Acoustica MP3 CD Burner 4. 0 Help Why limit your MP3s to your computer? Burn music & MP3 CDs.
Buy / Registration Acoustica MP3 CD Burner has a trial period of 7 days without any restrictions! After that, you will need to purchase a registration code to continue using the software. Please don’t let the above happen to our programmers! All joking aside, we have put many hours into this software and we hope that you decide to purchase the software! Benefits of Registration • Unlimited and unrestricted usage: burn & rip away! • Support Acoustica and future products of the same caliber.
The price of registration is not much more than the cost of a large pizza! The price may actually vary which is why it isn’t listed here. (More instructions are on the website.
Acoustica, Inc Address: Acoustica P.O. Box 728 Oakhurst, CA 93644 USA Website: www.acoustica.com Info: Acoustica was founded in 1998 and is located in the foothills of the Yosemite Valley. Acoustica's mission is to create high quality, intuitive and powerful software. We value diligence, creativity and innovation.
System Requirements Operating System Recommended processor RAM : Win95/Win98/WinNT/WinME/Win2K/WinXP : Pentium II 400 or better** : Uses about 3-4 MB’s of RAM Soundcard CD Recorder Hard-disks : optional : recommended. (USB/SCSI/IDE). See list. : If converting to WAV first, it requires up to 700 MB free ** AMD based systems are also supported.
Support For the most recent support information, please see the website. http://www.acoustica.com/mp3-cd-burner/support.
What’s New? This section contains the new changes, additions, and fixes from previous versions. (We started this for version 2.998 of the software.) Version 4.0 • New burning engines. More supported recorders! • Burn on fly for Goldenhawk engine! No more converting to WAV! • Automatic fading out for incomplete songs • Can trim songs to cut unwanted silence or applause, etc. • Fade in/out and overlap tracks to create the ultimate in custom mixes.
recorders and burning CDs on the fly. No more converting to WAV files unless you actually want to! The only drawback to this engine is that the ripping may be a tad slower as we go to a temp WAV file first, as well as we lose the ability to burn CD-text. Also, ripping to memory should be included in that version. The new CD engine comes with its own ASPI and we should see many of the ASPI errors go away. Note that you can also switch to the old CD burning engine if you want to do CD-text.
Find Your Songs There are many ways you can load songs into Acoustica MP3 CD Burner. Find them Add them Rip them Scan For Songs Drag them in from Windows Finding your songs Find a Specific File Find By Specific Directory or Folder Find By File Type Playing Your Found Songs Sorting Your Found Songs Edit Tag Info Locate Song In Library Delete a song from the Library If you don’t see the "Find Songs" window pictured below, click the on the toolbar.
Just click the songs you wish to add to the Song List to be burned to a CD. Once selected, the checkbox will appear checked and the text will turn blue. Or, alternatively, you can click the "Add Found>>" button to add all found songs to the Song List. Find By Specific Directory or Folder You may also search for songs by directory or folder name. For example, if you had a bunch of music files in a folder called ‘My Music’, you could search for those files by typing ‘My Music’ in the "Search for" field.
You can sort the songs by clicking one of the column headers. Click the column header again and it will sort it in the opposite direction. The screen shot above shows where to click to sort by that column header. Find By File Type You can also select what file type you would like to filter the search by. For example, if you need to find WAV files, make sure to search on ".wav" or if you are looking for WMA files, search on ".wma".
To do this, double click "My Computer" and navigate to the folder with your MP3s. Highlight one or many MP3s. Click on the blue or selected area of one of the files and then move the mouse over the Acoustica MP3 CD Burner window. When the cursor has a + underneath it, you should release the mouse and your files will be imported. In addition, you can drag entire folders in! The software will automatically create folders and load in all the contained songs, including songs in sub-folders.
Your Music Library The Music Library will contain all the songs on your computer, which includes: • Songs you downloaded • Songs from CDs you ripped. • Recordings you created • Anything in MP3, OGG, WMA or WAV format that is longer than 1 minute (1 minute is the default minimum length and can be changed in the Preferences.) Any changes made can be undone if you make a mistake. Simply click "Ctrl+Z" to undo and "Ctrl+Y" to redo any changes.
