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Burning an audio CD 21 – 573
Testing a basic audio CD before burning
There are two ways to check a CD before burning:
Check
The “Check” command on the CD menu scans through the basic audio
CD and checks that the settings conform to the CD standard. For Mon-
tages this command is on the Functions menu (CD tab selected). This
command does not access the CD-R recorder in any way, it only checks
the setting in the list against a set of rules. These rules are described in
the help for the Check menu item.
This check is automatically performed when you try to actually burn a CD.
“Test writing of first track” and “Test writing of the whole CD”
These two options in the Write CD dialog (also reached from the CD
menu for a basic audio CD and on the Functions menu for Montages) ac-
tually simulate writing of one or all tracks to the CD. This takes all settings
into account, including the writing speed (1x, 2x, etc.), or whether a disk
image should be rendered first (see below), etc.
• If the test fails, try writing at a lower speed.
• If the testing of all tracks is successful, you can be sure there will be no problems
with writing the actual CD.
About the “Render to temporary file before burning” option
(Audio Montage only)
This is an additional option in the Write CD dialog that can be used in
case you have a slow computer and/or a lot of CPU-load intensive ef-
fects, etc. in the Montage. If this item is ticked, a disk image is created be-
fore burning, which eliminates the risk of buffer underruns.
• This option is included in the test writing if it is ticked beforehand.
Therefore if it was on when testing, it should be on when writing.
• If this option was off, and the whole CD was test written successfully,
there is no need to activate it when burning.
It will only make the write time longer, without providing any “extra” safety.