A great, relatively cheap program that just works. That aside, Hofa’s CD-Burn & DDP program is a fantastically simple tool that can play more than a minor role in your studio. Hmm… This should be adjustable in the preferences I reckon, but alas…
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But if you forget (perhaps because you’re zoomed in tight and can’t see the other tracks) and decide, for instance, to crossfade Songs 2 and 3 by seven seconds you will inadvertently create a gap between Songs 3 and 4 of that identical amount. Locking them together is as simple as holding down the Option key whilst you adjust the one furthest to the left, so it’s no big deal. I don’t like the way files in CD-Burn & DDP are edited on the timeline, each song file only locking to its downstream brethren when these are manually highlighted, though I’ll probably grow used to this idiosyncrasy in time. They’re given the prominence and significance they deserve, making you wonder why the hell some other programs make these vital commands so difficult – they’re the whole point of the program after all! You can also tell Samp to arrange the objects according to how much time you want in between each one using the 'Arrange Objects' function as well as set the ID Offset time (how far away from the beginning of the object you want Samp to place the Track ID) and Samp will place the IDs at your specified time in front of each object. I like how the ‘Burn CD’ and ‘Write DDP’ commands are in big letters >, not hidden in a menu somewhere or only accessible via some obscure key command. I like the fact that the interface sports a goniometer (a ‘jellyfish’ meter to some) though it’s pretty small and could be vastly improved by allowing a double-click to increase its size and separate it from the main screen.
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I love the fact that this program is so simple to use, so reliable, so unassuming yet functional. CD-Burn & DDP, however, is pretty straightforward in this respect if you have a background in these sorts of programs.Ī bit like Waveburner, a bit like DSP Quattro, but with more stability than either, CD-Burn & DDP allows you to do almost everything that these sort of programs do: edit, fade, crossfade, apply plug-ins, add metadata like ISRC codes etc, burn a CD or create a (reliable) DDP, apply dither, export files and a hundred things besides.
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I’ve had a lot of experience with countless audio programs over the years, but that doesn’t necessarily give you a licence to drive all of them. Most of the program tools are self-explanatory and intuitive. Things are clear and simple to read, although some of the menu options across the top are a couple of font sizes too small for my liking. On the contrary, in some respects it looks quite dated, but somehow that aesthetic works to its advantage. The interface makes no effort to look fancy – unless you’re a fan of Excel. Things are mostly black (or grey) and orange but somehow this leanness works well and looks good once you get over the program’s lack of pretence. The GUI itself is very matter-of-fact, featuring a fairly stark two-colour, two-dimensional interface.
#WAVELAB 6 DDP PROFESSIONAL#
(There’s also a plug-in version that allows you to create a disc directly from your DAW). Steinberg WaveLab 6 specifications: Windows XP Home or XP Professional Intel / AMD Prozessor 1. Apart from the program’s apparent infallibility in terms of crashes and spurious gremlins – it hasn’t crashed once, not ever – first impressions of this standalone version have been excellent.