(Sting, Alanis, Bach, Toad, Miles Davis, etc.) • By Genre (or style) (Jazz, Blues, Rock, Classical, etc.) To browse by artist, click the + sign by the "Browse by Artist" item. It will expand and show you all of your artists. Then click the + near an artist you’d like to expand and it will show you all albums and songs under that artist. The above shows the Music library in action. In this case we have selected 4 songs under "Alicia Keys".
You can edit the song information for individual songs this way. • Title (The name of the song) • Artists (self explanatory) • Album (self explanatory) • Year (The year the CD was made.) • Track (original track number on the album) • Genre (The style of music) • Comment (Whatever you’d like) In addition to editing a single song, you can correct albums and artists by right clicking on them and editing their information.
In this example, I have 2 albums related to Sting . One is lower case and one is upper case. I simply click on ‘sting’ and drag it onto ‘Sting’ with the capital S, and viola, the small case ‘sting’ and all of it’s songs and folders are automatically retagged to be correct. You can also do this with individual songs or albums or for reorganizing by genre. Deleting Songs You can use the Music Library to clean up songs that you don’t want. Simply right click on an artist, album or song and click "Delete".
directory and they won’t be picked up again in the next scan! • The third choice simply removes the song from the library. The next time a sound scan occurs, it will re-import the song! Playing Songs In Your Library Once you’ve amassed a collection of songs, it’s nice to be able to play them! Simply click the play icon to start a song playing. Playback modes • Continuous play – will automatically advance to the next song.
Rip Your CDs Ripping is the process in which you can copy audio track(s) from your personal CDs. You can rip an individual song or all the tracks from a CD. To rip a CD, click on the "Rip CD" toolbar button or click a CD tab. ( These tabs are above the playback controls and would be called CD Drive D or CD Drive E, depending on your computer ’s setup.) After you have the CD ripping window up, you should put in a music CD to rip.
Identify Your CD MP3 CD Burner will automatically attempt to locate your CD through the Internet! The software will attempt to connect with a "FreeDB" server to get the information. Note that you may want to switch to a closer freedb server via the Preferences. Make sure that you are connected to the Internet before this process starts. (It will attempt to connect to the freedb 3 times.) There are a few different outcomes depending on the situation. 1. Your CD is identified without any problems.
To enter in the CD information by hand, right click on a CD track and select "Edit Tag Information". The interface is set up so that you can enter in the artist, album, year and genre once and then simply type in each track name without leaving the window. a. Click on the Artist area and type in the artist’s name. b. Press tab to get to the Album field or click Album and enter the album name. c. Repeat this process for Year and Genre. d. Then click the Title edit box and enter the title for the track e.
Select Your Songs To Rip This is as simple as clicking the song so that it is "checked" By default, MP3 CD Burner selects all songs to rip. If you only wish to rip 1 or 2 tracks, simply right click on CD track list and select "Deselect All Tracks". Then click the tracks that you’d like to rip. If you have already ripped a track and wish to rip it again, you can click "Mark all tracks as ‘un-ripped’" which will allow you to re-rip the track.
computer power.) • Change your ASPI layer. (If you are not using the Gear engine and are using the Goldenhawk engine.) If you are using Acoustica, try un-checking it to use the default Window’s ASPI layer. • Try changing some of the ripping preferences in the Preferences. o Changing Jitter from ‘Auto’ to "ON" may help. (It will also go slower) o Lowering the rip speed may help with errors o Changing the error correction to retry more times may help as well.
Play Your Songs The playback controls are shown below. Use this button to rewind the current song and start playback from the beginning. If less than 4 seconds have played, it will start playback of the previous song. Use this button to start playback of the next song. (Find or Arrange window.) / Use these buttons to start and stop playback. You can use the slider to restart the playback from a given offset. Playback Modes There 2 modes when playing back songs.
