Importing a Track From an Audio CD (Audio Extraction)
If you own a recent Macintosh computer that is equipped with a CD-ROM drive and Apple’s Sound Manager software (version 3.0 or later), you may be able to use Peak to import audio directly from an audio CD. This process is sometimes referred to among multimedia developers as audio extraction, or audio-across-SCSI. If you own an Apple or non-Apple external CD-ROM drive, you may also be able to take advantage of this feature.
Please note that not every CD-ROM drive supports audio extraction, and that even among drives of the same model, one drive’s firmware (the internal operating software) may support audio extraction, while another’s may not. If you are unsure as to whether or not your drive supports Apple-standard audio extraction, your best bet is to try the instructions that follow. If this doesn’t work, please contact the CD-ROM drive’s manufacturer to establish whether your drive (and your drive’s firmware) will support Apple-standard audio extraction. If the manufacturer claims that your drive should support this feature, please contact us with your drive’s model number and firmware revision, and BIAS will attempt to address the problem.
To import a track from an audio CD:
1. Insert an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2. Choose Import CD Track from the File menu.
3. In the dialog that appears, select the CD track that you wish to import and click Open.
4. In the next dialog that appears, select the desired sample rate, resolution, and format. By adjusting the Start and End time controls at the bottom of this dialog you can import the entire audio file, or a just specific portion of the file. (The slider in this dialog assists you in locating start and end times.) When you have set these parameters as you like, click OK.
5. The Save dialog appears. Use the pop-up menu at the top of the dialog to navigate to the hard drive where you wish to save the audio file. Click Save to save the file to disk. Peak saves the file in the AIFF audio format.
