AudioCatalyst Main Window

The Encoding Queue is your working area to list files and CD tracks to rip and encode. You can mix CD tracks with WAV and AIFF files from your hard drive in the queue.

To add files to the queue from your hard drive

Click the Add from File button. When you locate your file, click the OK button. Your file is automatically added to the queue.

To add tracks from a CD

1. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. From the AudioCatalyst main window, click the Add From CD button.
3. From the CD Tracks dialog, Select tracks to record, click on each track you want to rip, or click the Add All button to add all the tracks automatically. If you selected individual tracks, click the Add Selected button.

Play button plays the selected tracks from your CD.

Stop button stops playback.

Add Selected button adds the selected tracks to the Encoding Queue.

Add All button add all tracks from your CD to the Encoding Queue.

Cancel button cancels any changes you made.

Fetch CDDB is enabled when you insert a disc in the CD-ROM drive. If you have a connection to the Internet,
AudioCatalyst can connect you to the Compact Disc Data Base (CDs). CDDB is used for retrieving disc title and track
names from an Internet database. CDDB consists of servers containing CD information from all over the world. When you
select Fetch CD Information, AudioCatalyst connects to CDDB to retrieve the CDDB Information.