Arrange Your Songs Once you have found your songs, you can rearrange their order in a few different ways. You also have the choice of making either an audio CD or a MP3 CD.
Audio or MP3 CD? The main new addition to the Song List, is that now you have a choice of the type and size of CD you’d like to create! This is an important choice, as you need to make sure that it will play on your CD player. To choose the type of CD, click either the "Audio CD" or "MP3 CD" radio button. Audio CD This is the type of CD that plays in 100% of all CD players. This is the kind of CD that you buy at the music store. You are limited to 21, 74 or 80 minutes of audio.
MP3 CD/DVD The MP3 CD stores actual MP3, or WMA files just as if they were on a hard drive. It is not readable by normal CD players. However, if you have an MP3 CD player, you will be able to play up to 200 songs on a single CD! The number of songs that you can fit on a MP3 CD depends on how big the songs are in terms of MB, instead of length in time. The above shows the how the "Song List" looks when you choose "MP3 CD".
currently selected folder. You can do the following things in "MP3 CD" mode. • Create and rename folders • Move folders by dragging them to new parent folders. • Move songs from one folder to another by selecting them and then dragging them to a new folder above. • Select from 185 MB, 650 MB, 700 MB CDs, or 4.7 GB DVD project sizes.
Cross Fader You can fade songs when in "Audio CD" mode. When in "Audio CD" mode, click the "X-Fader" button launch the Cross Fader dialog . The cross fader is a quick way to get fades and overlaps set for all songs in the "Song List". After that, you can fine-tune your fades and mixing via the "Trims, Overlaps & Fades" window. Sorting You can sort by each column header by clicking on it. Here are the columns you can sort by. Title – The title track of the song. Length – The length of the track.
Alternatively, you can also press the Del button delete a track. or press the [Delete] key to To delete all the songs in your list, select "Remove All Songs" from the "Song List" menu. Undo & Redo Make a mistake? You spent all day looking for a specific song and you just deleted it! No problem! Select "Undo" from the "Edit" menu and your song will re-appear. [Ctrl+Z] You can then re-do what you just ‘undid’ by selecting "Redo" from the "Edit" menu.
NOTE: Use this option sparingly as you may introduce distortion. If all your songs sound low in volume, you should simply turn up your speakers or adjust your Window's volume mixer. Trimming/Fading/Mixing Songs This allows you to do some limited editing with your songs. You can trim them to get rid of unwanted applause or long silence intros. You can fade songs and overlap them with adjoining songs for seamless mixes. Click the "Mixing" button or right click on a song and select "Overlaps, Trims & Fades".
The above screen shot shows where the playback button is. Click here for more on playing songs. Copy Track Information Each track has associated track information such as the track number, the track name, the artist and the track length. You can copy this text into the clipboard in order to use it in other programs such as CD label makers. To copy the track information of a specific track, click the track to select it. Then select "Copy" from the "Edit" menu [Ctrl+C].
You can quickly locate a song in your music library by right clicking on a song and clicking "Locate Song In Library" from the right click menu. This will cause the library tab to be displayed and the track will be highlighted in gray. Delete from Library This is a useful option if you find a song in your song list, which you accidentally imported from a search or the library tab.
Trimming, Fading and Mixing Your Songs One of the features that sets Acoustica MP3 CD Burner apart from the competition is the ability to edit the mix on a very detailed level. Bring up this window by right clicking on a song and selecting "Overlaps, Trims & Fades" or by clicking the button. The image below shows the ‘Overlaps, Trims & Fades" dialog.
Automatic Overlapping And Fading on the toolbar If you want all songs to automatically mix and fade, click the and select "Mix Tracks". Choose an overlap and fade. All songs will be automatically faded and mixed with these changes. Any new songs added to the Song List will have these settings, as well. Navigating Your Songs When you are adjusting the mix, it is very handy to go back and forth from track #1 to track #2, etc. Click the "Previous" and the "Next" buttons to navigate between tracks.
