Hi Paul, Good show, keep us posted on how things are going.
Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hutson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:51 PM Subject: Re: Ripping CD Tracks To MP3's? > Thanks Tony. I've got it up and running VERY well. > Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nick danger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:56 PM > Subject: Re: Ripping CD Tracks To MP3's? > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > You can go to http://www.jfwlite.com/programs and grab it from there. Hope > > this helps man. Be sure to get version 1.50. The most recent version > seems > > ta be quite buggy. > > > > Tony > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Hutson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:40 PM > > Subject: Re: Ripping CD Tracks To MP3's? > > > > > > > THANKS very much Kevin. Just one more question, where can I get C D E > X, > > > that is, the U R L? > > > Take care and thanks again. > > > Paul > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 12:23 PM > > > Subject: Re: Ripping CD Tracks To MP3's? > > > > > > > > > > Hi Paul. > > > > > > > > CDEX is a free program that is really easy to use with screen readers. > > > > > > > > I've pasted some notes below on how to use CDEX to rip tracks to your > > hard > > > > drive. > > > > > > > > Using CDEX to rip CD tracks to your hard drive > > > > > > > > 1. Place your CD into any of your CD-ROM drives. Hold down the shift > > key > > > > when the CD drawer is being closed to prevent the CD starting to play. > > > > 2. Close any running applications. This will ensure that when ripping > > is > > > > started CDEX is not competing for resources and therefore produces the > > > best > > > > quality output. > > > > 3. Start CDEX from the desktop or programs menu. > > > > 4. Your screen reader will start to announce the track listing of the > CD > > > as > > > > "Audio Track 1, Audio Track 2", etc. > > > > 5. CDEX can get the artist, album title and track titles from the CDDB > > by > > > > connecting to the internet but you will first need to make the > following > > > > changes: > > > > a. Press F4 to open the Settings dialogue > > > > b. Press shift tab and then right arrow until you reach the Remote > CDDB > > > tab > > > > c. Press tab until you reach a control requesting you to enter your > > e-mail > > > > address > > > > d. Key in your e-mail address and then tab to OK > > > > e. If you'd like CDEX to get CD information automatically each time > you > > > > start CDEX, then check the auto connect checkbox. > > > > f. Press enter on the OK button to confirm your changes > > > > 6. To retrieve artist name, album title and track titles from the > CDDB, > > do > > > > the following: > > > > a. Press alt + D to enter the CDDB menu > > > > b. Press down arrow until you reach "Read remote CDDB" > > > > c. Press enter and CDEX will query the CDDB and pull back the artist > > name, > > > > album title and track titles > > > > d. If you'd like to store this information so that you don't need to > > > > retrieve from the CDDB again for this CD, press alt + D to enter the > > CDDB > > > > menu and then arrow down until you reach "save to local CDDB". > Pressing > > > > enter at this point will save the CD information on your computer. > > > > 7. CDEX can normalise the volume of all tracks being ripped. This > will > > > > result in your tracks being set to the same volume even if they are > > taken > > > > from CD's where the volumes vary considerably. To make CDEX normalise > > the > > > > volume of ripped tracks, make the following changes: > > > > a. Press F4 to enter the Settings dialogue > > > > b. You will probably be placed on the encoder tab but if not, press > > shift > > > > and tab and then use the right and left arrow keys until you reach the > > > > encoder tab > > > > c. Press tab until you reach the control for "on-the-fly MP3 encoding" > > and > > > > press the spacebar to uncheck this > > > > d. Press tab until you reach the encoder tab again and use the left > > arrow > > > > key until you reach the general tab > > > > e. Press tab until you reach the control "normalise volume" and press > > the > > > > spacebar to check this > > > > f. Press tab until you reach OK and press enter to confirm your > changes > > > > 8. To rip all of the tracks to WAV format, press F8. > > > > 9. To rip all of the tracks to MP3 format, press F9. > > > > 10. If you don't want all tracks to be ripped from the CD, use the up > > and > > > > down arrow keys in the list of track titles until you reach the track > > you > > > > want before pressing F8 or F9. If you want to select a number of > > tracks, > > > > you can do this using the standard windows keystrokes of shift with > the > > up > > > > or down arrow to select contiguous tracks and control with the up and > > down > > > > arrow keys to unselect tracks. > > > > 11. You can change the default folder where CDEX will output your > ripped > > > > tracks by making the following changes: > > > > a. Press F4 to enter the settings dialogue > > > > b. Press shift and tab and then left arrow until you reach the > filenames > > > tab > > > > c. Press tab until you reach the WAV>MP3 control > > > > d. Route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor using the insert + JAWS > cursor > > > > keystroke > > > > e. Use the keystroke insert + left arrow to locate the button to the > > right > > > > of the WAV>MP3 control > > > > f. Press the left mouse button on the numpad to activate this button > > > > g. Select the folder where you'd like CDEX to place your ripped tracks > > and > > > > open the folder by pressing the right arrow key > > > > h. Press tab until you reach OK and press enter to confirm the choice > of > > > > output folder > > > > i. Press tab until you reach OK and press enter to confirm your > changes > > > > 12. You can change the format of the track names and the folders that > > CDEX > > > > will create when ripping by making the following changes: > > > > a. Press F4 to enter the settings dialogue > > > > b. Press shift and tab and then left arrow until you reach the > filenames > > > tab > > > > c. Tab once to the output file format and directories edit field. If > > you > > > > are confident with the naming conventions, you can edit your > preferences > > > > directly into this field. Otherwise, tab once more and press the > output > > > > file format and directories button. Use your JAWS or screen review > > cursor > > > > to read the options available. In brief, the main options of interest > > > are: > > > > %1 Artist information > > > > %2 Album information > > > > %3 Track number > > > > %4 Track name > > > > %5 CD Volume ID > > > > %6 CDDB ID > > > > %7 Track number with leading zero > > > > The \ character will create a subfolder. For example, if placed > between > > > %1 > > > > and %2, the CD album titles will be output in a subfolder under the > > artist > > > > name. > > > > d. Tab to the ok button and press enter to confirm the new settings. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Paul Hutson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:54 PM > > > > Subject: Ripping CD Tracks To MP3's? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > > > > > I know this has been discussed on the list so if someone would > please > > > > write > > > > > me off-list I would appreciate or if someone could direct me in the > > > > archives > > > > > I would like that too. > > > > > I would like to know if there is some way that I can do as I stated > in > > > my > > > > > subject line without spending the BIG bucks to buy a program? Also, > > > since > > > > I > > > > > am VERY new to this audio stuff if I could get some info on the > > simplist > > > > way > > > > > to do this? > > > > > T I A, > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
