musikone

===================================================== Has it occurred to you that such a truncation is probably a part of the price that you are paying for this "free" version? :-) Looking at this another way: Insofar as computer software is concerned, and contrary to that old familiar saying: "The best things in life are not free"!

=============================================== Take it from me, Mitzi; you are certainly in the right place :-) Musikone [Al is in Wonderland!]

================================================== Sorry about this add-on post, but I have changed my recommendation for your future course of action in this matter. To wit: instead of retreating to the Northland to take up skiing, perhaps you should head south for a cruise down the Mississippi river with your friend Tom :-) Musikone

============================================================== Really? My Master's version of WavePad provides me with a whole variety of optional "save-as" formats!! Of course, I have to pull down the little pull-down menu near the bottom of the "save-as" dialogue box in order to see this list of options and to be able to choose the one that I want. Are you saying that you don't have this pull-down menu to make the same choice that I have? Or haven't you worded your objection properly? Musikone (apparently different strokes for different folks)

========================================================= It is _not_ true (contrary to that well-known saying) that "The best things in life are free"!! This being said, once you navigate your way through the hype and deception and promises, etc., etc. of a "free" Switch software, you will discover that you can continue to use that Wonderful "free" software indefinitely, except that your continued use of this Wonderful software will lack some of the important (many consider them to be _essential_) features which were designed into the program but have now been disabled when you have not paid for the software. In short, you are not being _forced_ to upgrade from "free" to "licensed" (paid-for) in order to continue using _something_ which resembles the purchased version. This obfuscation is the "price" that you must pay for thinking that you can actually get something free from a company whose livelihood depends upon the _sale_ of software. In summary: The BEST things in (software) life are NOT free!!! Musikone [Al is in Wonderland!]

=============================================== Just to be clear; unless there is something that I do not know (which happens every once in a while), you will need to use a different audio editor to do this. Sigh! So back to the Northland, Mr. Finn. Have you thought about taking up skiing, instead of computers? Musikone

==================================================== I would suggest that you use a 16 bit WAV file with a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. :-) Musikone [Al is in Wonderland!]

============================================ Also tell them to adopt a rational naming procedure for the various versions of a piece of NCH software! I am sick and tired of seeing a reference to WavePad Master's edition and to Switch Plus, with the cut-down "free" versions being designated as "WavePad" and "Switch". This is nonsensical, if not ludicrous--not to mention deceptive. Musikone

============================================ The "Plus" version is the licensed (i.e., paid-for) version of Switch. There is no Plus version of WavePad, despite the person whom you have thanked for his advice saying otherwise! The paid-for version of WavePad is referred to NCH as the "Master's" version. The free-forever version of WavePad is referred to NCH as "WavePad" :-) Go figure. Musikone [Al is in Wonderland!]

========================================================== You are probably right. I do not use ID3 tags and have had no Nero problems. Musikone

================================================== Can you tell me what the "Plus" version of WAVEPAD is? Apparently you can, since you thanked the person who used this terminology for his advice. I'll be waiting for your answer. Musikone

============================================ I have no idea what you are talking about!! I regularly use Switch to create mp3 files, and routinely use Nero to burn them to an audio CD (or a data DVD). I wonder if we are living on the same planet? Perhaps you would care to say exactly how you create an mp3 file using NCH. Be sure to state which NCH program you are using to do this. This happens to be relevant :-) Musikone [Al is in Wonderland!]

==================================================== What exactly do you mean by a "broadcast WAV file"? A .wav file is a .wav file is a .wav file is a .wav file..... :-) That is, any file which has the extension .wav can be converted to an mp3 file by any number of programs, including NCH's Switch or NCH's WavePad, as another example, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum. There is _no such file as a BWF file_. So you can safely forget about something that does not exist! In other words, what is your problem here? Musikone

=============================================== Musikone [Al is in Wonderland!]

================================================== WHY?

