Import audio from .cda? How?

[tabla1]

I just finished putting XP on my system. I went to import audio from a cd I have to add sound design to, and the cd files keep coming up as .cda files, so sonar won't import them. How do you get the computer to recognize them as wavs?

 

[shawn gibson]

Right click and go opens with, and then choose program, then choose whatever you normally open with. I think you can specify to always open with this program.

It should open no problem if it's a valid format for the program.

I hope this makes sense, lemme know if not.

I.e., right click the file you want to open, and start from there...

 

[tabla1]

Tried that but sonar still won't recognize it as a .wav file. I think the problem is windows media player won't let the computer recognize it as anything else. I've been looking through the tabs on media player to disable it but it's a no go. Any other ideas?

 

[shawn gibson]

It's associations. I think WM follows the regular stand,ards but I'm not sure.

Any help guys???

 

[dachay2tnr]

Tried that but sonar still won't recognize it as a .wav file.

That might be because it ISN'T a wave file. It's in audio CD format (red book). You need to "rip" it to .wav format before you can import into Sonar.

You need a ripping program such as this one:
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

 

[tabla1]

Thanks for the help. I just ripped it into Sound Forge and now it works. It sucks you can't directly import anymore. Oh well. Thanks again.

 

[shawn gibson]

I keep hearing about Sound Forge...what is that..audio/midi/both?

 

[James Argo]

I keep hearing about Sound Forge...what is that..audio/midi/both?

Sound Forge from Sonic Foundry is one of those great audio editor beside CoolEdit Pro & Wavelab. Most of us use either one of them side by side with SONAR (Cakewalk) to do wave editing. They somehow alot more easier & provide much much more features...