just use a cd ripper. i think even windows media player will do this.

will media player rip it and let you leave out the track markers though?

i'd love to know how myself if it can

[MangaFish]

i wouldnt know. i dont use media player. i use something called audiocatlyst. Fantastic program

[martin james]

i wouldnt know. i dont use media player. i use something called audiocatlyst. Fantastic program

can you rip without the track marks with audiocatlyst

[MangaFish]

yup - easily