So I've done countless searches in this forum, and many online as well and came up with nothing.

I'm getting some CDJ's in and just had a few question about burning cds. I remember back in the days, it was always better to convert mp3 to wav first before burning. Is that step still required? What about normalizing audio? Is that something I should do as well? I am using Nero.

I've already burnt 30 cds at the slowest burn speed possible, and only to stop right now to wonder if this is the correct way to burn them, don't want any problems when im playing them out at a gig.

Thanks,
Phil

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Originally posted by Tsukai So I've done countless searches in this forum, and many online as well and came up with nothing. I'm getting some CDJ's in and just had a few question about burning cds. I remember back in the days, it was always better to convert mp3 to wav first before burning. Is that step still required? What about normalizing audio? Is that something I should do as well? I am using Nero. I've already burnt 30 cds at the slowest burn speed possible, and only to stop right now to wonder if this is the correct way to burn them, don't want any problems when im playing them out at a gig. Thanks, Phil

I think the biggest issue is with Nero 7. I've heard of lots of skipping issues with it. If you're playing out, use something else and maybe burn it at sub-max speed just to be sure. But you should be okay just burning straight from mp3 to cd.

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Thanks for the prompt reply. I have Nero 6.?? so i should be ok. However, do I have to worry about normalizing my audio? In case of sound clipping? 90% of my songs are bought from beatport etc etc. however, I do have the uh. . some songs acquired through other means.

Nero 6 is the one you want, 7 has probs like miamitranceman says. Here's the info you need:

1) No need to convert from mp3 to wav. Some say that on club systems wav sounds better than 320kbps mp3. If you play out & can tell the difference then it might be worth you buying wav rather than mp3. Incidentally you CANNOT increase the quality by re-encoding say 128kbps mp3 to 320kbps mp3, it's the quality of the original that counts.

2) Normalising the audio is just an option on Nero. The only use I can think for it may be when burning a mix CD - it might help if some tracks are louder/quieter than others. It's not really necessary on legally purchased digital downloads.

3) Clipping is something that occurs when you record the audio stream. Before recording your mix (or ripping from vinyl to mp3) do a test with a big loud piece from one of your tracks. Adjust the booth/session out dial on your mixer so that it's just below the maximum level on your recording software (I use Soundforge I assume the same method applies to others), that way no clipping should occur. None of the legally purchased mp3's should have any clipping. ...the same canot be said for the shit you will find floating round on P2P.

4) No need to burn at slowest speed. I burn at 16x speed with half decent (Sony) CDR & never had a prob. I'd try a faster speed but I have very old DVD RW drive but if you insist on burning tracks onto 1p each CDR at 150x speed you will inevitably have problems

5) You play out & are playing some P2P tracks? Tut tut tut

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Originally posted by Trance Android 5) You play out & are playing some P2P tracks? Tut tut tut

Thanks for the reply, your post was reassuring. And about teh p2p crap, I wish there was some way to legally acquire some of those songs. 128-192 kbs is just blah.

Anyways cheers mate.

audiojelly

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