At 09:06 AM 3/8/99 -0500, you wrote: > >On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Brad Bechtel wrote: >> If you own a Mac, I'd recommend getting a copy of Adaptec Toast (version >> 3.5.6 is the most current). > >Heartily seconded. I picked up a La Cie 4x write/8x read CD-R unit for my >Mac last week, and Toast (along with the Audio Extractor) is *really* easy >to use. I've already done a full set of system backups, as well as burned >a custom audio CD or two. All of them were easy and fast, with no >problems at all. > >Making an audio CD, in fact, took less than an hour- you capture each >individual track to your hard drive (which takes about 30 seconds per >track, because computer CD/DVD drives read at a much higher speed than the >audio CD standard) and then write the CD once all the tracks are captured >and put in the proper order. Nothing to it. > >CD-R drives aren't super cheap (mine was under $300 with a 10-pack of >discs), but I'm thoroughly impressed with mine, and the backup capability >alone is worth the price. > > > >Tom > A quick question: What if you are copy a live recording (such as a bootleg) that is indexed, but there are no clear spaces on the original? Is this easy to replicate or do you end up either keeping the entire recording as a single track or putting annoying blank spaces in between the tracks? Also, can you control how long the blank spaces are between each track? thanks -- Doug
