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)
iTunes.
iTunes is perfectly capable of ripping CD's to either Wav or Aiff.
You can set the Rip format in Preferences->General->Import Settings.
Wow. That was fast. Thanks. Never knew what format I was ripping tunes with iTunes.
itunes defaults to AAC, but you can also rip to mp3 and Apple's own Lossless (m4a) format in addition to Wav and Aiff.
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.
Yup, just pointing out the options. MP3 is one of the "lossier" (is that even a word?) formats out there.
Need to Rip Music CD's to .wav, .pcm or .aiff formats
