awful recordings from pc

Posted by: AL4N on 19 March 2004

while making copies of my cd's(personal use only),the sound from the recordings is awful.It almost sounds like there is no bass at all and the treble turned all the way up, also there is a "tinny ringing sound".It happens when playback is from the pc or when i've recorded onto disks,any help would be very nice.
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by garyi
What you using to record, what format are you recording in?

How are you playing back?

How did you get it to PC?
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by AL4N
quote:
Originally posted by garyi:
What you using to record, what format are you recording in?
CD,what format--i don't know,how will i find out?

How are you playing back?
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

How did you get it to PC?
HP CD WRITER(WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER)
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by Not For Me
I have found that a lower than top speed copy speed yields a better recording.

2x and 4x work nicely.

Are you recording as a .WAV file rather than MP3?

DS
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by long-time-dead
I use Nero 5 to copy CD's and don't get the symptoms described. All copies sound great.

A friend uses Windows Media and I get the same "metallic" sound on some of his discs.
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by AL4N
quote:
Originally posted by long-time-dead:
I use Nero 5 to copy CD's and don't get the symptoms described. All copies sound great.

A friend uses Windows Media and I get the same "metallic" sound on some of his discs.


metallic--that's the word i was searching for.
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by AL4N
quote:
Originally posted by David Slater:
I have found that a lower than top speed copy speed yields a better recording.

2x and 4x work nicely.

Are you recording as a .WAV file rather than MP3?

i think they are WAV

DS
Posted on: 19 March 2004 by jpk73
Hi!

To copy CDs: "Exact Audio Copy". Forget Media Player! To record analog sources: stand alone HiFi CD recorder. If you need to edit the recording, use RW media and copy it to your PC with "Exact Audio Copy", then you can load the WAVs into any Editor. This is the way I do it...

- Jun
Posted on: 21 March 2004 by J.N.
I use NTI software and recordings at x12 speed are very good, and perfectly good enough for the car etc:

.wav files of course.

Does anyone know why even a 'real-time'(x1 speed) recording sounds inferior to the original?

I guess it proves that it ain't just as simple and transferring digital data from one medium to another.
Posted on: 21 March 2004 by andy c
Hi,
If copying a complete cd I use clone cd. If I'm after slightly better audio results I copy 'on the fly' but this runs a risk re errors.

If converting .wav's to mp3's I use eac and Lame.

If making a compilation I use Nero 6.

As above, If you have the time to slow the write speed down It yields better results.
Usually copies are for the car - if i do a borrow of a cd for home and like it I buy it...

andy c!
Posted on: 22 March 2004 by oldie
Just like Long Time Dead I have used Nero 5 [plus their latest down loads]for aprox 2years now to burn copies for my Walkman, and the results to my mind are nothing short of brilliant, even when just to try out the quality Iv'e played them on my main system.All copies are straight original disc to copy,at Nero's selected speed,I don't know if that makes a differance or not. So far to be honest with you I,and others have not been able to tell the difference between the original and copy. [promp, far right stage,for all hell to fall on me and to be informed that I have cloth ears and a soggy mess for a brain that has been affected by advancing millenia Wink
oldie.
Posted on: 22 March 2004 by Laurie Saunders
quote:
So far to be honest with you I,and others have not been able to tell the difference between the original and copy. [promp, far right stage,for all hell to fall on me and to be informed that I have cloth ears and a soggy mess for a brain that has been affected by advancing millenia
oldie.


I find a it very easy to distinguish between originals and CDRs.....as well as between different brands of CDRs.....even so, slow speed recordings made on TDK "metallic" discs sound superb IMHO...slightly "thinned" compared to the original

Laurie S
Posted on: 22 March 2004 by Shayman
A bit off topic but.....Is it just me or do burned MP3's suffer from what we used to call wow in the golden Wink age of cassette? My mates deny it but I can hear it every time.

Jonathan