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What burning software to use for burning Audio CD's for CDJ mixing?
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| Simcut |
Hey all
I'm planning to get Pioneer CDJ800 MK2's in the near future and just wondered what burning software people use to burn audio cd's for CDJ mixing....
Please note that I am running Vista so I need something that will run on Vista (early versions of Nero, like version 6, dont work on Vista!)
Also, do you guys normalise a lot of the tracks? as some tracks I have are a bit quiet volume wise).
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| Shudder |
| I have nero 8 and it works well on vista. also normalize my tracks too. |
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| Simcut |
Can you load up nero 8 and click the help > about and tell me what version u have specifically?
I also had some other questions:-
1) Do you guys burn with CD Text enabled and do you leave the 2 second gap between tracks?
2) What blank CD brand do you use?
3) What do you use to normalise your tracks?
Thx :) |
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| Unique2701 |
| Normalise tracks? Can someone explain what that means? |
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| GrimReaper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Unique2701
Normalise tracks? Can someone explain what that means? |
Different tracks recorded and/or ripped from different sources might have different volume levels so normalisation simply does a little volume gain tweak and boosts or lowers the volume level of each track to match up with the other tracks, closer to an average volume level so that when you play or listen the cd, you don't go suddenly from a very quiet track to a very much distorting, too loud recorded track. Depending on the possibilities in the software you use, you can also choose the average level the tracks should be normalised to.
Of course if you're a "pro", you master the tracks with an audio editing or mastering software of your preference before you burn them as the standard normalisation procedure of most audio burning softwares can often also cause certain instruments and elements in tracks to boost up too much or leave under all the others. |
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| Trance Android |
| quote: | Originally posted by Simcut
1) Do you guys burn with CD Text enabled and do you leave the 2 second gap between tracks?
2) What blank CD brand do you use?
Thx :) |
1) If your decks support it then why not utilise it?! Can be really useful at times
2) Any decent brand & burn at a sensible speed
PS I'm probably on my own here but I personally don't use Nero as I had no end of problems with the audio CD's not holding pitch. Plenty of quality audio CD burners out there for free if you decide against Nero. |
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| Ted Promo |
I use itunes and it doesn't matter what disc you get it's a blank circular piece of plastic, nothing special at all.
As far as the burn speed, the slower the better but I never go faster than 24x. |
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| Unique2701 |
| quote: | Originally posted by GrimReaper
Different tracks recorded and/or ripped from different sources might have different volume levels so normalisation simply does a little volume gain tweak and boosts or lowers the volume level of each track to match up with the other tracks, closer to an average volume level so that when you play or listen the cd, you don't go suddenly from a very quiet track to a very much distorting, too loud recorded track. Depending on the possibilities in the software you use, you can also choose the average level the tracks should be normalised to.
Of course if you're a "pro", you master the tracks with an audio editing or mastering software of your preference before you burn them as the standard normalisation procedure of most audio burning softwares can often also cause certain instruments and elements in tracks to boost up too much or leave under all the others. |
Ah, I should've done that. I ripped some old albums from CDs and the volume seems lower and used it to mix with. But if you normalise all the tracks you use to mix with, would it be wise to also normalise the mix as a whole at the end, or would that be too much? I vaguely read something about that.
Also, are there any cons for normalizing tracks? Will it cut out the good parts so to say? |
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| TranceOwnsLol |
| I just use Windows Media Player |
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| GrimReaper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Unique2701
Ah, I should've done that. I ripped some old albums from CDs and the volume seems lower and used it to mix with. But if you normalise all the tracks you use to mix with, would it be wise to also normalise the mix as a whole at the end, or would that be too much? I vaguely read something about that.
Also, are there any cons for normalizing tracks? Will it cut out the good parts so to say? |
Yes it's good to normalise the whole mix in the end, it might "fix" things if you have been sloppy with the volume gains, playing some tracks too loud or too quiet so normalising evens out the differences and levels down the peaks.
Although depending on the tracks, the results of normalising separate tracks on a cd might vary. It's usually fine if you only use tracks with proper beats but if you also include tracks with very soft beats or especially beatless tracks, in some cases those might end up sounding much louder than the "more beaty" tracks because the normalisation process tries to compensate the lack of proper beats to compare with the other tracks by boosting up other elements. |
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| Unique2701 |
| kiitos beaucoup :) |
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