Newbie CD-R question....***NEW QUESTION***

SF DUDE

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I am getting a CDRW tommorrow. First one I have ever had. All new to me. Getting an Iomega 12X10X32 with burnproof. Question is, do you have to buy the Audio CD-R's to copy audio CD's, or will regular CD-R's work OK? I have been doing lot's of reading, but have not quite found the answer yet.
 

GiLtY

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i have a iomega 12x4x32x, and i can burn audio cds with recordable cds. the most important thing is when you choose which kind of cd you want to create, make you that you choose "audio cd", not "data cd" ;)
 

Wuming

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any type of cd recordables can be used to burn audio cds (74 min or 80 min).
 

apacide

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I just use regular CD-Rs to record audio. I know what you're talking about when you say the Audio CD-Rs because I've seen them (and not sure what the point is), but just regular will work fine. I actually got a pretty good deal at Best Buy, they had a 30 pack of Memorex 700 MB/80 min CD-R in slim jewel cases for $18!
 

billandopus

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Okay, here's the answer to your question:

Do notbuy the "audio cdrs" meant for standalone cdr recorders that look like typical home stereo components.

They require the "audio cdrs" that are 2-4x the price of "regular" cdrs.

The reason? The music industry assumes that you will be pirating music so they overcharge you to make sure that they make money off of you. Standalone recorders need to read the special information on the ATIP of these "audio cdrs" otherwise they won't burn. They will not burn "regular" cdrs meant for computer burners because they lack the ATIP that would satisfy the copy protection of standalone home recorders.

This is why when you are looking around for cdrs ... for example at www.cdrecordable.com .. you will see two different descriptions. The majority are regular cdrs for computer-based burners and you will then find ones that are specific to standalone home recorders which are the same cdr except for the ATIP info and which you much buy in order to burn on the standalones.

Hope you got that circular, repetive explanation! Good luck.
 

SF DUDE

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Yeah. Manager at my CompUSA is holding one in his office for me. hehe.
Any other good info I need to know? Any problems recording multiple tracks from different CD's and create compilations?
 

mztykal

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Hehe...just rip the songs to your hard drive instead of taking one after the other off of cd's. It's faster too. Sorry if my post doesn't make that much sense, but if you get it yah, it's 5:01 a.m. here in Hawaii and I'm still up. Heh...Oh well, *BUMP* for a badass burner.
 

Spook

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Or you could do what I did, and took my 200+ CD collection, and MP3 it to your Harddrive. Whenever I feel like making a music disc I have a hell of a selection. Just convert it over to CDDA or Wav, and burn the music disc.... Makes great mix discs...
 

SF DUDE

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How long should it take to copy a CD directly? The only reson I ask, is because I just burned 2 directly. It took about 20 minutes each. That seems a little long. Also noticed that I selected write speed of 12X(with 12X media) and when the burn started, it showed to be recording at 4X.
 

billandopus

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20 mins is about right for 4x. 12x should be 6 mins or so or less. As for your concern about selecting 12x but only getting 4x ... i'm not sure what is going on there. If you select 12x it should burn at that speed unless something setting-wise or detection-wise is holding it back.

What program are you using anyways?

 

billandopus

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No offense but Adaptec has somewhat of a reputation of being flaky at times.

You may want to download Nero and see if you can get the 12x burning. If you read most of the posts here at Anandtech you will find that most people prefer Nero for audio burning and for good reason.