KVR Audio

pwedza · Post by **pwedza** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:30 am

Hello, a quick question.

I just purcahsed a sample cd in which all the files are in the .cda format. What is the best way to get these onto my hd and converted into .wav or .aiff?

Thank you.

Colonel Flashback · Post by **Colonel Flashback** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:46 am

that's an ordinary audio cd so any cd ripping utility will do (probably even windows media player)

pwedza · Post by **pwedza** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:50 am

thanks

Colonel Flashback · Post by **Colonel Flashback** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:08 am

and this one is good for splitting the wav files once you got those on your hdd:
http://www.spacetaxi.de/sf/waveknife.html

pwedza · Post by **pwedza** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:13 am

again, thanks!!

timobrien · Post by **timobrien** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:46 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Audio_track_shortcut

A CD Audio Track or .cda file is a small (44 bytes) file generated by Microsoft Windows for each track on an audio CD. The file contains indexing information that programs can use to play or rip the disc. The files are given names in the format Track??.cda.

The .cda files do not contain the actual PCM wave data, but instead tell where on the disc the track starts and stops. If the file is copied from the CD-ROM to the computer, it becomes useless, since it is only a shortcut to part of the disc. However, some audio editing and CD creation programs will, from the user's perspective, load .cda files as though they are actual audio data files.