About This Particular Macintosh 6.04 - eDisk

Performer is now also VST compatible), allowing me to add effects and automate a professionalquality mix on my G3 350.CD Burners and MP3 EncodersRippin’ and burnin’ CD burners and MP3 encoders are definitely closer to digital audiorecorders than samplers. Given their prominence as of late though, I felt that they deservedtheir own section. Adaptec’s Toast is, of course, the CD burning software of choice for bothaudio and data. Its audio burning options are limited, though.Jam is Adaptec’s professional audio CD burning software. It allows waveform editing, PQsubcode editing, crossfades between tracks, and other pro touches. Digidesign’s MasterListPro is another professional level CD burner application, but it has a steeper learning curve.The catch, so far, is that none of these programs are OS 9 compatible. Since I burn CDs at aproduction studio (Future Music Oregon), this wasn’t a concern for me. For others withburners though, the wait is inexcusable.As luck would have it, my colleague Daniel Chvatik is in the middle of a series on MP3players 4 and encoders. He’s been very thorough so far, so I won’t bother to repeat what hehas already said. Since players are free, my quest last fall was to find an application to encodeCD recordings of my own music. I wasn’t interested in skins or playlists, or in maintaininglarge databases of pirated music; instead I wanted speed, flexible settings, and track infoediting. After some research, I chose Xing’s AudioCatalyst, and I’m very happy with it.4. http://www.atpm.com/6.03/mp3roundup.shtmlATPM 6.04 ← 55 → Columns: Digital Audio and the Mac(III)