I keep getting Error messages. Can anybody help me? I just want to EQ the tracks and cut off bad beginnings and endings of my own home-made CDs. This thing won't work with any kind of CD I put in, neither Commercial nor my own.
Since you want to use Nero "Wave" Editor, I would think you'd need to rip the cd to the hard drive in wave format first. On the cd, it's cda. Yeah, you hear it as a wave but you can't change the file while in that form except for processing the already decoded sound with software EQ's, etc. Rip it, then edit it, then make a new cd with your edited music.
Eck, I have a feeling you may be right about having to "rip" the songs first. But I have no idea how to do that. I don't even really know what "ripping" is, to tell you the truth. The CD tracks would have to be saved, obviously, in some particular type of format... a wav file I guess. But I thought CD tracks WERE wav files. All of this stuff is probably in the manuals, which I do have on my hard drive, but they don't go into any great detail or step by step method as to how to go about this. The manuals and tutorials suck. I do appreciate your attempt to help me with this. I'll keep working on it, but it does get frustrating. I thought I had followed the instructions to the letter, but something is not working. By the way, CoolEdit was bought out by Adobe systems and is now being sold as Adobe Audition for $299. Not cheap, but I'd bet it's worth the price. I bet I wouldn't have run into this kind of problem if I had bought that program instead. Now I wish I would have.
Bohemian, I don't know about that. Unless your planning really fancy editing, getting a full featured wave editor bundled with all the other stuff in Nero seems a good deal to me! No matter what editing software you use, you'll need to rip the files off the cd (you can't change a file while it's hard coded-that's read only). Windows comes with Windows Media Player. That will do it. Instructions come with your operating system. Look in WMP Help or in Help & Support. I personally use AudioGrabber. It's a free program now that was shareware at one time. You can set it to rip in several formats. There's info and guides all over the net on how to play with audio. I'll bet you can find some right on this site, and if those methods don't please there's a new section on Afonic's website that deals with audio. Many more sites. Use a nice search engine. I use Yahoo. Lots of folks use Google. You'll learn more than you need to know! Good Luck, Dennis
Thanks, Eck. You've been a lot of help. I just need to do my part now. I'll follow your suggestions and see what I can do. I'm really hoping Nero 6 will work out for me. The price seemed reasonable enough and other features of the application seem to work fine. I'll keep working at it. I'm not really trying to do anything that fancy... not even crossfades. I just want to be able to tweak some CD tracks, mainly EQ-ing and normalizing volumes. That doesn't seem like too much to ask. I'm just wondering if there is ANYONE out there who may have used the Nero 6 WaveEditor. Anybody else running into the same problems? How about the Nero 5.5 wave editor? It may be quite similar (if there is one), I don't know. Thanks again, Eck.
I'm sure you'll get it going. Just to be clear, however: You have not had any problems with the Nero Wave Editor. You just haven't given it any wave files to edit yet. You know, you already have Nero so you actually have two ways of getting those cd's on to your hard drive without downloading anything else. You've got Nero and Windows Media Player. I knew nothing about computers when I started, so I understand some stuff may seem overwhelming. Just keep searching for the answers, reading the help files, and tinkering with software. For faster learning, find a kid whose patience and enthusiasm hasn't worn with age! They'll sit there at your screen and take you step by step through the process. (Folks like me, at 44 years of age, try, but sometimes our patience wears...) You'll learn more by attacking the challenge yourself, though.
The Nero program can also 'RIPP' or extract the audio from the Audio CD. There are a number of ways to go about it. You can Launch the Nero StartSmart, make sure you are in Expert mode, and select the option under audio called 'Rip CD Tracks'. Or you can launch Nero Expresss, go to the MORE button, and then select 'SAVE TRACK's and select the audio file or FILES you want to extract from the Audio CD to your Hard Drive. And ECK is right, no software can modify a CDDA or Audio file that is hard coded on an Audio CD. PS. If you go to the Nero Website at www.nero.com and look under Support->Tutorials->Nero Express->Create a Music CD/DVD, you will find step by step how to guides for Ripping audio from an Audio CD. Among many other How To Guides. Regards, Craig
Bohemian, Well, you just heard it from the horse's mouth. ccampbell is no newbie, Bohemian, but rather "Mr. Nero" himself. You can rest assured that any advice he gives regarding Ahead software is ironclad direct help from Ahead itself. Much better than finding a teenage wizard to help you! (No offense mean't by "horse's mouth!) Nero 6 is so packed with features that it alone can probably serve any needs you'll have with your audio stuff. I just got used to playing with certain programs, but I do use Nero for most all my actual burning to cd. I'm not actually a newbie either, but have no where near the credentials of ccampbell! Consider yourself honored, Bohemian. What you're trying to do is not hard. You'll get it going!
Eck and CC, you guys are WAY cool! I DID it! I finally got past the brick wall and managed to open and save some files! I even managed to tweak them a little, but I still have a LOT to learn. I'll be fiddling with this thing for a while, I'm sure, before I really get it figured out. I have to say that NERO does seem to be quite a monster of a program. It looks like it'll do everything I was hoping it would and MUCH more. I gotta do my homework now. Thanks again. You're both AWESOME! I think I'll be all right now. This is sooooo COOL!
