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mp3 or wav files to an audio CD

ric426

ric426

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I hope this is the appropriate forum for this question. Pardon my audio file format ignorance, but I've got some mp3 files, also converted to wav format, that I'd like to put on an audio cd that my Tascam Bass Trainer will play back. What's the best way to accomplish that?
I tried putting both types of files on a data cd, but the Bass Trainer isn't capable of reading either type.
 
#4
Sorry, I should have thought to mention that. It's a Symbolics 3600 running Lisp. An Imsai 8080 S-100 system with dual 8"s?
Actually, it's a PC running Windows 2000. I know, I know, it's outdated, but I'd rather spend my spare cash on bass gear.
 
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ric426 said:
I hope this is the appropriate forum for this question. Pardon my audio file format ignorance, but I've got some mp3 files, also converted to wav format, that I'd like to put on an audio cd that my Tascam Bass Trainer will play back. What's the best way to accomplish that?
I tried putting both types of files on a data cd, but the Bass Trainer isn't capable of reading either type.
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Doesn't your CD burning software support making Audio CDs? That's what you need to do.
It should accept both wav and mp3.
 
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lemur821 said:
Doesn't your CD burning software support making Audio CDs? That's what you need to do. It should accept both wav and mp3.
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If you're going to do more of this, get a reputable package that will support what you want to do. I'll recommend Nero Burning ROM, which is one piece of software included in Nero's Ultra Edition, that I've been using for a number of years. Others will probably chime in with their favorite package. That's good. Check out a couple different programs and find which works well for you.

Lloyd Howard
 
#9
ric426 said:
Sorry, I should have thought to mention that. It's a Symbolics 3600 running Lisp.
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well played sir. I think what you want is an audio CD, not a data CD with .wav files on it. I don't know if Windows Media Player on 2000 handles the conversion for you transparently and just lets you burn a playlist to CD from mp3 sources, on xp it does. Nero and Roxxio are both programs that do this, I'd wager there is something free out there that would accomplish the same task but I haven't booted in to a windows machine in years.
 
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If you are making an audio cd that will play on a stereo or car stereo, the mp3's are automatically converted to wav format before burning. Now if you are making an mp3 cd (one that will only play on PC's or cd/dvd players that can play mp3's), the cd is burned as a data cd with the mp3's unchanged. It cannot be played in a car or home stereo.
 
#11
Doc Labyrinth said:
To my knowledge it is not possible to convert MP3s to WAVs, as MP3s are compressed and WAVs are not. You should be able to burn them, however.
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It is certainly possible to convert mp3 files to .wav. In fact, any audio program does essentially that when it plays back an .mp3 file. It is not possible to regain the information that was lost when the .mp3 was encoded, but it is definitely possible to convert the .mp3 to .wav.
 
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Febs said:
It is certainly possible to convert mp3 files to .wav. In fact, any audio program does essentially that when it plays back an .mp3 file. It is not possible to regain the information that was lost when the .mp3 was encoded, but it is definitely possible to convert the .mp3 to .wav.
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+100. Of course you can convert an .mp3 to a .wav. Any audio file in any format can be converted to any other format. Same goes for video. Some formats can be a pain (DVC50 video is a bitch to play on a PC), but there's always some way to do it.
 
#13
How does the type of system matter? He's worried about whether or not the Bass Trainer will read a MP3 CD. I assume an MP3 or WAV file is the same on any system. Otherwise it's a completely different format.

You can burn audio CDs with MP3s or WAV files. The only problem you will run into is that only some CD players are capable of reading MP3s. Any old CD player will read a finalized Audio CD with WAV files. That's what they were originally designed to read.

So you'll need to check the specs on the CD player in the Bass Trainer and see if it can playback MP3s. My guess would be no. But you never know.
 
#16
Well, it seems that, like my outdated OS, my outdated version of Roxio wouldn't write the files on an audio CD that the Bass Trainer would accept. I used a newer version on my XP workstation at work and it seems to have done the trick. I won't know for sure until I get home, but it looks promising.
Thanks for the replies.
 
#18
lemur821 said:
Both mp3 and wav formats will be converted to CD audio when you make an audio CD.
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Yes, correct. Known as AU files which contain PCM (aiff or wav files).

File Description: AU-Audio file typically created on a Sun Microsystems or Unix-based machine; comprised of three parts: a header (containing 24 bytes), an annotation block (variable length), and the actual audio data.
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DWBass said:
Yes, correct. Known as AU files which contain PCM (aiff or wav files).
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Well, it's misleading to say that WAV, AIFF, and au are the same as CD audio. CD audio is much less flexible, mandating a certain sample rate and bit depth, as well as its own specific metadata. It's true that CDs and (normally) those three store the audio uncompressed and that the actual audio data portion of a CD track might be the same as the data in another format, depending on the settings the file was created with.
 

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