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...

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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.

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/

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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?

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

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

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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.

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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

Last edited by CaptKirk on Dec-22-2007 at 07:17