Audio Copy

[galehickey]

Would like to make an Audio Copy of a CD. Have tried different software and different results. Any reecommendations as far as software goes. Thank you.

[David K]

What you appear to be asking appears too simple. To make a copy of a CD, you can use any burning program with a disc to disc copy. Audio CDs are not of course copy protected. Perhaps you are asking something else?

[jimmalenko]

what have tried, and what results have you got ?

Nero Express's "Copy Entire Disc" generally works for me, although some discs with multimedia content choke and CloneCD comes through with the goods.

[galehickey]

I made a copy using Adaptec but then used EAC and the EAC was better in my opinion. I am asking if a software exists for audio copying alone. Thanks.

[jimmalenko]

It shouldn't really matter what you use. As David K alluded, it's not exactly rocket-science since Audio CDs are not protected or anything.

I must say that I'm interested to hear how you think one is better over the other. Better software (easier to use) ? Better sound quality ? What do you mean by "better" ?

[galehickey]

Better sound quality ?
Instruments are heard a lot clearer.

[jimmalenko]

Hmmmmm, OK ... that's strange. Your software shouldn't be doing anything to the sound quality, as it should just be a simple copy process.

[galehickey]

Try WINAMP-nice.

[SLK001]

Better sound quality ?
Instruments are heard a lot clearer.

Baloney. A digital copy is a clone of the original (assuming everything worked properly).

[drjtech]

Better sound quality ?
Instruments are heard a lot clearer.

Are you saying "copy" when you really mean "encode to mp3"????

Is your desired end result a burned Audio CD or files on your hard drive?

-drj

[Skith]

EAC set up with AccurateRip

Different drives have different error correction capabilities, EAC can be set up to take advantage of/compensate for a specific drives ability to read a disc. A scratched disc may produce pops/clicks in a drive with poor error correction. This should be less of a problem with most newer drives.

EAC allows ripping to a single WAV file, multiple wav files with .CUE sheets, ripping to FLAC/APE/MP3/MPC and other formats (with the proper encoders installed).

EAC is widely regarded as the most accurate tool to produce and exact audio copy (hence the name EAC). It does take a bit of setup to achieve the best results.

If the CD is in good shape, any program that can rip in image file (ISO, NRG (nero), PXI (plextools, plextor drives only), etc.) should meet your needs.