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How can I make a compilation CD with tracks from various CDs I have?
Two good (free) ripper programs are CDEX from:
www.cdex.n3.net
And Exact Audio Copy (good if you have hardware which presents you with difficulties in the area of Digital Audio Extraction, or if you are trying to rip from CDs in poor condition) from:
http://www.ExactAudioCopy.de/
Musicmatch Jukebox is also a good program, especially now that the latest version includes the new Fraunhofer MP3 encoder. You can download it from:
http://www.musicmatch.com
And Musicmatch Jukebox now let's you encode at all bitrates, right up to 320 kbps, using the free downloadable version, which can also burn audio CDs... you only have to register the program to get access to features such as an advanced equalizer for playback and support for higher CD burning speeds.
You can actually make compilation disks with Easy CD without using a separate ripper. Just open an Audio CD Layout, then insert each CD from which you want to take tracks in turn, and drag the tracks you want into the layout. If you do this, and then select "Create Disk" from the File menu, Easy CD will copy the disks a track at a time, prompting you to insert the source CDs as needed. A better way to do it, if you have enough hard disk space, is to right click on each track after you drag it into the layout and select "Pre-record track to disk" from the pop up menu - this will record the track on your hard disk as a WAV file temporarily... but this takes about 10Mb per minute of music (so around 740 Mb for a completely full audio CD). If you can do this, then when you select "Create Disk" you won't need to reinsert the source disks, and also you will be able to use the "Disk at once" mode (selectable from the "Advanced" tab at recording time), which produces CDs which are b
etter compatible with audio CD players (audio players often have trouble searching for individual tracks on a disk that was recorded in "one track at a time" mode).
