8.2. Converting Audio CDs to Music Files
Sound Juicer
is the application
that
rips
the CD into audio files on your
hard disk.
Ripping
is the word for converting
audio files from CD to file, with each music track on the CD saved
as a single file. The default file format is
Ogg
Vorbis
, a free and open alternative to the
MP3
format.
Vorbis offers better
performance in a smaller file than MP3. When a ripping from a
commercially produced CD,
Sound
Juicer
displays the music track names, downloading the
information from a free database on the Internet.
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Vorbis is a lossy format |
Similar to
MP3
,
Vorbis
compresses the music track to a smaller file with very little
loss of musical range or quality. Files can also be saved in the
lossless
WAV
or
FLAC
formats. However, the resulting files are much larger.
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The
Sound Juicer Manual
is available in the
application, by going through
Help >
Contents
.