============================================ I appreciate your appreciation. I'm sorry that my idea was lousy:-( Perhaps someone who understands this subject better than I do will come along and offer you a better idea. Please excuse me for stumbling along; I'm just trying to learn...... Musikone

======================================================= I have an idea!!! You might try saving your edited file as an _mp3_ file instead of a _wav_ file, which is exactly what it is _after_ your mp3 file has been successfully loaded into WavePad :-) Read very carefully the instructions on using the "save-as" command. Musikone

=============================================== You can soon expect the usual "help" from NCH: a recommendation to use another NCH product (which I highly recommend, by the way) for this purpose, but without answering the technical questions that you are asking. If you get more help than this from NCH, I will be very surprised. While you have purchased a DJ-Tech Turntable, have you also _purchased_ WavePad, but only after informing yourself of NCH's well-stated position on answering questions such as those that you are asking? Musikone (calling a spade a----------shovel)

====================================== I take it that you have an mp3 file that you wish to write to a CD. If so, one very simple way to do this is to use NCH's Express Burn program, which you can download without charge. Read the instructions, which will tell you how you can "burn" (write) this file to a CD. Since no .cda file is involved in this burn-file-to-CD process, it will not make any difference to you that NCH does not have this feature right now--or ever :-) Does this solve your problem? Musikone

===================================================== What do you plan to do with that unfortunate cda file after you get it? I won't hold my breath waiting for your answer :-) Musikone (how to make a new thread disappear!)

============================================= Exactly how did you manage to copy a track from your cd to your hard drive? If you don't answer this question, I cannot help you. It's that simple. Musikone

============================================ _I_ have an idea!!! My idea is that a cda "file" is not a sound file at all. Rather, it is a "pointer" _to_ a .wav sound file on an audio disc. As such, The sound file which is being pointed to must be brought out of hiding, as it were, and exposed with its true file extension, which is .wav. Then, WavePad can be used to edit the .wav file which has been exposed (poor thing!) But WavePad cannot do this special exposing job. However, Switch can do this expose, as well as the conversion to mp3, in one single operation. So my second idea is that you should download Switch, put your audio disc into the drive, and then drag one of those cda non-files from the audio disc into the Switch program window. Switch will accept this non-file without protest and show it in the window. Then go down to the bottom of the window and look at encoder settings to choose the mp3 parameters that you wish to use. For a regular audio disc (which I assume you are using as the source of your .cda non-file), you should choose a sampling rate of 44.1 khz and a bit rate of at least 128 kbps, which controls the amount of compression used in the mp3 process. Using a higher bit rate gets you a better sound quality but takes up more space in your chosen storage location. So pay your money and take your choice. Locate the directory (folder) that you wish to use to store your mp3 file. Then press the Switch "convert" button. If my idea is a good idea (and I suspect that it is), you should end up with an mp3 file (of that file on the audio disc which was hiding out) in the chosen directory :-). Musikone (been there, done that)

================================================ Bad News! The clicks that you are talking about are not what the computer recognizes as "noise," even though you may think that these things are noise. Computer-recognized noise (and which can be reduced by the automatic noise-reduction methods provided in WavePad) is continuous, and is due to various equipment/media causes, etc. Furthermore, what WavePad may refer to as clicks and/or pops cannot be removed by any automatic means, despite WavePad's efforts to convince you otherwise. Therefore, if you want to get rid of these things, you will have to search each one out individually (the instructions will probably tell you how to do this) and then eliminate each such annoyance manually. One at a time. Repeat: one at a time. If this doesn't scare you off, then nothing will :-). Read the instructions on the manual removal of clicks and/or pops in a recording. Then settle down for a long night's work. Or then again, you may just wish to forget about the whole thing :-) Musikone (never one to gloss over little problems)

=========================================================== If this scared rabbit could understand what you are saying, he would have answered my response to his post long ago! He does not understand the meaning of the phrase "discussion forum." Too bad; another one bites the dust. Musikone

============================================ Are we waiting for you to get in the appropriate mood to continue with the thread that you started? Or does the cat have your tongue? Musikone