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Burning an audio CD 21 – 577
8. Select “Compare Audio CD images…” from the Tools menu.
The “Compare CD-images / cue-sheets” dialog opens.
9. Click the folder buttons to the right of the two text fields to open the cue
sheets you created in step 3 and step 7 above, respectively.
The cue sheet you created in step 3 describes the contents of the CD as it should have
been burnt, and the cue sheet created in step 7 describes the CD as it was burnt.
10. Click “Compare”.
The two cue sheets are now analysed, and a comparison of the two cue sheets/CD images
is shown in the “Result” area at the bottom of the dialog.
The audio CD format – Background information
This text aims to provide you with some background information on the
CD format, to help you better understand how to create your own CDs.
This is a big subject, and we will only be able to touch upon it here. For
more information, try a text-book on the subject, or search the Internet for
more information.
The basic CD formats
There are a number of different formats for the contents of a CD disc. You
are probably familiar with audio CDs, CD-ROMS, and CD-I. These are all
slightly different, although they use the same media – CD discs. The au-
dio CD specification is called Red Book. It is this standard to which
WaveLab conforms.