Re: cue variations

"Mark Fishman [email protected] [EAC]" <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:56:12 -0400
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>  identifying discs/tracks with pre-emphasis.
That opens a can of worms. "Real" (i.e., audio hardware) CD players are
supposed to honor the pre-emphasis flag in the subcode and switch on analog
de-emphasis during playback. (I actually once had a CD with pre-emphasis
but the flag wasn't set, so it played back much brighter than the
corresponding LP; I used EAC to rip it and reburn it with the flag set, so
it sounded correct. I've also had CDs with the flag set but no pre-emphasis
actua;lly applied.)

The problem with pre-emphasized CDs is that EAC cannot apply the
de-emphasis so you get a bit-perfect rip that still has the overly bright
highs. Ripping to WAV and using something like Audacity to apply the
de-emphasis to the digital file can give you a good sonic result, but it's
no longer a copy of the CD.

*sigh* Thanks for the memories. :^) -- m.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 10:19 AM Jeff [email protected] [EAC] <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On 10/18/20 4:06 AM, Mark Fishman [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
>
> > I generally rip as tracks, since I'm going to be playing them on a
> > computer-type device (e.g., music streamer). They validated when I
> > ripped them; is there a way to validate separate tracks without
> > ripping them again?
>
> CueTools: http://cue.tools/wiki/Main_Page.
>
> I don't think it will validate a single track by itself, but it will
> validate (and, in some cases, even *correct*) an entire album consisting
> of single tracks.
>
> It has a companion ripper, but EAC is more stable and reliable. It's not
> that CueRipper doesn't work *most* of the time, but in a lot of cases
> where EAC will continue to work very, very hard to get a clean read on a
> problem disc (often ultimately successfully!), CueRipper will often just
> give up after a while and throw an error.
>
> The only real advantage I can think of to CueRipper over EAC is that its
> current version is better than EAC's current version at identifying
> discs/tracks with pre-emphasis. For most people that's really not a
> concern. For those of us who now openly identify as old and who remember
> buying into CD almost from the beginning and who never get rid of any
> media, it can be helpful. :)
>
> 
>


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 identifying discs/tracks
      with pre-emphasis.

</div><div>That opens a can of worms. &quot;Real&quot; (i.e., audio hardwar=
e) CD players are supposed to honor the pre-emphasis flag in the subcode an=
d switch on analog de-emphasis during playback. (I actually once had a CD w=
ith pre-emphasis but the flag wasn&#39;t set, so it played back much bright=
er than the corresponding LP; I used EAC to rip it and reburn it with the f=
lag set, so it sounded correct. I&#39;ve also had CDs with the flag set but=
 no pre-emphasis actua;lly applied.)</div><div><br></div><div>The problem w=
ith pre-emphasized CDs is that EAC cannot apply the de-emphasis so you get =
a bit-perfect rip that still has the overly bright highs. Ripping to WAV an=
d using something like Audacity to apply the de-emphasis to the digital fil=
e can give you a good sonic result, but it&#39;s no longer a copy of the CD=
..</div><div><br></div><div>*sigh* Thanks for the memories. :^) -- m.</div><=
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 Oct 18, 2020 at 10:19 AM Jeff <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">atrocit=
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    <p>CueTools: <a href=3D"http://cue.tools/wiki/Main_Page" target=3D"_bla=
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    <p>I don&#39;t think it will validate a single track by itself, but it
      will validate (and, in some cases,
      even <em>correct</em>) an entire album consisting of single
      tracks.</p>
    <p>It has a companion ripper, but EAC is more stable and reliable.
      It&#39;s not that CueRipper doesn&#39;t
      work <em>most</em> of the time, but in a lot of cases where EAC
      will continue to work very, very hard to
      get a clean read on a problem disc (often ultimately
      successfully!), CueRipper will often just give up after a while
      and throw an error.</p>
    <p>The only real advantage I can think of to CueRipper over EAC is
      that its current version
      is better than EAC&#39;s current version at identifying discs/tracks
      with pre-emphasis. For most
      people that&#39;s really not a concern. For those of us who now openl=
y
      identify as old and who
      remember buying into CD almost from the beginning and who never
      get rid of any media, it can
      be helpful. :)</p>
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