Gents,

I just d/l the flac files from Nijmegen and I am wondering what the best way is to burn it to CD. I can immediately burn flac through nero onto audio CD, but is this the best way?

Please advice what you guys normally do in this case, since the quality is 'listenable' but not fantastic!

Urban Wheel

'Doo doo doo Heartbreaker'

Urban Wheel Wrote:
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> Gents,
> I can immediately burn flac through nero onto audio
> CD, but is this the best way?
>
> Urban Wheel

yes, this is the best way

Given that flac files are nothing more than compressed wav files I always decompress first & have a look @ the wavs in an audio editor to see if they need any help.

Sometimes they need 'normalising' to bring them up to full volume. I normalise each individual track to get them @ their maximum potential without distorting.

Sometimes they need 'centering' due to bias problems that show up, the recent Paris concert is seriously off-centre.

If the waveform is really jagged I might try a light limiter to give it a bit more punch, this smooths out the highs & lows, standard procedure when mastering a commercial cd.

If all you want to do is burn as is then there is no difference between the flac & it's decompressed wav version, that's why the traders love them.

Thanks Vox but,

So, to ensure I understand:

1. I decompress with switch or other program to WAV.
2. Check for consistancy, e.g. Wavepad (Switch)
3. Burn WAV to CD?

P.S. what program do you recommend to use to edit WAV files?

Urban Wheel

'Doo doo doo Heartbreaker'

Urban Wheel Wrote:
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> Thanks Vox but,
>
> So, to ensure I understand:
>
> 1. I decompress with switch or other program to
> WAV.
> 2. Check for consistancy, e.g. Wavepad (Switch)
> 3. Burn WAV to CD?
>
> P.S. what program do you recommend to use to edit
> WAV files?
The best in my opinion is Adobe Audition, but it's not free but very expensive.

Yup, that sounds about right, altho those proggies cost money & you can do it just as good for free.

To convert use Flac Frontend, nice & small

[wiki.etree.org]

I use cooleditpro2 which is serious, but Audacity is a very good freeware audio editor, it's got everything you'll ever need & more.

[audacity.sourceforge.net]

Vox:

Can SpinDoctor handle the files in the same way?

J

Just had a look @ Spin Doctpr home page & it looks as if it's a decent audio editor so it looks as if it will handle wav files in the same way. It's not a convertor of flac files tho

Vox,

Thanks for your support.

Anybody,
Do you think it is actually possible to 'upgrade' the quality of the Nijmegen boot (the complete set in flac from Ludwig or UrbanSteel) to a even more 'listenable' level?

Anybody,
I have installed audacity, which looks good, but what are the key features to use?

As you can see I am on a 'learning curve'

Urban Wheel

'Doo doo doo Heartbreaker'

vox12string Wrote:
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> Just had a look @ Spin Doctpr home page & it looks
> as if it's a decent audio editor so it looks as if
> it will handle wav files in the same way. It's not
> a convertor of flac files tho


Don't need that. Spin Doctor comes with Toast which burns FLACs

Thanks. I've found it to do some good work on 'remastering' bootlegs.

J

j.b.goode Wrote:
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> audacity manual tutorial


WOW. Thanks for this. One thing Spin Doctor can't do is change speed and/or pitch which Audacity does, but the newer version are tricky and I've been looking for the manual/support!