Burn, Baby, Burn!

About the Authors Josh McDaniel is a columnist and regular contributor for EMedia magazine, though it has been remarked that what he submits could hardly be termed "regular." When trying to trace the length and exact content of his freelance career, Josh finds he cannot—due to a dissolute youth, he can't remember much of anything antedating yesterday. He remembers writing for Wired a little while back, and a handful of other magazines. He also remembers being the co-author of The Little Audio CD Book. Bob Starrett has been a contributing editor and columnist for EMedia magazine since 1995 and covers the CD-recordable and digital audio technology markets. This will be his sixth co-authored book on the subject. Bob is considered one of the world's leading experts on CD recording technology and has acted as an expert witness in many CD- and DVD-related court cases. © Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

Introduction.


1. Diving Right In.


Find Your Tunes. Prep 'Em. Burn 'Em. A Word of Caution, or Make That Two Words.



2. Hardware and Software.


Your Arsenal. Recording Drives (CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, and so on). Media (Blank CDs). CD-R Software. Digital Audio Editing and Restoration Software. Possibly Requisite Stuff, Depending on What You're Up To. Hit Me with Those Laser Beams.



3. Copying Audio CDs.


The Order of Things. The Ubiquitous but Mainly Nefarious Copy Utility. How Bob and Josh Copy CDs (Most of the Time), a Handy Tip, and Something We Bet You Didn't Know. The Burn.



4. Recording MP3s To CD.


Things You Should Know About MP3 and File Sharing. The Easy Way to Record MP3s to CD (a.k.a., Bob's Way). The Slightly Less Easy but, in Josh's Opinion, Better Way to Burn MP3s to CD. The Burn.



5. Capturing and Recording Digital Streams.


Attended Capture. Unattended Capture. The Burn.



6. Restoring and Recording Cassette Tapes.


Unplug Before You Plug In. Preparing for Recording on Windows. Preparing for Recording. Taking a Noiseprint and Dehissing. Track Splitting and Cleanup. The Burn.



7. Recording and Restoring Vinyl.


Requisite Stuff. Hooking Up. Scrub Before Surgery. Recording. Restoring. Track Splitting. The Burn.



8. Polishing Your Compilation CD.


Listen. Equalization. Normalization. Fade-Ins and Fade-Outs. Crossfades. The Butt Splice. Creating a Fake Live CD. The Burn.



9. CREATING ENHANCED CDS.


The Umbrella. Gather Ye Rosebuds (But Not All of Citizen Kane, 'Cuz That's Too Big). The Layout and the Burn.



10. Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting.


"My computer doesn't recognize my recorder!" "My drive won't record anything!" "What gets recorded sounds awful!" "My recorder says my blank disc is not writable or will not recognize my blank disc!" "What's this 'Buffer Underrun' message?!" "My system keeps locking up during recording!" "My disc skips during playback!" "The CD I burned plays fine in my machine, but not in my stereo!" "My drive won't eject the disc!" "There's interminable silence between my tracks!" "Should I check that little 'CD Text' box I keep seeing?" "Can I record and restore my 8-track cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes?"



Index.