TSGL: A PROGRAM TO CONTROL THE SOUND ON A CD

[Beezersmom at aol.com]

Bob:
I have to tell you, I didn't know what type of drive I have, so  I had to ask 
and it's a EIDE
I have about 30 GB of free space on my HD.
Oh, do I have USB 2.0 ports and I have and use 8 Iomega  Zip Drives, and 6 
jump drives using 2, 7 port hubs, plus using 6 USB 2.0 ports  on my tower.
I'm downloading both wave & MP3.
Thanks for being so nice and helping me, I appreciate it,  especially the 
kindness.
Toni
 

It  depends on how much hard drive space you have. If 
you don't have a lot of  space then you need to DL to 
CDRW. But using the hard drive is a whole lot  easier.

Dieter recommended a SATA drive. I thought those 
require  the new motherboards. It doesn't sound like you 
have a newer computer. IF  not then you would need an 
IDE drive.

Several Questions:
How  much free space do you have on your hard drive(s)?
Do you have USB 2.0  ports
Are you downloading wave files or  MP3s?

Bob

Beezersmom at aol.com wrote:
> Bob:
> You've  really helped me out and I appreciate it very  much.
> I download  to a CD rather than my HD because I download a ton  of music at 
a  
> time and listen to it whenever I get the time.  I just  don't  like to put 
too 
> much on my HD and only what's  necessary...do you think I'm wrong  the way 
I do 
> it?
>  Thanks for all your help
> Toni
>  
> 
>  Toni
> 
> I don't understand why you put them on a cd-rw to   
> listen to them. You can do the same if they're on your 
>  hard  drive.
> 
> My procedure is to set up a directory just  for cd 
> tracks  that I'm thinking of burning. If I don't like  
> them I delete them from the  directory. When I have 
>  enough for a CD, I pick the tracks I want and load  them 
> into  the burning software, change the play order (if 
> needed),  make  sure the "normalize" function is checked 
> and burn the entire cd  at  once.
> 
> I've never burned one at a time, but my guess  is that 
> some cd  players won't play the cd until the cd is  
> "finalized". I also think its  better to normalize the 
>  entire group of tracks at the same time rather  then 
>  individually. It may not make a difference but I've 
> always done   them as a group so I don't have a way to 
> compare  it.
>  
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> Beezersmom at aol.com  wrote:
>>  
>>  Bob:
>> Thanks for the  information and the  instructions.
>>  Does it matter that  I just first download songs to a CD-RW,  listen to  
> them,  
>> delete the ones I don't want, before I put them on  the   audio CD one at 
a 
> time 
>> then burn them  after I have the audio CD   loaded?
>> A few people have  told me that I shouldn't copy one song at  a  time onto 
a 
>  CD 
>> but I do anyway<G>
>> Again, thank  you  for your help.  As you can see, I need  all the help I 
>  can  
>> get.
>> Toni
>>
>> Try   Wavepad. It's free and  has several "effects" that 
>> might  work, such as  amplify,  Automatic Gain Control, 
>>  normalize, etc.
>>
>> You would  have to  rip your  cd to back to your hard 
>> drive as  WAV  files (wavepad  also  has free cd ripper 
>> and burner addons). Then  try  using the effects to  
>> recover the low volume  tracks.
>>  
>> Whenever you burn a cd always   normalize all tracks. 
>>  This will correct volume differences  especially from  
>> tracks  burned from different cds.  According to Wavepad, 
>> the AGC may be   a better way to  normalize tracks.
>>
>> Don't know if it'll work  but  its easy  enough to do and 
>> worth a   try.
>>  
>>  http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/masters.html
>>
>>   Bob
>>
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