Setting Volume, Boost & EQ You can adjust the volume, boost and EQ of a song. (These settings are applied when burning CDs!) Bring up this window by right clicking on a song and selecting "Adjust Track Volume/Boost/EQ" or by clicking the button. Volume If a song isn’t loud enough, adjust the volume to bring it up or down. Click "Reset" to return it back to 100%. Boost Boost will increase the "loudness" of a song by squashing the higher volume parts and bringing up the lower volume parts.
MP3 CD Note: When making an MP3 CD, if you want to hear these changes, you must make sure to choose "Specify Settings" and then click the option "Use trim, volume, EQ, Boost, fading & normalization settings". Also, be warned that this will cause the "Convert" stage to take a long time, as it will have to re-render into new MP3 files.
Burn A CD! You’ve got your songs arranged the way you want. You are ready to create your custom CD! Note that you will have to have a supported CD recorder in order to burn a CD or DVD. Note: Did you want to burn an MP3 CD or an Audio CD? You can select this and the media size on the Song List screen.
Select the setting you would like and then click "OK". Blend or Mix Adjacent Tracks Radio DJ Style! **This only applies to "Audio CD" mode.** You can create a CD where the tracks mix into each other. Click "Cross Fader Settings" from the "Song List" menu or click the "Fader" button on the toolbar.
Click the "Mix tracks" radio button. You can set the overlap and fade time. Overlap time specifies the amount of time that songs overlap each other. [overlap] [ Song A ------------------------------] [-------------------------------Song B] The overlap length sets how long the songs cut overlap each other. The fade time specifies how long it takes to transition to the next song. Generally, shorter fades work better, especially with songs with heavy rhythm.
After clicking "Burn CD!" from the "Song List" menu or clicking the "Burn CD" button on the toolbar, you may see a window titled "Selected Audio Will Not Fit!" If you have more than maximum minutes of audio selected, you can do one of three things. 1. Fade out the extra audio. Choose the length of the fade. The default is 2 seconds. 2. Cut off the extra audio. It may not sound graceful…but the option is available. 3. Cancel the dialog and remove some tracks and then try to burn again.
Burner Speed Number of Copies Convert All Tracks To WAV Files First Test Burn Mode Test And Then Burn Mode Burn CD Mode
CD Burner Options Convert all tracks to WAV files first. **This only applies to "Audio CD" mode.** This option will ensure that all tracks are first converted to WAV files before being written to the CD. You are required to check this option if you are mixing between tracks. Burner Speed This defaults to "Max" which is the maximum speed possible on your CD recorder. 1X speed recording is comparable to the amount of time necessary to playback an audio CD.
Test burn. A test burn will simulate an actual burn without using a blank CD-R. You will be required to put a CD-R in, but it will not use the burn laser on the CD-R. It is mainly a test to see if the data can be delivered to the CD recorder quickly enough to avoid ‘data starvation’ or the famous ‘buffer under run’ error. Test and then burn if successful test. This will perform a test and then if the test goes smoothly, it will start the burn without any user interaction.
The burn process consists of several stages. 1. All audio files must be "Prepared". Acoustica MP3 CD Burner analyzes all songs to determine the exact length. 2. Some or all tracks will be converted to WAV files first. The tracks may be converted if they need to be normalized or auto-trim settings or trimmed. See the Preferences to set these parameters. 3. Burn or test begins. 4. Each track is burnt or test-burnt. 5. Burn or test finalizes. You can abort at any time by clicking on the "Abort" button.
Toolbar Help New Creates a fresh, new session. Any songs in the Song List window are removed. Open Brings up a window allowing you to open a previous burn session (.cbs file) Save Saves the current burn session. If you haven’t saved it yet, Acoustica MP3 CD Burner will ask you for a name and location to store it to. Burn CD Will bring up the "Burn Audio CD!" window. CD Label Will launch Acoustica CD Label Maker, if it is installed. To install Acoustica CD Label Maker, visit http://www.acoustica.
