Recording Help

[Carraz]

I recently moved from PC to Mac.No problems with Audacity. Easy recording thru USB turntable. Problems occurs after export
iTunes takes over and after burning a CD on WAV format cannot read on a normal audio device (in my car for ex.) Have loaded Toast Titanium for a change but same results. Anyone can explain why I cant read them CD's , They do work beautifully on a computer either Mac or PC ,,,,Many thanks for any help

[steve]

You need to specify "audio CD" when you are burning the CD, otherwise you will most likely get a "data CD" which are not compatible with most CD players. I don't use Macs so I can't give specifics. You can probably work it out now that you know what you are looking for, but if you get stuck try posting in the Mac section of the forum (there is one Mac section for Audacity 1.2.x and another for Audacity 1.3.x - go to the "Board Index" link near to top of this page for a list of forum sections).

[bgravato]

On iTunes when you click on the burn cd button you should get a popup menu... select audio cd.

Also try burning the CD at a speed lower than the maximum... lets say... 8x. In the past I had some conventional cd players which had some trouble reading CDs which were burn at high speeds... Since then I've been burning audio cds at 8x or 16x at most.

I rarely burn an audio cd nowadays though... I have usb/mp3 support on the car so I usually just have a 16GB usb pen with mp3 on the car. Also got an mp3 portable player, so no more portable cd player... I only listen to audio cds at home...

[kozikowski]

<<<I only listen to audio cds at home...>>>

On the polished walnut, floor-standing, wind-up CD player with the big horn speaker?

Koz

[bgravato]

<<<I only listen to audio cds at home...>>>

On the polished walnut, floor-standing, wind-up CD player with the big horn speaker?

Koz

I haven't got myself yet a good pair of speakers... I actually have a pair of computer speakers (creative's gigaworks T40) in the living room where my cd player (a marantz cd5001) is. Creative's gigaworks line of speakers are actually not bad for what they cost (I bought this T40 because I already owned a pair of T20 for my PC and I was very pleased).

When I want to listen to music in better sound quality I usually prefer my headphones (Senn HD595 (120ohm version) if you're curious about it ).

[kozikowski]

I still have my working pair of HD 414s.

http://www.stereophile.com/features/709/index2.html#
http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/Ma ... 114/847604

One of the producers in the Commercial Division is still using his Hafler DH-200 amplifier. His power switch failed and I replaced it. He wanted to pay me for it and I told him not to worry about it. It was the high point of my week.

Koz