Ripping Cd's? What Software do I use?
 

Ripping is when you want to take a cd and copy it to the your comp,right? Just making sure......

Well I would like to copy some cd's of mine but I would like advice and recommendations on which software to use. Thank you Very Much to all those that reply:b: :D :b:

I got MusicMatch Jukebox 2.51 bundled with my Diamond Rio and it rips CD's pretty good and it does CDDB, but it uses the old Xing mp3 encoder which i think bites. I just rip to Wav's and use the LAME encoder. Not the best possible combination but it was free and it works for me.

I use CDEX from http://www.cdex.n3.net/ lets me rip albums into single cuts and full album cuts. Plus it's free.:AP: :AP: :AP:

I use Audiocatalyst and Music Match 6.1.

The reason I don't want to use MusicMatch is because I've heard that It only lets you rip to 128 bitrate,and I at least want 192 bitrate quality....and unless you pay for MM it does the process slower than usual....I'm going to try out CDex:D looks a litte complicated but I'll figure it out. Thanks:D

Oh and thats all I need to rip cd's right? I thought I needed 2 programs one to rip the other to encode?

You can rip at any bitrates up to 320 kbs with the free version of MusicMatch by using custom settings (Options|Recorder|Settings|Custom Quality). There is no artificial slowing down of the ripping process - only CD burning speed is limited in the free version. In my view MusicMatch is a good ripping solution for a beginner - use 160 kbs or 192 kbs bitrates and you will get good quality rips very easily.

- tg ;)

I use audiograbber with the LAME encoder plugin. Also, you can incorporate other encoder plugins such as bladeenc or use the other default encoders in audiograbber.

if your cdrom drive has some sort of advanced jitter correction mechanism like plextor cdroms (for example) then it doesn't really matter what grabsoft you use as long as it can extract data digitally

when choosing a ripping program you want to avoid using those that don't have any sort of "secure" extract modes because then your rips will end up with sync errors, which takes the whole listening enjoyment away

same thing applies to what encoder you choose, what bitrate to encode at, what stereo mode, etc. for example, using too low of a bitrate can bring on dreadful "watery" artifacts while using joint stereo on live recordings or songs where there is a lot of stereo seperation can add a lot of flange

in short, the eac/lame combo will give very good results most of the time (especially at higher bitrates or vbr), or you could use eac to rip (to make sure the extracted audio is clean) and audioactive or opticom producer pro to encode

links:

eac: www.exactaudiocopy.de
lame: www.mp3-tech.org
fhg: www.opticom.de

One more thing, the less going on in your computer the better rip you'll get. :TY:

I have a 'bought' version that I got off the net. Simply download the free version and found a keygen. Works like a beuat :)

mm is fine. bad instructions tho. let me know if you need a walk thru.

can you use audiocatalyst with the lame encoder plugin???

I'm not sure DMX, I can try it later this evening and let you know. The way I do it in audiograbber is I take the lame encoder .dll file and copy it to the audiograbber program file directory where the .exe file resides, then when I open up the program, I go to internal codecs, select lame from the drop down menu and chooose the bitrate, stereo type etc. and encode the mp3. Audiocatalyst is very similar to audiograbber in the way the program is laid out, so perhaps you can do the same for audiocatalyst.

:N:

shitty, anyone know where i can grab a copy of audiograbber??

thanks

DMX, PM sent

get rid of audiocatalyst and use eac
its waaaay better

www.exactaudiocopy.de

I agree EAC is by far the best out there right now. Not as user friendly as CDEX etc. but gives you the best ripps for wave files on the net. Then encode into MP3, on the fly encoding should never be done, qaulity and error correction suffer.
I use the Win32 Razorlame encoder for VBR and CDEX for CBR.

http://www.cd-rw.org/win32lame/ Comes all set up with default options very easy to use and awesome file size and quality for VBR encoding.


Here is a awesome site for making MP3's http://r3mix.net/ tons of info and methods.

Just found out my Easy Cd Creator3 won`t work
 

with winXP home edition I like the free good ones that a dumbass like my self can use and maybe understand lol Which ones will work with Xp or where can i go to find out for meeself? steve And there is no patch or upgrade for it

Yeah-I-Did-It pretty much nailed it IMO. EAC to rip and LAME to encode. Also, r3mix.net is the source for information on doing high-quality ripping & encoding.

So far as I know, EAC is the only ripper that will verify that it ripped correctly.