File Menu New Song List Creates a new song list with a new title. Short Cut: Ctrl + N Open Song List… Opens an existing song list made previously with Acoustica MP3 CD Burner Short Cut: Ctrl + O Save Song List Saves the current Song List. If nothing was saved before, it will prompt you for a file name. Short Cut: Ctrl + S Save Song List As… Saves the song list in a specified location. Preferences… Opens the Preference window. Recent Acoustica MP3 CD Burner Sessions This is not an actual menu item.
Edit Menu Undo Use this if you made a mistake or want to go back to a previous state. Undoable actions include adding tracks, deleting tracks, moving tracks, sorting tracks, shuffling tracks, renaming tracks, and re-setting a track’s volume. More. Short Cut: Ctrl + Z Redo Use this if you want to go back to a state before an undo. Undoable actions include adding tracks, deleting tracks, moving tracks, sorting tracks, shuffling tracks, renaming tracks, and re-setting a track’s volume.
Find Menu Show/Hide Find Tab This lets you toggle the Find Songs tab from being visible to not being visible, and vice versa. Start Search This will begin a search. It will search on the text in the "Search for" field on the Find Songs tab. Add All Found Songs To Song List Adds all found songs currently in the Find tab to the Song List window.
CD Menu Show CD Drive This lets you toggle the CD Drive tab(s) being visible to not being visible, and vice versa. A sub menu will pop up with a list of your CD drives so that you can select the desired CD Drive. See CD ripping for more … Play/Stop Track This will play the currently selected CD track. Note that if you don’t hear the music, you may need to adjust your Window’ s mixer settings. Rip Tracks This will start ripping the currently selected tracks from the current CD Drive.
Song List Menu Cross Fader Settings… This brings up the Cross Fader window. Shuffle This will re-arrange your tracks in a random order. Add Songs… This lets you import specific files from specific folders. More … Short Cut: Ctrl + T Remove All Songs This will remove all songs from the "Song List" window.
Player Menu Play / Stop This will start playback from the previously stopped song or from the last song selected in the Arrange window. If the last song selected was in the Find window, it will start playback from the Find window. Of course, if a song is currently playing, it will stop playback. Previous Song This will play the previously played song. (This will not work if in "Random Playback" mode though) Next Song This will play the next song.
Help Menu Help With This Software This is where you are now. I hope you are enjoying the software! Go To CDBURNER.COM This will launch your default web browser with the website cdburner.com. You should connect to the Internet in your usual fashion if your browser does not connect you automatically. Buy Now On-Line This brings up the screen where you can purchase a registration code to unlock the software for unlimited usage.
Preferences The preferences are settings that aren’t changed that often. To access the Preferences, click "Preferences" from the "File" menu. There are 6 different sections. Just click on the section you’d like as seen above. After clicking the section, the right hand portion of the screen will show the details.
General Preferences Use small toolbar Check this to save vertical screen real estate on the toolbar. (It shrinks the toolbar.) Create log file A log file will be created during operation of the software so that errors or program defects can be tracked. If you feel you have found a bug or are having technical problems, please send us your ‘cdburner-log.txt’ file located in your Acoustica MP3 CD Burner directory.
Track # (Original Track Number) Location (File location)
Audio Processing Preferences Automatically Boost Songs That Need It Automatically Check For Incomplete Songs Normalize Track Volumes Automatically Remove Silence Advanced Automatically Boost Songs That Need It When you add a song to the Song List, the software will parse it and analyze it to see if it needs a boost. Basically, if the song’s relative ‘loudness’ is too low, it will apply some boost automatically.
When the software is done parsing a song and it is incomplete, the software will pop up a dialog to warn you that it might be incomplete. You will have the option of playing the very end of the sound. Fade Out Incomplete Songs If a song is determined to be incomplete, it will automatically fade it out so that it sounds less abrupt. (A very nice feature for songs that are 90% there, etc.) You can specify how long the fade should be.
