Mostly what I do is make mix CDs by trying to have smooth/interesting transitions between tracks for whatever theme I'm currently working with.
I don't need to do anything terribly fancy, but my big requirements for software are crossfading (allowing either end to be faded or simply overlap) and trimming (not JUST of silence). Naturally I'd also like to be able to have an easy way to preview things before burning and some sort of normalization or at least track volume settings would be nice. It'd be cool to be able to specifically set where the track changes in a crossover and being able to add a data track would be good.
I've got the full versions of the latest from both Roxio and Nero and frankly they both suck. Nero has an assload of features, but the crossfading FORCES a fade on both ends (you can't have them just overlap without fade) and the preview system is terrible. Roxio has great crossfading capabilities and I can get away with trimming and normalizing tracks in Cool Edit if I have to, but Roxio crashes like crazy and almost never saves the CD layout properly.
Can anyone recomend something sub-$100 (or FREE) that'll do what I want?
I don't need to do anything terribly fancy, but my big requirements for software are crossfading (allowing either end to be faded or simply overlap) and trimming (not JUST of silence). Naturally I'd also like to be able to have an easy way to preview things before burning and some sort of normalization or at least track volume settings would be nice. It'd be cool to be able to specifically set where the track changes in a crossover and being able to add a data track would be good.
I've got the full versions of the latest from both Roxio and Nero and frankly they both suck. Nero has an assload of features, but the crossfading FORCES a fade on both ends (you can't have them just overlap without fade) and the preview system is terrible. Roxio has great crossfading capabilities and I can get away with trimming and normalizing tracks in Cool Edit if I have to, but Roxio crashes like crazy and almost never saves the CD layout properly.
Can anyone recomend something sub-$100 (or FREE) that'll do what I want?
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Re: Good CD Burning Software for PC
Tue, January 6, 2004 - 3:47 PMNumark DJ mixers are about $100... ;P
You might check out Ableton Live. I don't use it, but I understand that you can set control points (warp markers) and easily adjust the timing between two tracks to match tempos. I imagine it will sound best if the two tracks are as close in BPM as possible...
sub $100... hmm... not yet to my knowledge.. You could try buying a copy of Live 2.0 from Ebay and upgrade to 3.0; that might be around $100 if all works out.
