[Vintage-Audio] Re Vinyl Vs CDS --CD Software

[Mike Clarson]

 One comment on CD Creator. I tried it on my laptop and I could only set it
up to work if the drive that records is drive D. On the laptop, the internal
drive always comes up as D and the external one always comes up as E. I use
some SONY supplied software (Bee's Recorder Gold, I think). For best skip
free (well, skip reduced) results, disconnect from any network, shut down
any software that is running especially anti-virus software. I think these
packages record direct to CD and do not record onto the hard drive except
maybe for some buffering, and, if you want to be able to select the track,
you need to stop after each one. I know it sounds like I have done a lot of
this, but I have yet to record from vinyl onto my computer and be satisified
enough with it to burn a CD.  Duane's suggestion of getting a standalone
unit is a good one especially if many LP's are involved. Some even break up
the tracks by sensing silence. 

Last comment: Some recorders cannot handle some of the info on prerecorded
CD's -- there is a setting (set when recording the CD)to allow one track to
blend into the next one with NO gap. Some software and players (Windows
Mediaplayer, for one) do not recognize this and always insert a gap.--Mike,
WV2ZOW