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Posted by Mecca82 on Dec-22-2007 00:35:

best way to burn audio cd in a mac?????

just got some tracks from beatport... how do i burn them using a mac to make a high quality cd?

i tried with i tunes, probably a stupid thing to do... and the quality is whacked!!!

any free way to do this like on a pc...


Posted by DjWoody on Dec-22-2007 00:37:

iTunes...

How does the quality suck? iTunes it's the best program on the Mac. You're the first one I hear complain about the quality.


Posted by skell on Dec-22-2007 00:40:

I use Disco, Toast, and the occasional iTunes to burn.

Disco is by far the easiest, and neatest. Smoke actually rises out of the application as it burns. You can even blow the smoke around through your mic. Fun little app.

http://www.discoapp.com/


Posted by Mecca82 on Dec-22-2007 00:44:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
iTunes...

How does the quality suck? iTunes it's the best program on the Mac. You're the first one I hear complain about the quality.

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really? hmmm could be just my hearing then..so you just straight up use i tunes woody? thanks man... just put wav file in library and burn it to audio cd??? that simple?


Posted by DjWoody on Dec-22-2007 00:49:

Yup! That simple. I use iTunes all the time, and I also use Toast. But Toast is not free.


Posted by BLOWZO on Dec-22-2007 00:55:

itunes, but make sure you change the import quality to the highest possible setting before you import


Posted by Ismael Rodriguez on Dec-22-2007 00:58:

Mecca, you could've asked me. I use Itunes as well.


Posted by Mecca82 on Dec-22-2007 01:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Ismael Rodriguez
Mecca, you could've asked me. I use Itunes as well.


i thought u:re still at work...
so just use 320 kb/s mp3 or wav... drop it in i tunes playlist... BURN??? damn too simple than i thought it is.... sorry noob mac question


Posted by Ismael Rodriguez on Dec-22-2007 01:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Mecca82
i thought u:re still at work...
so just use 320 kb/s mp3 or wav... drop it in i tunes playlist... BURN??? damn too simple than i thought it is.... sorry noob mac question


Got off early today. Did gift exchange at work. I ended up with a wireless mouse. I actually needed one too so it worked out.

Anyways, I'll be at Stonestown later tonight.


Posted by idoru on Dec-22-2007 01:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Mecca82
i thought u:re still at work...
so just use 320 kb/s mp3 or wav... drop it in i tunes playlist... BURN??? damn too simple than i thought it is.... sorry noob mac question


Yep, it's that easy. I've been burning all of my CDs like that for months now and I've never had any problems.


Posted by bas on Dec-22-2007 01:57:

My only problem with iTunes is that there's no way to create folder structure when burning a data cd. As such I've had to install Toast, but now I can't burn multiple cds in iTunes unless I relaunch the program in between burns.


Posted by CaptKirk on Dec-22-2007 07:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Ismael Rodriguez
Mecca, you could've asked me. I use Itunes as well.


Hey Ish,

Do you need to change import preferences from default AAC to wav encoding? This kind of interests me since Lyndsay and I were just talking about the drawbacks of mp3 vs wav, which is a separate thread in the forum right now titled "DJs, how often do you play MP3s in your set?". If you buy a wav encoded track and then burn to a Audio CD using AAC encoding are you compromising the original quality of the purchased track? Are you guys burning data CDs or Audio CDs and how are you importing into itunes? Do you customize your itunes preferences to import using wav encoding or stay with the default AAC? Preferences>advanced>importing


Posted by RobertStern on Dec-22-2007 09:31:

Import everything using Apple Lossloss Encoding.. Saves space, without compromising any quality. Or do like me an import everything as Aiff.


Posted by CaptKirk on Dec-22-2007 18:37:

quote:
Originally posted by RobertStern
Import everything using Apple Lossloss Encoding.. Saves space, without compromising any quality. Or do like me an import everything as Aiff.


Hey Robert, Thanks. Back a home now and back on my own Mac where I can study up. I was at a house with a PC which is where I got default being AAC. That's what it was on theirs. Anyways, my default looks like it's set to mp3 but reading up now on the differences in encoding,sample rate, sample size. Thanks again Happy holidays.



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