[WEB4LIB] Converting .cda files to .wav files

[Huntington Woods Library]

It is funy you should ask that question.  I am just finishing a
course on Computer and MIDI Music.  We us a program called Peak to
record, manipulate, and save sound files.  Yes, ultimatley saving
them as a shockwave file would be preferable for you, but some
quality may be lost.  We have been operating on Macs in our lab
sessions, so I am not sure if Peak is a PC program.  I hate working
on Macs as much as the next person, but they do work well when
working with audio (wow, that was an akward, unexpected aliteration).  You
might want to search for it online.

Brent Pliskow
Huntington Woods Public Library
Webmaster


> I need to convert tracks from an audio CD (made up of .cda files) to some
> kind of Web-accessible sound files like .wav files.  (Ultimately I need to
> get it into Shockwave format, but I suspect that will be a little more
> complex).  Other than playing the CD and recording the sounds off of my
> PC's microphone (believe me, I've tried it and studio quality it's not!),
> is there any way to easily convert the .cda files to .wav, RealAudio, or a
> similar format?  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Mark Stover
> 
> 
> 
> 
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