If you’re recording your LPs or cassettes to CD or if you’re ready to cut your hit record, burn an audio CD directly in Mixcraft! Select "Burn CD…" from the "Mix" menu or click the CD icon on the toolbar.
TIP: To use an 80-minute CD, make sure to put the blank CDR in the drive before starting the Burn CD window.
TIP 2: ALWAYS SAVE YOUR MIX BEFORE BURNING!!
Mixcraft allows you to burn the entire mix or a selection. You are limited to 74 or 80 minutes of audio per CD. If you have a mix that is longer that 74 or 80 minutes, you can select the first 80 minutes and burn it, select the next 80 minutes and burn it, and so on!
Mixcraft will use the track markers to decide where tracks start and end. (Note that the track marker must have the CD Track option checked.)
Click "Start Burn!" to burn your CD!
Writer
If you have more than one CD or DVD recorder, you can select it here.
Speed
Select a speed from 1X to Fastest. 1X would be the same speed as it takes to play it back. So if it were a 50-minute recording, it would take 50 minutes to burn at 1X.
Test Mode
If checked this will cause the burner to simulate or test a burn. It will help to make sure that your system is ready to burn CDs. It’s not a bad idea to try this before doing an actual burn. (This does not use a blank CD, of course.)
Convert To WAV First
If your computer is slow or you have a very complicated mix, you may want to check this before burning. It will cause the mix to be converted to WAV files before it starts the burn stage. (Note that if you are burning a 74-minute CD, you will need 650 MB free at least.)
Burn As One Track
Select this option if you only want to burn one track and do not want it to use the track markers. (If you are using IMAPI with the mandatory 2 second gap, this allows you to keep the original recording intact but it will not be track seek-able on CD players)
Create CD-Text
If your CD recorder supports it and you are not using IMAPI, you can name the CD so that the title shows up on CD-Text enabled players. (It will use the CD track marker names as the track titles.) Type in a title if you check this option.
Burn All Or Current Selection
All CDs are limited to 74 or 80 minutes, depending on the size of your blank CDs. If "All" is checked, the software will burn the first 74 or 80 minutes. If "Current Selection" is checked, the software will burn the first 74 or 80 minutes of the selection. (Before clicking "Burn CD.." make sure to select the area you want to burn.)
Start Burn
Click this to start the burn. It will prompt you for a blank CD and show the burn progress. You can abort the burn by clicking "Cancel" at any time.
At the end of the burn, it will ask you if you want to create a CD label with the optional but highly recommended Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker.
For those advanced users that are creating master CDs to be made commercially, you can add track ISRC codes on each track marker. If you have entered the ISRC codes in your track markers, it will burn these identifiers to audio CD.