OT: mac audio / mix cd production

From: Aaron Shinn (ashinn@artic.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 14 2000 - 22:16:10 MET DST

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    Lester and AJ Posse,
    The way I have been making mix discs for the last few years is pretty
    reliable. I use two programs - Bias Peak and Adaptec Jam. Peak is a
    sample editor, and Jam is a audio-specific cd-burning software.

    FYI, these instructions are for slicing a continuous mix in to CD
    tracks. This is overkill for unmixed CD's (of course:)

    +++

    I record the audio coming in to the mac with Peak, resulting in a
    700+ meg file, then I do my mastering routines (EQ, limiting, etc)
    then save the file as one piece before starting to trim it.

    You may then cut apart the tracks. Start by finding the point where
    you would have the first track end and the second begin and click and
    drag from that point to select the entire first track. "Cut" the
    selected first track and paste it into a new stereo file. This will
    remove the first track of data from your main mix file so you won't
    have to worry about lining up your tracks too precisely. Just make
    sure that your cut points are tight - you can always hit undo.

    So save your new file separately from the Main mix.
    You then repeat the above process of cutting until you have chopped
    your main mix down to the last track. Once you've saved everything,
    you can move to Jam.

    You can simply drag and drop your tracks from the finder in to Jam.
    Then make sure they're in the right order and remove the two-second
    track gap that Jam automatically inserts. The first track has to have
    a 2 second gap, as part of the CD format. No biggie. Jam will do it
    for you if you forget. You can use the transport controls at the top
    of the Jam window to audition your CD before you burn it and check
    for any jumps and skips, but you should have none :)

    I've tried a number of different ways of getting the same results,
    some of which are less disk-intensive, but I think this is the most
    error-free. Email me with corrections or questions.

    I should also note that I have heard about a program called
    WaveBurner by Emagic (I think) that is way ahead of my technique.
     From what I know, WaveBurner would allow you to just import your mix
    as one file, do no slicing, and drag-and-drop your track index points
    on to the file. But I have not used it yet :(

    Happy burning,
    .aaron shinn

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    At 9:24 AM -0400 10/14/00, Lester Wackadous wrote:
    >Hi all,
    >I just got a mac and a cdrw drive. Can anyone suggest some useful
    >software for writing audio cds, and manipulating audio. I want to
    >burn my own mixcd's, and start getting into producing on the
    >computer, so any suggestions for software or clues to where I should
    >look for software or information about doing these things would be
    >appreciated.
    >
    >thanks in advance.
    >
    >-les
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