making "clean" CD copies?

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Rusty K

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Hello,

I've been having some trouble getting clean CD copies burned. The finished result is rife with little pops etc.

I have a pro burner and never had the problem with anything I've burned from scratch so I've decided that it must be a CDROM "read" problem. I read at 2x.

I'd love some input on how to insure clean copies.

Also my burner is SCSI. Shouldn't I be able to read from this unit into my computer then burn back out? I tried to select my burner as my source but it wouldn't read. Settings?

Thanks,
Rusty K
 
zek......

If you mean was the original CD clipping I'm 99% sure that would not be the case?

Rusty K
 
I put a clean .wav file on cd and it sounded really bad. I was worried about it, then I burned it at 12x instead of 24x and the thing was perfect. I don't know why. My cd was supposed to be rated for even higher than 24x, but maybe they lied when I got em at a computer show.
 
junplugged,

Hey I posted this same thread in "Other Equipment and Reviews" and I've gotten many more resposes there. Some of the posts may be informative for you. Check it out.

Thanks,
Rusty K
 
"...burned it at 12x instead of 24x and the thing was perfect. "

HOLY SHIT!!! that would be the problem. Try to never burn faster than 2x :) 1x for retail copies is my rule
 
i've heard that the "burn at 1x" rule is not strictly relevant anymore, especially with SCSI burners, BUT my advice here would be to burn a 1x, a 2x, a 6x, a 12x, etc (make a few different speeds)-and see if you can hear the difference. see if ANYONE can hear the difference. find an audiophile buddy. don't mark the cd's by speed, just mark them in a distinguishable way. let other people hear them. see what they say. this would be known as single-blind experimentation-it's much more useful than when all parties know what's up. if people can tell the difference above a certain speed, but not below it, on pretty good equipment, you've probably found a healthy medium-at least until you get to the point where you get into serious critical listening where every link in the play chain costs a great deal, AND you know WHY it all costs so much :D
 
heh yeah, The reason I burn only at 1x is because it allows the fewest errors on my (cheap)equipment.

Audio CD's are digital 1's & 0's but CD players have error correction algorithems so when you make an audio CD it's not like copying a file on a harddrive where it can go back and rewrite every bit until it's an exact copy...it gets it close and then required the CD player to fix it on playback... so cheaper CD players might not even play the CD because it views it as corrupted.
 
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