Hm, I did all that (Recording, converting, removing clicks from scratches, noise, adding+naming+numbering tracks) with an on-board sound-card and a cheap CD-burner with the included software (Create CD). No problems at all, worked just fine. regards, Reelf Jinx schrieb: >=20 > I've got a head-scratcher in the continuing quest to get my vinyl on > to CDs and hope that someone has a suggestion for a fix >=20 > As I understand it, audio CDs use 44.1kHz 16-bit files. If my recording > s/w is set to this though there's an unpleasant ringing on high frequen= cies, > eg female vocals. At 96kHz PCM 16-bit sampling the sound is good, > so it's possible to create hi-fi .wav files, although the writer s/w re= jects > them as CD- incompatible. Hmmm. The file can be converted to > 44.1kHz, but the ringing comes back. However, it can now be written > as a .cda track >=20 > I've had a look at CD Recorders, eg Philips, Marantz, that use 96kHz > 24-bit DSPs. Somewhere in the h/w that sampling rate is knocked > back to 44.1kHz whilst retaining the fidelity of the original. But star= ting > price for good ones is $2000 >=20 > It "may" be the sound card, but as the source and 96kHz sampling > sound OK and its settings are at "Best", I'm sceptical. I've tried 3 > different programs - Polderbits, Goldwave and Windows Sound > Recorder - with identical results >=20 > Any thoughts ? TIA >=20 > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics --=20 SyWiTec * Systeme f=FCr Wissenschaft und Technik Bamberg & Monsees GbR Steindamm 22 * D-28719 Bremen Fon +49-421-646775 * Fax +49-421-646785 http://www.sywitec.de/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.