Q: Need to Rip Music CD's to .wav, .pcm or .aiff formats

I need to find software that will allow me to rip songs from Compact Disc's to .wav, .pcm or .aiff formats. I can't use any kind of compressed audio file.

Any suggestions? Will be using a 2011 Mac Mini with a SSD and 16 GB of RAM. Quite speedy.

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 14, 2016 5:09 PM

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by Meg St._Clair,

Meg St._Clair Aug 14, 2016 5:13 PM in response to Billiam62
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Aug 14, 2016 5:13 PM in response to Billiam62

iTunes.
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by Phil0124,

Phil0124 Aug 14, 2016 5:16 PM in response to Billiam62
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Aug 14, 2016 5:16 PM in response to Billiam62

iTunes is perfectly capable of ripping CD's to either Wav or Aiff.

You can set the Rip format in Preferences->General->Import Settings.
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Billiam62 Aug 14, 2016 5:20 PM in response to Phil0124
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Aug 14, 2016 5:20 PM in response to Phil0124

Wow. That was fast. Thanks. Never knew what format I was ripping tunes with iTunes.
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Phil0124 Aug 14, 2016 5:34 PM in response to Billiam62
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Aug 14, 2016 5:34 PM in response to Billiam62

itunes defaults to AAC, but you can also rip to mp3 and Apple's own Lossless (m4a) format in addition to Wav and Aiff.
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Billiam62 Aug 14, 2016 5:37 PM in response to Phil0124
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Aug 14, 2016 5:37 PM in response to Phil0124

I just set it for .wav. MP3 files compress the audio and since I will be using the audio files for a radio station via software automation on a Mac, the audio processing gear can create conflicts with the compressed files and the result is a noisy or unclean audio file. Only compression free audio will result in the cleanest possible audio. Thus a .wave, .pcm or .aiff format is the best format for me to use.
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Phil0124 Aug 14, 2016 5:43 PM in response to Billiam62
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Aug 14, 2016 5:43 PM in response to Billiam62

Yup, just pointing out the options. MP3 is one of the "lossier" (is that even a word?) formats out there.
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