Set the # of playback buffers and buffer size. If you are experience gaps are static when using the software to listen to songs, try increasing the buffer size. If you’d like the wave form display to be more responsive when playing back sounds, lower the buffer size.
Clipboard Preferences These options control the text that is copied into the clipboard when you copy a track in the Song List. Copy track # - the track’s number or order on the CD is copied into the clipboard Copy track length – the track’s length in time is copied into the clipboard Copy track title – the track’s title is copied into the clipboard. Also see renaming tracks.
CD/DVD Burner Preferences Click on a topic for more help. CD Writer Device Play sound when finished Burn-Proof Eject disc when recording is done CD-Text Advanced Auto insert notification Sync Data Transfer Disconnect CD Writer Device If you have more than one CD recorder, this control allows you to select between them. It also shows the recorder name, model and firmware version. Eject disc when recording is done.
Auto insert notification This reflects your CD-recorders auto insert notification setting. Auto insert notification is how your computer automatically starts playing audio CDs you put in the drive. Unfortunately, this is also what causes burn failures, especially during the first 5% of the burn. Disabling or enabling auto insert notification will require a reboot to take affect. ** Packet writing programs such as DirectCD by Adaptec require that auto insert notification is on.
MP3 CDs Preferences This preference page allows you to quickly set up rules that specify how your MP3 CDs will be created. You might choose to run the wizard instead. You can set the following MP3 CD burn modes: STANDARD This will attempt to burn the most compatible MP3 CD. • Play List order is preserved! Songs will be renamed to "01-My Song", "02-Blues Traveler", "03-Rocking Out", etc. (This ensures that the alphabetical order will be the same as the Play List order.
63 characters for each file name.
Ripping Tracks Preferences Rip your CDs to MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV files. Rip songs to folder Store songs in folder with artist's name Use artist in song's file name Use album in song's file name Use track number in song's file name Play sound when done ripping Rip Speed Jitter Correction Error Handling During Rips Rip files to (format) Rip songs to folder You can specify the folder where you want your freshly ripped songs to go.
like "Bubba Smith - Whole Lot Of Fish - 1. My Silly Dog.mp3". The artist is "Bubba Smith", the album is "Whole Lot Of Fish" and the track is "My Silly Dog" Play sound when done ripping When the rip finishes, this option will play a sound. This is helpful if you are out of the room and want to know when the rip is done! There really isn’t much more to say about this one. Rip Speed This allows you to set the speed of the rip. The default is "Max" which is the maximum speed possible for your CD drive.
• Temporary Wave files – This option is for those that simply want to copy tracks for burning CDs. These files will not be added to your Music Library. (The temporary WAV files are stored in your temp folder and will have the .tmp extension.) • Store in format- This option is the default and will cause the ripped songs to be added to your Music Library. In addition, you can choose the file format to rip to. o MP3 – The default format.
Sound Scan Preferences MP3 CD Burner will constantly be adding new songs into your Music Library found on your computer’s hard drive. These options allow you to set the parameters of what gets ‘imported’ into your library. ( Note that there is a big difference in the way 3.0 and 4.0 worked.) Types of Songs Click the type and minimum length of the files that you’d like to add. For now, you can choose to import MP3, WAV, OGG & WMA files. (Note that it only supports non-DRM protected WMA files.
o Suggest Folders… These will scan your computer for folders that contain the word "mp3", "music" and add them automatically to the directory list. (This can be very useful and it’s quick.) o Up, Down, Remove, Add These buttons allow you to re-arrange the list of folders.
Remote Database Preferences The remote database is freedb.org . It is a FREE online database of 1000’s and 1000’s or CD albums and track information. When you put a CD in your CD drive, our software queries the database in order to get the artist, album and track information. MANY, MANY thanks to the people and volunteers behind freedb.org! Automatically get album information This option will cause MP3 CD Burner to query freedb.org as soon as a new CD is put in a CD drive.
