Import Audio CD Dialog

In this dialog, you can import one or more tracks from an audio CD.

  • To open the Import Audio CD dialog, select File > Import, and click Audio CD.

Functions Menu

CD Info

Displays the CD length and the UPC/EAN code, if available.

Extract ISRC Codes

Reads the ISRC codes and displays them in the track list. Depending on your CD drive, this can take a while.

Examine CD-Text

Opens the CD-Text dialog where you can view the CD-Text. Not all CD drives support CD-Text.

Extract CD-Text

Extracts the CD-Text and displays a summary in the track list.

Rename Tracks Menu

Name

Renames the tracks according to the selected renaming scheme.

Search Track Names on the Internet (gnudb)

Searches track names from an Internet database. If the album is found, the CD track list is updated.

Submit Track Names to the Internet (gnudb)

Submits the information about the audio CD to the gnudb database of CD information.

Convert Menu

Convert All Tracks to Audio Montage

Extracts all audio CD tracks and uses them to create an audio montage.

Convert Selected Tracks to Audio Montage

Extracts the selected audio CD tracks and uses them to create an audio montage.

Actions Tab

Source

Select the CD drive from which you want to import audio CD tracks.

Speed

Allows you to set the writing speed. The highest speed depends on your writing device and on the disc present in the device.

Refresh

If you insert a CD while the Import Audio CD dialog is open, you need to click this button to show the contents of that CD in the list.

Eject Optical Medium

Ejects the medium from the selected drive.

Track List

Shows the tracks on the CD.

Range – Start/Length

If you want to import only a section of a track, use the Start and Length fields to define a start point and length.

Output – Location

Allows you to set the output location.

Output – File Format

Allows you to set the output file format.

Select All

Selects all CD tracks in the track list.

Play

Plays back the selected CD track.

Options Tab

Trim Silence

If this option is activated, silence between imported tracks is removed. Only digital silence is removed, that is, samples with a zero level.

Automatically Refresh on CD Change

If this option is activated, WaveLab Elements checks for the presence of a new CD in the drive several times a second. If a new CD is found, the track list display is refreshed.

Automatically Extract ISRC Codes

If this option is activated, ISRC codes are automatically extracted when a CD is inserted.

Automatically Extract CD-Text

If this option is activated, CD-Text is automatically extracted when a CD is inserted.

Automatically Search Track Names on the Internet

If this option is activated, track names are automatically searched on the Internet when a CD is inserted.

Grab Pause before First Track (If Available)

If this option is activated, when a section of audio is located before the first track, it is extracted together with the first track. This way, you can import hidden bonus tracks.

Use a Japanese CD-Text Decoder

If this option is activated, CD-Text is interpreted as Japanese the next time it is extracted.

Create Peak File

If this option is activated, a peak file is created together with the rendered files.

Show Times with CD Frame Units

If this option is activated, times are shown in CD frame units. There are 75 CD frames per second.

Play through Master Section

If this button is activated, the Master Section is ignored. If the button is deactivated, the audio is played through the Master Section.

Convert Titles and CD-Text to Metadata

If this option is activated when importing tracks into an audio format supporting metadata (for example, MP3 and WMA), the titles of the tracks and the CD-Text are automatically added to the file header.

Ultra-Safe Mode (Slow)

If this option is activated, each CD track is read several times until the same result is found (checksums are used). Specify the number of times that a track must be read with the same result before it is saved to disk.

Real Audio Before and After Tracks

You can ensure that tracks are imported in their entirety by defining how much audio should be read before and after each CD track.