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So I have this music project I've been working on

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Oh. okay. So for the issue of time lapse between songs (is there a word for that?) that would get the job done.

In terms other issues like relative volume, I would be less confident that what I was hearing on a CDRW through the computer was necessarily what I would end up hearing on a final CD in my car.

In any case, no harm buying a couple. I doubt they are a million bucks each.
 
I think I'm ready to give it a shot - just line 'em up and make a CD of the whole damn thing. Not that I expect it to be perfectly finalized on the first attempt but, you know, fok it.

The big problem is, I make these songs within the software - they sound really good. But then I export them to WAV files and I listen to those files - the drop in quality is significant. But I also remember transferring a song to a CD back in the early going - just to see what would happen - and I thought it sounded pretty good again.

Sometimes I will have two songs back-to-back. Within the software they are matched up nicely but then I play the WAV files and the volume is noticeably different between them. So I don't know what goes on.

I also don't know if they will get their shit back completely together if I put them on a CD. Or what. So I will run an experiment and find out.

Big question becomes: how the fuck do I burn a CD . . . ?
 
Actually, at the rate it's going, it should be ready for my drive to work.

Only problem is, the drive is ~24 minutes whereas the CD is 44:18. I don't want to start and then abort.

But lookit it go.

Holy shit, as I was typing here, the CD drawer just popped open. It's telling me that it's done. It took like 2 and a half seconds.

:littleboy:
 
Most of your issues (if not all) with volume would be resolved if you mastered the final mix.

You were smart enough to learn how to use music software to record your songs.

You're smart enough to learn how to master your final mix.
 
Your sound editing software should have a Normalize function. I would select each track individually and normalize them to 0.0db (which basically means that the loudest part of the song will be the loudest it can be without distorting, and the volume of the rest of the track will be raised proportionately.)

IF you don't normalize, your CD will probably be like half as loud as commercially produced albums.
 
If you are unable to figure it out or get impatient,it looks this place will do it for about 200 bucks, which seems reasonable to me although I am not sure I have a complete understood understanding on what is all involved.

If it's easy enough to figure out no need to spend the money of course. If I were you however, after all this time I think I would just be ready to have it done.
http://www.48hourmasters.com/what-mastering-cd/
 
What was it like? Probably satisfyin'

I am also looking to record an album of all original material this year- long way to go though as I haven't even selected the songs yet

For what I do (pretty stripped down acoustic) I am planning on going the Zoom H5 route

Looking forward to buying your album Muddy
 
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