Fostex on making CD's

[robjh22]

There's a nice guy at Fostex named Matt that many of you know.
He just sent me a step-by-step instruction on making CD's that I find clearer than the manual. I have cured my own CD making problems, but if anyone wants Matt's instructions, send me an e-mail at robjh22@hotmail.com, or post your address here and I'll send to you.

Regards,

Rob

P.S. - getting the *&%#@&* CD onto mp3 and then onto the web is a whole separate can of worms. I'm getting closer, but still can't make a quality mp3 from the CD I made on my VF80.

 

[trim]

i'm not familiar with the VF80, but couldn't you just transfer the track onto your computer via usb connection (if all the data is still available) without burning onto disc first? then it's easy to convert it and should sound decent enough.

eh but what do i know, i'm a n00b

ps. what program(s) are you using?

 

[mrx]

i'm not familiar with the VF80, but couldn't you just transfer the track onto your computer via usb connection...

No USB on VF80...

 

[a12stringer]

Does your VF80 have the internal CD burner? If so, pp. 109 and following in the owner's manual have instructions for saving as a .wav file. If I understand the manually correctly, the process requires having the proprietary File Management software installed on your computer. Then using a program such as N-Tracks or Cakewalk one should be able to mix/convert to MP3. I haven't tried this myself. Has anybody out there attempted this?

 

[a12stringer]

I forgot to mention/suggest that if what you have is a finalized mixed and mastered CD, then perhaps you might want to check c/net to see if a "ripper" program might be available as freeware that would allow you to convert digital audio to MP3. Keep us posted on what you try and what works [and equally important, what doesn't work].

 

[Tubedriver]

you can make an audio CD with the one track you wish to convert. You simply take that to your PC, and "rip" it to mp3. You have to select the right "bit rate" - usually 128kb variable sounds ok.

You dont have to save it as a .wav file.

There is a free program called dbPoweramp that will convert the audio to mp3. I forget what the website is. You can also try MusicMatch.

try listening to the audio CD first. If it plays ok and sounds ok in your hi-fi system then you are halfway there. NB: dont try playing .wav files in your hi-fi system CD player!!

If I had the manual in front of me I'd give some instructions here, sorry you're having trouble but this was one of the very first things I'd tried after I got my unit and recorded something....I found it very easy?????