Subject:Burning WAV cd's?

Posted by: Bobmon

Date:3/13/2008 3:28:34 AM

I recently purchased the Sound Forge 9.0 package with CD Architect 5.2 and have not been able to burn a usable CD. I'm a novice

with a little experience from several other products I tried before SF. I searched all of the help topics (forums, knowledgebase, etc)

and could not find an answer (maybe I don't know what to search for).

I was able to build a file in SF and clean the audio and create tracks. When I burned my CD it played on my computer but not on my

home system. The files on the burned disk were MP3. I recalled reading somewhere that not all players will play MP3 and that they

should be burned as WAV files.
I then exported the file to CD Architect and again burned a CD. This time the files were type CDA. I went back into CD Architect

and used 'save as' to WAV format however the CD still burned as CDA and would not play on home system.

When I open the folder where the file is saved and check properties it says "Type:Wave Audio / Extension:.wav" and even using

Windows to burn the CD it burns as CDA.

Is WAV the correct format to be trying to burn CD's as, and if so how could I do this?

Also, can anyone recommend good reading material for SF?

Thank you. ...Bob

Subject:RE: Burning WAV cd's?

Reply by: Kennymusicman

Date:3/13/2008 4:30:45 AM

You're getting in the right direction. CD Audio is made from wav files, but for this to work in your hifi, you need to make an audio cd (a special format called "red book" standard) and not a data cd containing wav files.

CDA is defintely the way to go with this.

There could also be an incompatiblity between your hifi and your disc type - be it CD+R, or CD-R, depending on the age of your hifi.

As for reading material. THere is the manual, or if you like videos, there is www.vtc.cmom.

Hope that helps as a starter

Subject:RE: Burning WAV cd's?

Reply by: Bobmon

Date:3/14/2008 6:42:36 PM

KennyMusicMan, Thank you. That helped alot.

I tried the cd that didn't play on my home system in my auto and it played great.
The cd I recorded on was a CD-RW. Is there such a thing as CD+RW? (- versus +). Or could the cd being RW not R be a compatiblity issue?
( I used a RW disc the first time just to prevent wasting cd's while I learn the workings of the software).

Is there a type of disc that would be compatible on all cd players?

Thanks also for the tip on the videos.
Regards, ..Bob

Subject:RE: Burning WAV cd's?

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:3/14/2008 8:03:32 PM

I'm not aware of a "+" variety of any CD recordable media. I've only ever seen "+" DVDs.*

Many CD players can't handle CD-RW discs. CD-R only costs a few cents; go ahead and try one.



*To be honest, i still have no clue what the difference is between + and - physically.

Subject:RE: Burning WAV cd's?

Reply by: cyberbeat

Date:3/14/2008 10:07:42 PM

Go ahead and burn as CA. That's what CRD Archetect does and you shouldn't have any trouble if you're burning as disck-at-once. I mean.... how do you think comercial CDs are made anyway? It's all CDA? You can't go wrong wit CD Architect if you're trying to burn DAO CDs? You have to try really hard to screw it up. I'm not sure how easier it could be.

Subject:RE: Burning WAV cd's?

Reply by: Kennymusicman

Date:3/15/2008 5:17:42 AM

Physical difference between + and - formats: (talking about dvd here)
+ format can handle a few more sectors - around 2,295.1K vs 2,294.9K for the - minus standard..(gives something like another 370K in storage space). Also, - cannot be duallayer, and is ratified by the dvd forum, whereas + can be dualalyer, and not ratified by dvd forum. The +R standard is supported by richer companies, so had more development behind it, hence why it reached higher speeds quicker. Also, I think there is a minor difference in the way the TOC is written.
Finally, you can set a bit on the + standard to make it pretend it's a - disc (even after burning).

Subject:RE: Burning WAV cd's?

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:3/16/2008 3:02:07 PM

Bob,

CD players play CD-Audio. You may be burning MP3 files to a data CD-ROM with an external application (?), which cannot play in most CD players, unless specifically designed to play MP3 CD-ROMs.

Either that, or you are burning an audio CD from SoundForge, and your CD player cannot read CD-RWs, which is the usual situtaion. CD-RW is pretty much a redundant media anyway, as write-once CD-Rs cost esasentially nothing now ....

geoff