[Dixielandjazz] Converting LP's to CD's

[Andy Ling]

> I'm looking for some advice on efforts to convert my jazz LP to CDs.
> 
> I have figured out how to make a CD by playing my LP through a
> Superscope PSD340 converter. I have downloaded Audacity to clean up the
> tracks. However, the Audacity software is telling me that It can't read
> the downloaded files and they must be converted to WAF or AIFF files. It
> is suggested to use free programs such as Cdax or the Windows version of
> iTunes.
> 

I have seen this error and I seem to remember it is a copyright
issue with the code needed to read the CD. So you have to use
something else to read the data off the CD and generate WAV files
on your disk.

The program they suggest is CDex, which you can download
from here

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

It is pretty easy to use and will extract the data from a CD into
lots of different formats. WAV is the best for editing. I use
it and find it does the job very well.

You've probably already found it, but the audacity web page
here tells you how to use it

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_how_to_import_cds.html

If you want to stick with Audacity then I think this is probably
the easiest way forward. If you really don't want to download anything
else then you can use Windows Media Player (version 11 or higher).
It has an option in Tools->Options->Rip Music that will rip the CD to
files on your disk. Or if you already have it, you can use iTunes.

There are other software packages that include everything
like Nero

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads/

But these usually cost money.

Regards

Andy Ling