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Setting up to burn audio CDs

You can set the project properties and adjust preferences to better accommodate writing audio CDs. The ruler and time display are set up for you automatically.

Viewing the ruler and time display

The ruler and time display are automatically changed to audio CD time for you when you mark CD tracks in a project.

Audio CD time formats are as follows:

Display

Format

Ruler

hh:mm:ss (hours:minutes:seconds) or

 

hh:mm:ss:ff (hours:minutes:seconds:frames, with fps=75) when zoomed in tightly

 

 

Time display

tt+mm:ss:ff (track number +/- minutes:seconds:frames, with fps=75)

 

 

Setting project properties

Click the Properties button () to access project properties. On the Audio CD tab, you can set the Universal Product Code/Media Catalog Number (UPC/MCN) or set the number for the first track on the CD. For more information, see Audio CD tab on page 334.

Setting preferences

From the Options menu, choose Preferences to access the Preferences dialog. On the CD Settings tab, you can select the CD drive or set the speed at which you will burn the CD. For more information, see CD Settings tab on page 350.

You can also enter the number of seconds added between tracks when adding Project Media window files as CD tracks. In the same Preferences dialog, click the Editing tab, and enter a value in the Default time between CD tracks box.

Finally, you may want to turn off the Quantize to Frames command in the Options menu. When quantizing to frames is active, your edits are limited to the starting edge of frame boundaries. In a CD layout project, you can turn this feature off to allow greater precision in editing and track placement. For more information, see Quantizing to frames on page 125.

Importing CD Architect files

This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.

You can use Vegas software to open projects created in CD Architect™ version 4.0 software.

1.From the File menu, choose Open. The Open dialog appears.

2.Browse to the location of the project file.

3.In the Files of type drop-down list, select CD Architect Project Files (.cdp).

4.Select the file.

5.Click Open.

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