recording from cd drive

[peter miller]

i tried to record a track from my cd drive so i could add some extra stuff to it & i can't get a good volume ,all hiss and not much cd-a track

I've checked all the volumes but nothing seems to work

[dobro]

You mean copy a track from the cd drive? How did you do it? Using 'insert'? Or did you try using Windows Explorer? Using Explorer often doesn't work very well.

[Milkman]

what sound card u using? with my sb live, I can just select the cd drive as the source of recording...works well for me.

[peter miller]

I clicked record in multi track,then selected the track i wanted to add to(or edit) and pressed play on the cd player(that comes with CEP). I get 40% track and 60%hiss. I adjust record level but it increases both hiss and track.

All windows levels are at max and cd-rom drive volume options are at max ,for some reason the level is very low.
I'm using the ISIS card

[Tukkis]

Why record from a CD for??

Just rip the tracks you want from the cd and then insert them into cool edit

[Milkman]

yea, just rip the audio from the cd (i take it this is the cd drive of ur comp)? You will need an audio ripping software..... search at http://download.com

[peter miller]

rip!!
well what do you know,I never new that i'll have to hunt round for some audio ripping software.
Any suggestions..I'll check that link though

[Milkman]

RIP!!!!! i know lol...but would u rather "extract" or something?

I use dbpoweramp.....i think it should do for u...available at:

http://dbpoweramp.com

[peter miller]

db works like a charm
thanks