[X4U] The Best Way To Import CD Audio

[Paul Moortgat]

You also can use Amadeus II and Lamebrain.  Lamebrain does the whole CD.

Paul Moortgat

On 13 Sep 2005, at 02:38, John Richardson wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was under the impression that CD's were 44Khz. So, that means  
> that most of
> the music you would want to burn would have quality limited by the  
> existing
> format.
>
> Sort of like NTSC video being recorded onto an HDTV recorder.. You  
> can't
> recover quality that is not there physically, regardless of file  
> format.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong. This seems to imply that there is no  
> purpose in
> special techniques for the general user. Ease of import is another  
> issue of
> course.
>
> John F. Richardson
>
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> revDAVE
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 3:24 PM
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> Subject: [X4U] The Best Way To Import CD Audio
>
>
> I'm curious what is the best way to import CD audio as .aiff files  
> from a
> store-bought CD? The only concern here is the finest audio quality  
> to be
> stored as .aiff...
>
> 1 -  in OSX you can simply drag the file -  from the CD to the hard  
> drive
> 2 -  iTunes can import as AIFF files
> 3 -  other programs that can import - DP - LOGIC TOAST etc...?
>
> BTW: does any version of QuickTime sound any better than any other  
> regarding
> this?
>
> Notes:  several years ago - I imported audio using an extra  
> application that
> came with toast ( I think was called something like audio  
> extractor) - the
> 1.0 version had a weird bug that caused clicks and pops - and the 1.1
> version supposedly fixed that...
>
> -  any way - that's why I am asking now... If one sonically sounds any
> better than another one - or has any associated problems...
>
> --
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