Re: [ARSCLIST] non-book CDs

[Marcos Sueiro Bal <mls2137@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Toast for Mac will burn 44.1/24 audio files to CD-R *as data files*. If 
you right-click on any file, Windows allows you to "Send to" your file 
to a CD-R or DVD-R.

If you want to create a redbook CD from your 44.1/24 files, it is 
recommended you dither them down to 16 bits (as opposed to just truncate 
them). I think all professional redbook-burning software will allow you 
to do this (including Sound Forge/CD Architect)

Marcos


>   
> > > What software do you use for putting 44.1/24 files onto
> > > CDs?
> > >
> > > Steve Smolian
> > >
> > >       
> > Personally, I use PrimoDvd from Primera, (which also carries
> > a Sonic TM), since I use a Primera Bravo II Disc Publisher
> > (using a Plextor 715-A) for my copies. I drag the WAV files
> > into the project window, and burn a data CD. It is perfectly
> > possible and accepted practice to make 24/44.1 CDs, they
> > just will be Data CDs, and will not be playable on a
> > conventional  CD player. They won't be "CDs'" in the common
> > sense of the term, but they are on CD-Rs. There is no way to
> > make a Redbook CD at 24/44.1, since 16 bits is an integral
> > part of the spec (please correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't
> > read the Redbook for a while, or , um, never) I suspect this
> > is common knowledge, but the fact seems to be obscured in
> > the discussion.
> > There are any number of readers (free and otherwise) that
> > will play WAV files from a data disc, so playability is not
> > a problem unless all you've got is a CD player, in which
> > case, you're in dire straits indeed.
> >     
>
>   

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Marcos Sueiro Bal
Audio/Moving Image Archivist
Preservation Division
Columbia University