Ripper Quality

Deep Electric · 15th September 2003, 06:05

How does the quality of the winamp ripper for 2.x compare with the one in CDex? I don't rip much using either program because I normally use the ripper in ACID Pro 4.0e. (pro end recording software) i don't have access to that right now and was wondering which free program had the best quality. I need to rip a track off of my demo to present later this week. I'm pretty desperate. It sucks being away from your tools. I'm stuck with an old version of CDex, an old version of MPEG Suite (1.3 has the fastest encoder I've ever used. It's faster than the ACID encoder although lower in quality), and Winamp 2.91. I'm in NYC far from my native southeastern Pennsylvania. My style of music is electronic dance in the vein of European Trance so I need that high information, and the low bass intact. Any help is apreciated!

mikm · 15th September 2003, 20:14

Winamp 2.92, 2.95, and 5 are NOT official releases and are thus not supported in the forums.

I like CDex with Ogg at 6.5 quality myself.

killswitch1968 · 16th September 2003, 00:26

EAC is the undisputed champ of ripping. Follow Chris Myden's guide (google it) for the best guide on the internet on making mp3s.
CDex and EAC are the same unless a CD is brutally scratched. CDex is also more user friendly and is my ripper of choice. I rip to oggs at fairly low bit rate (112)

15th September 2003, 06:05	#1
Deep Electric Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2	Ripper Quality How does the quality of the winamp ripper for 2.x compare with the one in CDex? I don't rip much using either program because I normally use the ripper in ACID Pro 4.0e. (pro end recording software) i don't have access to that right now and was wondering which free program had the best quality. I need to rip a track off of my demo to present later this week. I'm pretty desperate. It sucks being away from your tools. I'm stuck with an old version of CDex, an old version of MPEG Suite (1.3 has the fastest encoder I've ever used. It's faster than the ACID encoder although lower in quality), and Winamp 2.91. I'm in NYC far from my native southeastern Pennsylvania. My style of music is electronic dance in the vein of European Trance so I need that high information, and the low bass intact. Any help is apreciated!

15th September 2003, 20:14	#2
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,286	Winamp 2.92, 2.95, and 5 are NOT official releases and are thus not supported in the forums. I like CDex with Ogg at 6.5 quality myself. powered by C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

16th September 2003, 00:26	#3
killswitch1968 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sverige Posts: 434	EAC is the undisputed champ of ripping. Follow Chris Myden's guide (google it) for the best guide on the internet on making mp3s. CDex and EAC are the same unless a CD is brutally scratched. CDex is also more user friendly and is my ripper of choice. I rip to oggs at fairly low bit rate (112) They say if you play a Microsoft CD backwards you hear satanic messages. That's nothing, if you play it forwards it installs Windows.

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