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Jim Westlyn
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February 21, 2019
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Burn Audio failed in Audition CC 2019

  • February 21, 2019
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This is my first time on this forum. Thanks for any insights in figuring out this problem in advance.

I've got a pretty powerful Windows tower; i7 processor, lots of RAM, SSD drive, upgraded CD burner (that I just had replaced) and it's used primarily music production.

I like to bounce .wav files to CDs for clients to review and thought Audition would be a good tool for such.

The settings are all correct and the CD writes, but isn't recognized by a player. I don't have any reason to think it's the media; I've tried more than one brand.

I've never found this to be that big a deal before, so I'm surprised that I'm bumping my head on this.

Thanks again,

Jim Westlyn

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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    February 21, 2019

    First thing - do you put a check in the 'verify CD' box when you write it? Does it verify correctly? If it does, you might want to try another player. CDs written on a CD-R drive don't have anything like the reflectivity of commercially replicated ones, so they don't make a very good comparison - and it's not that uncommon that CD players that will play commecial CDs fine won't touch CD-Rs - especially the outside tracks (the last ones).

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    Jim WestlynAuthor
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    February 22, 2019

    Hey Steve:

    Thanks for the reply. Especially, so quickly.

    I had ticked the "Verify" box and received a "verification failed" response.

    I know what you mean about the difference between commercial duplication and CD burning.

    I'm thinking that maybe the fact I'm attempting to burn .wav files, rather than the smaller, simpler .mp3, might have something to do with the conflict. What do you think?

    Jim

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    Jim WestlynAuthor
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    February 25, 2019

    You can't burn MP3 files to an audio disk - they will only accept wav files, stereo, 16-bit 44.1k, and they have to be over four seconds long. If your files don't meet this specification, Audition will automatically convert them to that format - but not any that are too short, obviously.

    If you want to put MP3 files on a CD you have to burn them as files, rather than audio - basically on a CD-ROM. Audition won't do this - it will only burn CD-audio disks. And MP3 files aren't simpler, they're compressed and rather more complicated!

    If you get a 'verification failed' message, you either have faulty disks or a faulty CD drive - it sounds as though Audition is doing everything it should be. Quite often you'll get this message from 'old' disks where the dye has hardened, and won't evaporate properly, so the equivalent of pits don't form correctly. Do you have any other CD-writing software (Nero?) that you can try the drive with?


    Hey Steve:

    I really appreciate your thoughtful response.

    I misspoke when I mentioned .mp3 files. You're right; a smaller file doesn't mean it's a simpler file.

    And the mystery has been solved. The CDs I've been using might be as much as fifteen years old. My girlfriend thought it just made sense to throw her old ones in with mine. Bless her heart! New medium solved all the conflicts: it tests, it writes, it verifies!

    Thanks again,

    Jim Westlyn 

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