Resolved Bad music to my ears

I have been asked by a Lady who runs a Majorette Troup to improve the tone and volume qualities on a Read Only disk that she had recorded music on from a variety of sources.
I have tried to copy it to a RW disk thinking that I could edit it, but no success, is there a way I can get the music from the Read only disk onto a disk so I can improve the tone quality via an equalizer, the volume will also have to be sorted out as it is too variable.
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I don't know of any way to edit or equalize sound file on a CD or DVD.

You can, however, put the music on your computer's hard drive, edit and equalize it there, then burn it to a disk.

If it's important that the tunes stay in a certain order other than alphabetized, don't forget to set that option in whatever burning software you use.

 

Hi Miz, that 'sounds' like a good idea, ( joke, sorry) I will try it, however the music is randomly recorded so I doubt if it is alphabetical, but what would the difference be if it was?
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Correct. It can't be done. It has to be transferred to a writable media, edited and then burned again.

 

If the troop is doing a routine to the music, they'll need the songs to play in the same order.

When you copy the songs your computer, Windows will put them in alphabetic order.

If your burning software isn't told differently, the songs will be burned back to disk in alphabetic order, too.

 

use sony sound forge to edit and EQ the tunes, only thing i can think of for you...much luck

 

Sound Forge, although an excellent program, is very expensive if you are only going to use it for one job. If you are going to be doing this on a regular basis, it would probably justify its cost. However, there are free programs that would do a one-off for you like audacity.

 

Thanks to all so far, now the update. downloaded music from R only disk to hard drive, did the equalizing and volumes, sounds ok from the HD, burnt to RW disk,
tried to play back from RW disk got the following.
'There is a problem with the URL or file you are trying to open or play.If you are trying to open anURL, the URL the may not be valid. If you are trying to play a file, the file type may not be recognised by Windows Media Player, but the Player may still be able to play the file. However you should only play files from a trustworthy source. Do you want to play to play the file' YES. I then get 'Windows Media Player cannot find the file. If you are trying to play, burn, sync (whats that ?) an item from your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved, renamed or deleted'.
WOW! where do I go now ?
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When you put it onto the RW disk, did you burn it as a data file or as an audio burn? RW disks can be funny with anything other than data files.

Also, windows media player can be quirky when it comes to playing media Cds. Have you tried playing it using an alternative player like Real Player or iTunes?

 

Thanks dnmacleod, do not know if it burnt as data or audio I just pressed the 'burn'butto
n, should I burn again ?.
I am looking into 'Audacity' to see if that may help me understand. You can guess this is all new to me so any advice is most welcome.
Thanks again.
PS you live above me, I live down south .
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If you burned it as a data CD, an ordinary CD player will not be able to play the songs. They need music to be in a specific format. Yes, you will need to burn another disk.

I don't know what burning software you're using but usually early in burning process, it should give you the option to choose Data or Audio (might use the word "Music "). Do not choose data.

You will be less likely to have problems using a R disk instead of an RW disk. Ordinary CD players often have trouble reading and playing from RW disks.

 

If you can view the MP3 (or whatever!!) files and the directory structure in explorer, then you've burned them as data files. Some modern players will recognise data Cds and play them but they tend to be more upmarket than the budget brand players. Either way, your PC should be able to play your Cd. I suggest you try burning it again to a CD-R.

Personally, I've used Sound Forge some time ago but my tool of choice for Audio work these days is Adobe Audition. In my view, there's nothing in the price bracket to touch it. And it burns direct to Cd when you're ready

Its not cheap, but, like everything else, you get what you pay for...

 

I have Audacity, which I think was a freebie. I've done quite a few transcriptions of old vinyl LPs to CD and I always do each track as a separate file. When I burn to CD, they come out in the order I had arranged them.

Audacity has a lot of very clever features that I haven't bothered with, but it took a while for me to discover that the default write to disk was monaural. I had to hunt for the option to get it in stereo, but I'm quite happy with the way it does things.

 

Hi all, thanks to all the responders, I have a lot to think about and do,( keep me out of the pub). I will try the burn again to CD R making sure it is not data, and yes I can see the file in explorer, so that tells that story. I will start again but making sure it burns to audio onto a CD R disk, I will let you know how I get on shortly.
I am also interested in audacity, having had a look at it, its presentation looks viable all I need to know is how to work it, however I did find the stereo option.
Back to the drawing board.
Thanks again, Spanner

 

BINGO! EUREKA! and all that stuff. I have now got a 'remastered' recording of music from the original disk that had to have volume and tone levels adjusted.
I followed the excellent advise of Windows BBS members.
Stage one, made sure the copy on my hard drive was as I had adjusted by volume and equalizer.
Stage two. put CD R disk in.
Stage three, made sure burn was Audio.
Stage four, pressed burn button.
Stage five, disk ejected.
Stage six, played disk back on pc, (bingo)
Stage Seven. played disk back on standard music player (second bingo)
Thanks to everyone who responded, this has been a very interesting exercise.
It turned out to be simpler than it first appeared
Again my thanks I will call this well 'RESOLVED'
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