This Sucks....
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Kirby Ball
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P Power,
You've got the right idea, but imho the wrong concept.
Back when I was mixing just mp3's, I ripped more than 5,000 CD's using a CD duplicator with an automated robotic arm and a disc hopper. I used a specialized software that ripped, named, and tagged all the mp3s for me, even while I was sleeping.
Why take months ripping cd's one at a time when you could drop a hundred cd's in a hopper and let it do all the work for you?
jmho...
You've got the right idea, but imho the wrong concept.
Back when I was mixing just mp3's, I ripped more than 5,000 CD's using a CD duplicator with an automated robotic arm and a disc hopper. I used a specialized software that ripped, named, and tagged all the mp3s for me, even while I was sleeping.
Why take months ripping cd's one at a time when you could drop a hundred cd's in a hopper and let it do all the work for you?
jmho...
I can't even fathom the taging errors that would arrise from that method.... bad enough doing it one CD at a time.... but there is absolutely no DB online or other wise that gets it right even 70% of the time....
That would be a tag and rename nightmare...:sqerr:
Took me months.
I was in some night clubs so I had to put an (E.L.) behind some of mine. I thought It would never end
I was in some night clubs so I had to put an (E.L.) behind some of mine. I thought It would never end
Acrtually JW,
Since I already had all the tag info (and much more) in an Access database, it was quite easy to batch fix the tags. The automation saved me a lot of time of individually loading and unloading all of those discs. My CD library was already extremely well organized according to my database, so I ripped the CD's in specific categories of genre and decade and year. Then batch "fixing" the occasional error was a piece of cake and overall I spent a fraction of the time I would have spent if I had done each disc individually. Bpm info had to be entered manually, but again, following the database streamlined that task as well.
Trust me, I have goen through the entire process over again ripping DVD's to mp4 format and have had to do each one of those discs individually. It has been a LOT more work loading, naming and tagging individually than havign a machine do most all of the physical work for me, even whiel I was sleeping. I would have derived no joy from physically inserting discs into a tray thousands of times or babysitting a computer waiting to insert the next disc.
We all approach life differently and I thought I would share a time saving tip. People can have their own opinions, but I know my time in digitizing an extremely vast CD collection was reduced immensely by automation.
Since I already had all the tag info (and much more) in an Access database, it was quite easy to batch fix the tags. The automation saved me a lot of time of individually loading and unloading all of those discs. My CD library was already extremely well organized according to my database, so I ripped the CD's in specific categories of genre and decade and year. Then batch "fixing" the occasional error was a piece of cake and overall I spent a fraction of the time I would have spent if I had done each disc individually. Bpm info had to be entered manually, but again, following the database streamlined that task as well.
Trust me, I have goen through the entire process over again ripping DVD's to mp4 format and have had to do each one of those discs individually. It has been a LOT more work loading, naming and tagging individually than havign a machine do most all of the physical work for me, even whiel I was sleeping. I would have derived no joy from physically inserting discs into a tray thousands of times or babysitting a computer waiting to insert the next disc.
We all approach life differently and I thought I would share a time saving tip. People can have their own opinions, but I know my time in digitizing an extremely vast CD collection was reduced immensely by automation.
Well that makes much more sense...
But, for the average DJ that doesn't have an extensive data base already created bulk ripping is very problimatic and would be a big problem. If you are well organized I can see it being helpful.
The only other fly in the ointment may be the cost of the machine you used. Of course time is money too so the time saved may justify the cost of a CD duplicator...
Whatever works but, I wouldn't be the first to recomend that method for the simple reason of accuracy issues.
But, for the average DJ that doesn't have an extensive data base already created bulk ripping is very problimatic and would be a big problem. If you are well organized I can see it being helpful.
The only other fly in the ointment may be the cost of the machine you used. Of course time is money too so the time saved may justify the cost of a CD duplicator...
Whatever works but, I wouldn't be the first to recomend that method for the simple reason of accuracy issues.
I've already got the majority done....I'm redoing my library as when i started ripping, I was using WMP...And no internet....='s CRAP TAGS. So..I'm doing it right this time.
You don't wanna know my stand and I may get thrown under the bus.
It's quicker to just torrent everything you have than to rip it!
It's quicker to just torrent everything you have than to rip it!
I started cataloging my music back in the days of Word Perfect 5.0 for DOS. After Windows came out, I transferred my info from Word Perfect into Micorsoft Access. I was able to not only identify music information, but able to quickly find a song with "lightening fast" response to special requests. LOL Nothing compared to today's standards of using digital files on a computer, but for back then, I used to take between `1500 to 2000 CD's with me to every gig and every song had a code number and special section in my cases (my own library system) so I was able to easily find any song within about 20 seconds of typing in the search query on my Thinkpad that had a 40 mb hard drive at the gig!
The "first time" I ripped my CD library, I ripped most at 192 kbs and maybe 1/3 of them at 256 kbps. I later went back and re-ripped the entire library at 320 kbps. I literally wore out my machine, but IMHO I got my money's worth out of it.
The "first time" I ripped my CD library, I ripped most at 192 kbs and maybe 1/3 of them at 256 kbps. I later went back and re-ripped the entire library at 320 kbps. I literally wore out my machine, but IMHO I got my money's worth out of it.
