CD Ripping

There are a number of programmes that enable you to import audio from a CD onto your computer. Programmes below allow you to rip audio from CDs in multiple formats suitable for editing in your audio production.

VLC is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream audio on a high-bandwidth network
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Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
You can use Audacity to:

* Record live audio.
* Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
* Edit sound files in Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV.
* Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
* Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
* And more!

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Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from CDs or files.

Once the audio is extracted, Max allows you to save the audio in over 20 compressed and uncompressed formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Apple Lossless, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, AIFF, and WAVE. You can also convert audio between formats using Max.

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