MP3 to CD

[X§]

I've been using a program made by Sony that came with my CD burner to make CDs from my MP3s. It does the job but I get a lot of errors. I was wondering what else is out there. Could I get some suggestions of what MP3 to CD program I "should" be using? Thx people.

[Sephiroth]

Whats the name of the program? most people use adaptec which isnt that bad, nero is another good one. The MS one in XP isnt that bad either.

In most cases you can cut burning errors on cds like skipping and etc. by converting the mp3 to wav and burning the wav files to cd.. Most cd-recording software do a bad job converting mp3 to wav which causes alot of the audio problems.

You can convert mp3s to wav by using winamp. Just open winamp preferences go to output and double click disk writer and select the directory that you want the wavs to be placed. Then play the mp3s like you would normally but instead of playing the music it will convert it. Then go back into preferences and just select what it used to be to get it to play music again select either waveout or directsound.

[Rickio]

Try eac , not because it is the best. But because it is freeware and actually it works fairly well and is getting better all the time. I jus made a few cd's and they came our great. It has a volume normalising feature and get's rid of the 2 second gap that many burners place between your tracks.
eac is considered the best cd ripper but is also has a cd burner built in and is very cool. Take your time to learn it as it takes a bit to learn but it is free....
Fireburner (sharware) is good, makes bright crisp sounding cd's.
Of course you need good mp3's to start with so check them with encspot and use mp3trim to clean up bad ending or to much silence at beginning or end of file. all those are freeware apps. Acoustica mp3 to CD is also makes good cd's and is shareware but not expensive.
all these are easy to find with in a yahoo search.

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[X§]

Sephiroth, the name of the program I am using is Sony CD Extreme. Thanks for your input, I didn't know you could do that with Winamp.....very cool..thx.

Rickio, thank you also. I am downloading eac right now. It sounds like a great program. The info on the normalizing was very helpful too. AudioGrabber has this feature and I always wondered what it was for. Thanks Rickio.

[roger d]

About a year ago I had so many music burning programs on my comp that I could hardly do anything. Then I found Musicmatch and after a while got the plus function for a few bucks to have another burner. It was not great but it is getting there. The 7.0 version has a perfect record so far. No coasters, every burn has been perfect. Great sound with a high bit rate that you can control and burns direct from a playlist.
Here is what I do with this program. I run all my mp3's throught this program. I rip from any cd that is availible and convert to mp3. Then I organize everything into a 80 min. mix. I live with the mix for a while and move stuff around or delete or add cuts. When I am ready I burn and go cook dinner and a perfect cd is ready for me. This program is so easyand it is not a one trick pony!
I still use Easy CD creator to copy cd's and to burn data disks and backup's. You can run the level normalizer programs but as I understand them you are basicly cutting away information and lowering your potential for high quality. I found it best to set up a mix that does not put loud and soft songs together. Sometimes you have to d/l a song again to improve the quality. By the way go for 160 bit mp3's if you are going to burn to CD. There is more but if you choose the TAO(track at once) function when burning a disk it will add 4 seconds between each track. DAO(disk at once) does not add the splits.
Above all CD burning ought to be the big payoff for all the time it takes to gather tracks and put them together. It should be easy and fun. The end result is it should sound just like the source recording. Make a cool cover and then move on to the next project.