Audacity Forum

can any one help,I have purchased the EZCAP usb audio capture unit using audacity,it records fine but I have been unable to find how to transfer from my hard disc to a cd,I am not to clever with computors so appologise if i have missed the obvious,we all have to start somewhere,a greyhaired old git.

I'm assuming that what you want to do is create an audio CD that you can play anywhere, and that you would like the CD to have separate tracks for each song you have recorded from LP or tape.

You need to export the audio from audacity to WAV or AIF, then use CD burning software (iTunes will work) to burn an audio CD. Be certain that you are not burning a data CD, as it will not play in a CD player.

The excap probably came with Audacity 1.2.5/6. If you want to continue using 1.2, this tutorial from the wiki may help

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... ate_tracks

The full manual for 1.2.x is here: http://audacityteam.org/manual-1.2/index.html

You may want to consider upgrading to 1.3.11 (not 1.3.10, as it has a bug in the Export Multiple command). 1.3.11 is available here:

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... tly_Builds

If you upgrade to 1.3.11, this tutorial on splitting a recording into separate tracks may be more appropriate:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... o_CD#split

The full manual for 1.3.11 is here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... =Main_Page

-- Bill

many thanks bill,ezcap version on discs reads 3.1.2A,I do have nero express burn on my computor would this do it?,incidently I did download LAME as recommended on the web-site,Dave.

cycart wrote:ezcap version on discs reads 3.1.2A,
I do have nero express burn on my computor would this do it?,
incidently I did download LAME as recommended on the web-site,Dave.

We're interested in the version of Audacity. With Audacity running click on Help > About Audacity. What does it say?

Nero should work, as I understand, but one of the Windows elves will need to confirm (I'm a Mac guy).

You don't need LAME unless you want to make MP3 files to put on an MP3 player or email to friends. You want to export as WAV for burning CDs.

-- Bill

Hi Bill,yes ,1.2.6,as you stated ,i think the version I noted was the ezcap version number,many thanks once again ,will try all your suggestions and let you know how it goes ,Dave.