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a program to extract those music tracks from analog or CD sources to your
hard disk? That also breaks the sound tracks into individual song
tracks? That will create wav, wma or MP3 files? That will pull-in
the song titles from the big data base in the sky? All this without
installing DLLs, device drivers or messing with your registry. You
should take a look at Audiograbber by Jakie Franck. You can download
an altered (random selection of extracted tracks) demo (1.28 MB).
If you like it, the full version costs $25. direct and requires Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000, a compatible IDE or SCSI CD-ROM, or a CD recorder capable
of digital audio extraction, and a sound card for audio recording.
I’ve been working with Audiograbber for about a month now and I really like it. The help files are extensive and clearly written. Audiograbber is not as simple to operate as CDDAE 99 by Erik Deppe because it allows much more control of the extraction process and has many extra features. The interface screens are familiar and intuitive. Yes, it shows extraction speed and uses check sum for error control. An X at the start or finish of the check sum means it is invalid. Hold down Ctrl and select the source and copied file to compare. An excellent normalizing function is included to even out the different music track sound levels. Once the music tracks are extracted to the hard disk, Audiograbber can be used as a jukebox by checking the box for the track you want to hear or dragging the tracks to the order you want to listen to them on the Windows player. Volume control for analog recording is handled by clicking on the Mixer button in the Line In Sampling window. If no jewel box cover printing program is built-in to your burner software, the play list can be moved to the clipboard for insertion in your favorite cover printer program. You are putting labels on your discs, aren’t you? Loading the audio tracks from CD is easy. Just double-click on
the Audiograbber icon on the desktop. Insert the source CD in the
CD-ROM. Audiograbber will display all the audio tracks in its Main
Screen. Place a check mark in the box on the track you want to record,
or drag the tracks to the sequence you desire. Click Settings on
the Menu line or click the button to setup your preferences. Check
Norm. to equalize the sound levels. Click the Grab! Button
and all the checked tracks will be recorded to your hard disk, ready to
be loaded in your burner software. To record analog is just as simple.
Click File on the Menu line, select Line in Sampling, select Auto Track
Split, set the slider to the sensitivity (7 or 8 works best for me for
records), make sure your tape or amplifier is plugged into your sound card.
Click the Mixer button and set the sound level on the meter. Click
track 1 and enter the song title. Que up your sound track and
click the record button. Play back the tracks on your hard disk to
make sure you got a good cut. Who said making your own favorites
CD can’t be fun?
I have been a coaster burner for several years. I've burned three coasters this week and now I'm trying to figure out why I have a "Laser will not calibrate" screen. Dale Swafford |