[slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ

[Keith]

    No I haven't, but I only burned 1 CD with it so far, and I live in an
apartment so I cant turn up the volume very far while playing MP3's on my
computer.  The CD I burned, I left it on the default 4.0.  I would venture a
guess that optimal setting would very with music, and definitely the bitrate the
MP3 was encoded in, i.e. Higher fidelity for lower (<160KBps) bitrates and 4.0
or lower for 160KBps bitrates or higher.  Just play around with the control I
guess, and decide for yourself.

Keith

P.S. did you like the plugin?



Jim Gast wrote:

> Have you found an optimal setting for FIDELITY. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> JIM GAST
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Keith [mailto:keith.chandler@bigfoot.com]
> Sent:   Tuesday, October 26, 1999 8:18 PM
> To:     jfgast@email.msn.com
> Cc:     slinkelist@nirvis.com
> Subject:        Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ
>
>     Sorry for not specifying.  Yes, I do create the WAV files using Winamp
> running the Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in with the DFX DSP active.  I wish
> there
> was a more elegant way of doing this, but that plug-in does seem to make
> better
> CD's from MP3's.
>
> P.S. I ONLY use the fidelity enhancement, the ambiance seems to be to
> artificial, and the dynamic boost is only useful sometimes, and the 3D sound
> is
> unavailable in the shareware/demo version.
>
> Keith
>
> Jim Gast wrote:
>
> > Keith hi,
> >
> > Do you create the WAV files using Winamp running the Nullsoft Disk Writer
> > plug-in with the DFX DSP active or does the DFX plug-in have its own WAV
> > out. Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > JIM GAST
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:   slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Keith
> > Sent:   Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:54 AM
> > To:     Richard Malcolm-Smith
> > Cc:     slinkelist@nirvis.com
> > Subject:        Re: [slinkelist] Homade CD's and CDJ
> >
> >     This isn't actually CD text.  This is info written to your hard drive
> > after the CD is finished burning.  All CDJ does, is read the disc ID in
> the
> > changer, then read the CD info off your hard drive.
> >
> >     Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 now decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes
> > also,
> > but I found a plugin for Winamp called DFX, which restores FIDELITY to
> those
> > slightly muffled MP3 files, and can also save .wav files with the restored
> > fidelity and then be burned.  Granted, an extra step, but you have to at
> > least
> > download the plugin for winamp and give it a try, it has a demo button on
> > the
> > interface which lets you activate/deactivate the processing for
> comparison.
> >
> > I was impressed with the sound quality improvement, you can find the
> plugin
> > for winamp at www.winamp.com under the DSP plug-ins area.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Keith wrote:
> > >
> > > >     I also found out by accident that if you burn your own compilation
> > > > CD's from MP3's that Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 will name the tracks
> from
> > > > the MP3's, allow you to enter a title and artist, and on burn
> completion
> > > > save the info to cdplayer.ini.  I just put the burned compilation CD
> > > > into the changer, started CDJ and boom! the CD with all info was there
> > > > in the library!  Very cool.
> > >
> > > Writing CDtext is cool. CDJ doesnt seem to pick it up too well off my
> > > CDP-CX250.. I use Nero - decodes MP3's on the fly as it writes, bit iffy
> > > at 8 speed write.
> > >
> > > >     Might be useful, might not, but I thought it was slick.  Anything
> > > > automatic is cool ... hehe.
> > >
> > > It sure is..
> >
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