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Re: [EXS] [OT] Extract audio

2004-07-20 by mandcmiller

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Eli Krantzberg <elik@v...> wrote:
> 
> On Jul 19, 2004, at 4:40 PM, sam sutton wrote:
> 
> > Not quite EXS related but..do u happen to know a good way to extract 
> > audio
> > or WAVs off of CD to import in to Logic as Audio. I used to do it in 
> > OS 9 on
> > 'Toast' 'extract' but this is not a feature of OS X. Any ideas?
> > Sam Sutton
> 
> Hi Sam,
> 
> I wondered the same thing when I first switched to OS X. I quickly 
> realized that the functionality is built into the CD driver now. So 
> just double click the CD icon and drag the tracks to your desktop or 
> hard drive; and they will be extracted there.
> 
> One thing though; check the permissions on the newly created files 
> after you do this. I'm not sure how the permissions are "governed" with 
> this new functionality. I have found that sometimes I need to set them 
> myself and sometimes I don't. And I haven't quite figured out the cause 
> and effect that determines which specific circumstances warrant going 
> in and setting them manually. Maybe it's got to do with which drive I 
> extract them to; I'm not certain.
> 
> And if you extract a bunch into a specific folder; you can of course 
> change the permissions for all the files at once by selecting the 
> folder icon and doing it from there, and clicking the option that 
> applies the permissions to all of the folder's contents.
> 
> 
> 
> --------
> Eli Krantzberg
> http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com
> Almat Productions


Why not use iTunes? This way you get the track names as well.
Matt Miller
http://www.millertone.com

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