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WAVELAB
21 – 576 Burning an audio CD
Validating an audio CD after burning
With a few easy steps, you can verify that an audio CD created from an
Audio Montage was burnt correctly on CD – i.e. you can check what was
burnt and compare it to what should have been burnt to see if there are
any discrepancies. Of course, you can also do this as a test before the fi-
nal burning process.
This is done with the help of CD images and cue sheets and WaveLab’s
ability to extract full CD images complete with all tracks, all index (and
sub-index) markers and pauses, as well as CD-Text, ISRC and UPC
codes.
Proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that the montage is set up as it should and click the Render
button in the Master Section.
This opens the Rendering Preferences dialog.
2. Activate the option “Create CD image and cue-sheet”.
This is only available if the options “Whole Montage” and “Create Specific file” are activated,
and if there are CD track markers in the montage. See “Mixing down – The Render function”
on page 527 for detailed information about rendering a montage.
3. Select a name and location for the saved file, then click OK to render the
CD image and cue sheet.
4. Next, open the CD image you rendered by selecting “Import cue-sheet/
CD image as Audio Montage” from the Open submenu on the File menu.
The CD image opens as a new montage.
5. Initiate burning from the Audio Montage Write CD dialog, as described in
the section “Writing a CD” on page 574.
6. When the CD is recorded, open the “Import Audio CD Tracks” dialog
from the Tools menu.
7. Select the drive containing the CD you just recorded, select the option
“Convert to CD-Image/Cue-sheet” and import the CD.
This will extract a complete disc image of the CD. Please see “Importing audio CD tracks into
WaveLab” on page 594 for detailed information about importing audio CDs into WaveLab.