Supported CD Recorders Acoustica MP3 CD Burner supports many CD recorders. If your recorder is a new model and is not automatically supported, we may have released an updated version that supports your recorder. To check for a new version select "Check For New Version" from the "Help" menu in Acoustica MP3 CD Burner. (The best way to tell if your CD recorder is supported is to just run our Acoustica MP3 CD Burner on the machine.) The latest list of supported recorders can be found at http://www.acoustica.
Supported CD Recorders Acoustica MP3 CD Burner supports many CD recorders. If your recorder is a new model and is not automatically supported, we may have released an updated version that supports your recorder. To check for a new version select "Check For New Version" from the "Help" menu in Acoustica MP3 CD Burner. (The best way to tell if your CD recorder is supported is to just run our Acoustica MP3 CD Burner on the machine.) The latest list of supported recorders can be found at http://www.acoustica.
How to uninstall Acoustica MP3 CD Burner To uninstall Acoustica MP3 CD Burner, make sure to exit Acoustica MP3 CD Burner if you are in it. Click the Window’s "Start" button, followed by "Programs", followed by "Acoustica MP3 CD Burner", followed by "Uninstall". Follow the instructions and the software will be removed from your system.
Creating an 80 Minute CD First, make sure that your CD-recorder supports 80-minute audio CDs. Not all CD-recorders support 80 minute CD-Rs! If you are not sure, consult your CD-recorder’s documentation or visit the manufacturer’s website for help. If the software does not properly recognize that there is an 80-minute CD-R in the drive, click the "Size" control on the "Song List" window and set it to "80 min". IMPORTANT: You must put an 80 minute CD-R in the drive.
CD Burning Problems It won't finish the burn or test! You end up with an unusable CD! The burn fails right after it has started burning the first track (Try turning off ‘Auto insert notification)! I've tried everything. What else can I do to get it to burn successfully? It fails right after the burn/test starts! It won’t finish the burn or test! You end up with an unusable CD! What’s happening and what can you do about it? It is crucial to not use any software when burning or test-burning an audio CD.
Note that after disabling AIN, when you put a CD into your drive, it will not recognize it unless you go to My Computer and double click the CD drive. You can always turn AIN back on by re-checking the AIN checkbox. Also, when you uninstall MP3 CD Burner it will reset AIN to the original setting. I’ve tried everything. What else can I do to get it to burn successfully? 1. Go into your System Control Panel by clicking the Start button, followed by "Settings" followed by "Control Panels".
4. The properties page will appear. Click on the "Settings" tab. If you see the "DMA" option checked, uncheck it and then click "OK". (You may have to reboot.) 5. Also, if you have a SCSI CD recorder, you can improve the efficiency of SCSI recorders by making sure "Disconnect" and "Sync data transfer" is checked. Click "OK" and you may have to re-boot. It fails right after the burn/test starts! Here are some things to try. • Uncheck "CD Text" on the "Burn Audio CD!" window if the option is checked.
Ripping Problems I cannot see a CD tab to rip from! Skips and pops are in my ripped tracks! I cannot see a CD tab to rip from! This is most likely because you do not have an ASPI layer properly installed. Rerun the installer and reboot. Skips and pops are in my ripped tracks! Older CD drives (readers) do not have the ability to seek properly to a position on a CD and, thus, if they get out of sync, it will produce a pop in the audio. Here are some things to try.
Playback Problems The CD has recorded successfully, but won't play in my home or car stereo CD player! I can't hear any audio when I try to play songs within Acoustica MP3 CD Burner! My MP3 CD is playing tracks back in the wrong order! The CD recorded successfully, but it won’t play in my home or car stereo CD player! Did you make sure to use a CD-R disc? Many people mistakenly use a CD-RW.
General Questions How many songs can be burned on a CD? Once I burn a CD, can I burn more songs on it later? In the Find interface, can I search for a directory or a special programs MP3 files? What type of blank media should I burn or record to? How many songs can be burned on a CD? You can have a maximum of 100 songs on a CD. However, most people will be able to add about 13 – 20 songs per CD. The main limit is that a CD can only hold 74 or 80 minutes of audio.
