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Burn, Baby, Burn!: Recording Audio CDs from any Source, LPs to MP3s

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For making audio CDs at home, this book covers it all. Not much hear for the experienced audiophile but newcomers to CD making will find much to gain by reading this book. Chapters cover vinyl-to-CD, Mp3-to-CD, cassette-to-CD and on and on. There is even a chapter that covers making "Enhanced CDs". That is, those CDs that not only play on an audio player but have additional functionality when placed in a CD-ROM drive. Much of the book discusses various audio editing software and what you can do with it. Highly recommend to all but those who already have
considerable experience in making their own music CDs.

This book works as a brief introduction to making your own audio CDs. It deals with obtaining music over the internet as well as making CDs from tapes and vinyl LPs. Audio technology can be very detailed and this book is definitely geared for the novice. As a result, the focus is on "how to" and very little on "why." So the chapters on audio restoration are intriquing, but frustrating in their necessary brevity. Don't get me wrong, I think the authors have done a good job in writing for their audience. I'd like to see them tackle an entire book on just audio restoration.

The book offers a wealth of information for PC users, but unlike the many very common guides which include illustrations for both Mac and PC formats, only 3 of this book's 200+ pages offer specific guidance for Mac-users.
Samples, examples, and illustrations are of the authors' favorite PC Programs while only mentioning Mac options on one or two pages.
I will offer that theory, practice, and concept are pretty thorough but as for practicality for Mac Users, I beg, please guys... do a Mac version.

I bought this book about 2 years ago. I knew nothing about making CD's at home at that time. I was completely new to this music making business. This book is a great introductory to the techniques required and explains clearly, in plain English, why and how to do a certain procedure. I did not use the software they used as example in the book. But I was able to apply what I learned from the book to the software I use and get the same result. Today I have converted a lot of my old cassette tapes to CD's successfully, and it's all thanks to this book. Without it, I won't know how to start at all. It's a great buy if you're looking for a good "how to" book. Worth every penny.

Some may find this book of use but it didn't help me much. I'm going to try the Nero 6 book even though the reviews aren't that great. Hopefully it will get me more detailed help in using the Nero filters.

This is a must for anyone who is serious about recording any audio file and reproducing it to the highest possible standard.

Very well written & concieved, just wish it had more info about CD-Rs themselves, and updated version might include info about the Ultradisc CD-R from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - the world's ultimate CD-R...