Ripping a Mixed CD
Everybody knows how to rip a CD. I’m not going to go into that because it doesn’t need to be explained. If you need help, go to the CDex web site to learn more. I also recommend going to cdfreaks.com. However, making a great backup of a mixed CD is another story.
What is a mixed CD you ask? Well, if you’ve ever bought a live CD or a trance album, then you have a mixed CD lying around the house. When you play back a mixed CD in your stereo, the track gaps on the disc are set to zero seconds. The resulting is a great sounding recording where the audio never ceases until the playback is complete. Making a copy of these types of CDs is relatively difficult and most copies you find on the Internet are just bad.
What’s the problem with most copies on the Internet? A live CD that is compressed into MP3 should not be split into tracks. For some reason that I don’t know, a microgap is present at the beginning of every MP3 that is almost unnoticeable. However, when you try to rip a continuous album made up of split MP3s, you can hear popping during each track change.
The solution lies in a program called Exact Audio Copy. EAC is a freeware program written by Andre Wiethoff that is simply excellent. With EAC you can make a single MP3 file of the entire album and a CUE sheet. A CUE sheet stores the track information for the MP3. You can then burn a CD using the CUE sheet in programs such as CDRWIN and Nero.
If you want to try it out, simply pop a CD in your drive and fire up EAC. Let the configuration guide run. Next, click on the Action menu then go to Create Image & Cue Sheet / Compressed. This will make a perfect copy of your mixed CD in MP3 format.
3 comments
(5 years, 5 months ago)
Greetings…I’ve made a couple of mixed cds using my turntables and a cd recorder and I wanted to know how to place track numbers into the cd.Right now as it stands all the mixed cds that I’ve made are under track #1.How would I be able to break each mix on the cd with track numbers.Thanx for your help….
(5 years, 4 months ago)
you can use a program such as Dart XP Pro to split up the tracks
(4 years, 10 months ago)
What type of license do i need to sell mixed cds any help would be appreciated.