whats the easiest way to rip Cds into a MAC as aiff?

Danny boy · Post by **Danny boy** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:19 pm

I used to use a ripper software for my old dell but now Im on Mac im not sure what to use.

I want to rip whole songs then cut them up into loops for ableton fun.

who does this best (and cheapest

)

most rippers work in mp3 and I dont want to up convert.

any thoughts much appreciated.

Danny.

Chalupa · Post by **Chalupa** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:22 pm

iTunes

Verooka · Post by **Verooka** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:28 pm

That's what the Mac is missing, needs Soundforge porting over!

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:30 pm

Verooka wrote:That's what the Mac is missing, needs Soundforge porting over!

its not missing anything.
iTunes does this just fine.

ekko · Post by **ekko** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:41 pm

iTunes.

In preferences, just make sure you're set to import as .aif and you're good to go.

"Mac is missing..." Har!

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:11 pm

Verooka wrote:That's what the Mac is missing, needs Soundforge porting over!

Next thing you know people will want fruity loops ported, too.... pssssh.

kent_sandvik · Post by **kent_sandvik** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:12 pm

Even easier, this is a Mac after all.

* Put the audio CD into the tray
* It's mounting, open the mounted dir
* Drag out the needed AIFF files to your hard disk folder.

* (if unsure which one to drag over , click on each of them, most likely the default Quicktime Player will open with the file).
* Even easier, open the volume in 'inspection mode', the one with three views, select the AIFF file, and you should see a simple player in the rightmost view, play to know which audio file it is.

--Kent

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:36 pm

Verooka wrote:That's what the Mac is missing, needs Soundforge porting over!

That's a joke, right?

-Paws

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:43 pm

kent_sandvik wrote:Even easier, this is a Mac after all.

* Put the audio CD into the tray
* It's mounting, open the mounted dir
* Drag out the needed AIFF files to your hard disk folder.

* (if unsure which one to drag over , click on each of them, most likely the default Quicktime Player will open with the file).
* Even easier, open the volume in 'inspection mode', the one with three views, select the AIFF file, and you should see a simple player in the rightmost view, play to know which audio file it is.

--Kent

This is a good tip, but unfortunately it bypasses the CD-scratch detection that iTunes can use to repair scratched CD's while ripping. If the CD is in good shape, then go for it, though.