Digital Recording is the recommended recording mode. It is faster than Analog Recording, with recording speeds up to 9 times play speed. The success with which your drive will be able to record in digital is based on the drive's ability to accurately seek digital information. It is also dependent on whether the manufacturer has chosen to support digital extraction (the Redbook standard).
Approximately 15% of current drives are not able to extract digital audio, or do so in such a poor manner that the sound quality is compromised (jitter). If this is the case, your MusicMatch Jukebox will configure itself upon initialization to record in analog mode. You can attempt to record in digital mode and can make the change in the Record Settings screen. It is possible it will record with optimal sound quality, however, you may experience clicks and pops. The digital recording attempt may fail midway through the song and start the recording again in analog mode. When attempting to record digitally, be sure to record with Error Correction on. This will reduce the jitter.
Your system will default to MP3 Near CD Quality at 96 kbps in the unregistered version. You may also choose FM Radio Quality or CBR at 96 kbps or lower. VBR options are not available in the unregistered version.
In the registered version of the program, you can choose to record in CD Quality at 128 kbps or higher as well as utilize the Variable Bit Rate feature.
The difference in sound quality between digital and analog should be minimal, depending on the quality of your sound card and system.
If the track number is green at the end of your recording session, this means that recording was successful with optimum quality. If it was yellow, it means that recording was successful but with reduced sound quality. If it usually turns green and suddenly turns yellow, this is usually due to a flaw or dirt on the CD. Try cleaning it and re-recording. If it turns red box, it means that recording was unsuccessful. You will then see an error code at the bottom of the screen explaining your error.
For further help with digital recording, please refer to Troubleshooting-Recording.