KVR Audio

Lorenz @ XARC Mastering · Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:06 am

Hello,

Can anyone help me out and name a good and "exact" (like www.exactaudiocopy.de for Windows does) program that converts Audio CD´s to WAV / AIFF files (MP3 or WMA option is not needed) on the Macintosh, ideally for free and with a tutorial for users that have never done this before?

Asking for to much? Probaly, but this is intended for clients from me that are not on Windows.

Thank you very much for your help!

Regards,
Lorenz

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:11 am

Even if they have an audio extraction utility (there are several out there) they need a drive that supports DAE (Digital Audio Extraction) to get a bit for bit copy. If their drive doesn't support it, you're at the mercy of the analog conversion off of that drive. Ick. Sorry I don't have a suggestion though, just something to keep in mind though.

Devon

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:15 am

And a lil FAQ on it as well.

http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/daefaq.htm

Mostly for others, as I'm sure you're already aware of this.

Devon

Lorenz @ XARC Mastering · Mon Aug 09, 2004 3:16 am

Hi DevonB,

Hope you are doing well. The last drives I know of that didn´t support digital reading were back from 1996. This is no more issue today, you can be sure.

Oh and yes, I know that stuff. That is why I am basically looking for something like Exact Audio Copy (that over-reads 82 times), but for Macintosh.

Of course an Audio-CD extraction is never the same as the original file that it was burned from, but this is for clients that don´t have another source of their mixes anymore or got only a Audio-CD back from the studio they recorded it, so they don´t have much of an option you know.

Lorenz @ XARC Mastering · Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:55 am

Just wanted to ask again if anyone has a tip for me, still didn´t find anything yet.

Thanks for your help once again.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:38 am

If they’re on OS X, the easiest way to do it is to open the audio CD on the Mac desktop, select the audio files and drag them to the hard disk. The tracks will be saved as aiff files. Can’t vouch for the exactness of the conversion tho.

/Yoss

Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:48 am

iTunes which came standard with OS 9.1 to present does a bit for bit conversion to AIFF. Go to Advanced or Import.

Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:51 am

Oh and Peak since 2.5 has done that as well. It's not that difficult really and hasn't been since 1997.

Lorenz @ XARC Mastering · Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:20 am

Hi and sorry to bring up such an ages-old thread again. But I still would be eager to hear if someone has a solution / free program for this purpose. Possibly something "popular" has been created in the meantime for Mac´s?

Thanks again for all the help.

püRe · Post by **püRe** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:03 pm

Lorenz @ XARC Mastering wrote:Hi and sorry to bring up such an ages-old thread again. But I still would be eager to hear if someone has a solution / free program for this purpose. Possibly something "popular" has been created in the meantime for Mac´s?

Thanks again for all the help.

iTunes or the drag/drop method is the way to go...

tetraplan · Post by **tetraplan** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:54 pm

Download Fink, then, in Terminal.app, do "sudo fink install cdrdao".
Instructions can be found here.

Groet, Erik

Audio CD to AIFF / WAV for Mac?