A very nice little app for ripping Audio to AIFF is SoundApp. Works fine with Toast (some drop-icon scripts are downloadable or included), freeware.
http://www.spies.com/~franke/SoundApp/ As for speed, I never had problems with CDs toasted at highest speed (LiteOn drive, 12x) and a 15 year old Marantz player, also CDs made for family and friends always work. Chrisso > >> >> Dear Listies, >> >> Yet another OT question: >> >> I was trying to burn an audio CD (yes, my own -- I'm so boring that way) >> via Toast 4.1.2. >> >> My machine also has iTunes on it, though I never use it. (There's a clue >> to my next step right there, huh? Shaddup....) >> >> Anyway, I had success previously burning audio CD's (albeit at glacial >> 2x speed) via my internal SCSI Yamaha 8824. But this time, when I tried >> my usual drill of transferring the CD's contents onto my 2nd partition >> before firing up Toast, the Finder told me that the transfer had been >> completed almost instantaneously on the full CD contents, which was >> obviously implausible. Needless to say, it then didn't burn. >> >> Worthy of note as a clue: The tracks (which were named, I think, just >> "Track 1," "Track 2," etc.) had the icons of iTunes files. >> >> A simple matter of disabling the iTunes extension and trying again? >> >> --Tony > > The files the Finder so quickly copied were the little "pointers" to the > tracks that you'll see if you view the contents of an Audio CD in the > Finder. They weren't the ~60mb raw audio files (tracks) that you want to > actually copy. You need to "rip" the tracks, which is to read them to > your hard drive as raw data, in the form of 'AIFF' files. Toast 4 can do > this, but I don't remember just what it's called in the menus. 'Extract' > maybe? > > And as for the speed, "they" say that 2x is a good speed for burning > Audio CDs, as it ensures compatibility with older players. Maybe true, > maybe urban legend, probably a bit of both. > > -- Bryan > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
