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whats the best way (quality wise) to do this

what ive been doing is using a program called CDex to rip cds onto my laptop in wav format, then i cut samples from the wav files.

any suggestions?

What is it I don't know about using weird applications for stuff that computers just do on their own??

I just play the CD and then record it in an audio editor... lol

really? on my mac, i can just open the Cd in finder and drag the audio off. Its in .aiff format.

Uh, should clarify, I mean I record the sample, rather than recording the whole track and then chopping, that would be pretty silly

stompzi wrote:Uh, should clarify, I mean I record the sample, rather than recording the whole track and then chopping, that would be pretty silly

Any whys that?
No transcoding, no loss of original quality... Its not that much hassle.. your just lazy

I'm sayin... the fukin computer lets you take .wav or .aif files out of the compact disc's folder. From there, just drag it into a DAW or editor, such as, but not limited to

Peak
Digital Performer
Recycle**
Garage Band


Zoom in and snip your samples .. ?? What is this CDex bullshit

**file>open, not drag. and there's no need for snippin'.



edit: that is lazy, dude... but Recycle might interest you if you want to chop material that's not too long, and has decent transients

Audacity. Open the track, chop the bits you want, save. Job done.

-[2]DAY_- wrote:I'm sayin... the fukin computer lets you take .wav or .aif files out of the compact disc's folder. From there, just drag it into a DAW or editor, such as, but not limited to

Not on fuckin windows it doesn't

At least not on XP, I haven't tried since the upgrade to 7. On XP you'll just get a .cda, which is a shortcut and useless as soon as you take the cd out.

EDIT: was curious, had to try. doesn't work on win7 either

stompzi wrote:

-[2]DAY_- wrote:I'm sayin... the fukin computer lets you take .wav or .aif files out of the compact disc's folder. From there, just drag it into a DAW or editor, such as, but not limited to

Not on fuckin windows it doesn't

At least not on XP, I haven't tried since the upgrade to 7. On XP you'll just get a .cda, which is a shortcut and useless as soon as you take the cd out.

EDIT: was curious, had to try. doesn't work on win7 either

works for me, i use FL n i just drag it into the DAW n job done, there it is...

yes, but then fl is doing it

Just rip the track on windows media player and put it into your DAW.
Make sure that it is set to rip to .wav at the highest possible quality first though.
The only way you can let the computer know which bit to slice is to tell it, even if you did find something that did it for you it would only save you a tiny amount of time.

Plus why is your music collection not burnt onto your hard drive in the first place? Cd's are pretty much obsolete imo (except for certain, specific, functions).

EDN wrote:Just rip the track on windows media player and put it into your DAW.
Make sure that it is set to rip to .wav at the highest possible quality first though.
The only way you can let the computer know which bit to slice is to tell it, even if you did find something that did it for you it would only save you a tiny amount of time.

Plus why is your music collection not burnt onto your hard drive in the first place? Cd's are pretty much obsolete imo (except for certain, specific, functions).

Don't you like the smell of them, when you get them out of the case?

3za wrote:

EDN wrote:Just rip the track on windows media player and put it into your DAW.
Make sure that it is set to rip to .wav at the highest possible quality first though.
The only way you can let the computer know which bit to slice is to tell it, even if you did find something that did it for you it would only save you a tiny amount of time.

Plus why is your music collection not burnt onto your hard drive in the first place? Cd's are pretty much obsolete imo (except for certain, specific, functions).

Don't you like the smell of them, when you get them out of the case?

Anything I *can* buy in physical format I do. By that I mean i'll only buy something digitally if it's not released on CD. Unfortunately I don't have decks so I can't buy vinyl but there's just something important to me about having a physical representation of the music I've bought. Plus I love the artwork on the case.

3za wrote:Don't you like the smell of them, when you get them out of the case?

Not as much as the feeling of fresh vinyl.

I just personally don't see the point in CD's, vinyl has a certain sound and a certain feel, but CD's are just 44.1k 16bit redbook .wav files.
Sure they we're necessary when hard drives weren't big enough for endless massive .wav files, but now you can buy a terabyte for less than £40 and have 50 meg internet what exactly is their function?

wub wrote:Audacity. Open the track, chop the bits you want, save. Job done.

seriously! idk why this guy is hasslin lol

EDN wrote:and have 50 meg internet

Speak for yourself

genderM wrote:whats the best way (quality wise) to do this

doesn't really matter what program you use... but quality-wise, there is no need to rip it higher than 44.1/16 as that is standard cd quality.

you can go above that in your daw if you are using effects, etc...