Can anyone shed any light on this issue. I've tried burning CDs from Nero, Samplitude, itunes, at different speeds, but alas my Cds sound all jittery and crunchy. Put the files on a memory stick and burn it at work or my wife's old laptop....no problem, all good. I'm running a new PC with W7 64bit (XITE + Samplitude), and a Samsung DVD/CD burner. I used to have the same problem with my old PC (x3 SC PCI cards and Spubase) I'm suspicious that it may be an audio tweak for optimal scope and DAW use, that I've done that may be causing the problem.
One of you clever people out there must know?
poor quality audio CD burning
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Re: poor quality audio CD burning
Bad CD burner?
If they sound crunchy it sounds like the files are being processed before they are burnt.
If they sound crunchy it sounds like the files are being processed before they are burnt.
Re: poor quality audio CD burning
Hi thanks for replying.
could be a bad burner, it was quite cheap.
How do you avoid the files being processed before burning. Sam has 2 options, on the fly, or, save to a file then burn. On the fly was no good, haven't tried the latter. Does this count as processing before burnig?
could be a bad burner, it was quite cheap.
How do you avoid the files being processed before burning. Sam has 2 options, on the fly, or, save to a file then burn. On the fly was no good, haven't tried the latter. Does this count as processing before burnig?
R
Re: poor quality audio CD burning
yes.
"on the fly" works well if there is little to no processing involved in the burn process. if you are using many plugins and there is a lot of number crunching to do, then it's better to burn to a file first. slowing the burn speed(or even raising it!) may help, too.
"on the fly" works well if there is little to no processing involved in the burn process. if you are using many plugins and there is a lot of number crunching to do, then it's better to burn to a file first. slowing the burn speed(or even raising it!) may help, too.
Re: poor quality audio CD burning
some feedback:
First i tried my old CD burner, that burns at x2 upwards. Result - good for burning from itunes etc. However it was probably too old to use with the latest Samplitude software as it didn't recognize the drive.
Secondly I tried different speeds on my new CD/DVD drive. x32 actually gave a better result but not perfect.
Then I tried a different dithering setting than that recommended by the Sam educational video. The result = bingo. All good now. For some reason in the video they set the dithering to POW-R for 32bit float. Triangular worked much better. I also bounced to a file before burning.
First i tried my old CD burner, that burns at x2 upwards. Result - good for burning from itunes etc. However it was probably too old to use with the latest Samplitude software as it didn't recognize the drive.
Secondly I tried different speeds on my new CD/DVD drive. x32 actually gave a better result but not perfect.
Then I tried a different dithering setting than that recommended by the Sam educational video. The result = bingo. All good now. For some reason in the video they set the dithering to POW-R for 32bit float. Triangular worked much better. I also bounced to a file before burning.
R