🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 19 May 1999 20:50:30 +0100, "Sentinel"
<Rob.Buchanan@btinternet.com> wrote:

>I've just installed a CD-Rewriter and my system is set up as shown:
>
>PRIMARY MASTER: Hard Drive
>PRIMARY SLAVE: CD-Rewriter
>SECONDARY MASTER: CD-Rom
>SECONDARY SLAVE: None
>
>The lead that used to connect to my CD-ROM from my sound card is now
>connected to my CD-Rewriter (Which means I can't play CD-Audio on my CD-ROM,
>just on my CD-Rewriter).
>
>My main aim is to make back-ups of my audio CD's using the two CD drives, is
>this the correct and best configeration? If possible, please e-mail any
>answers direct, thanks in advance for any help.
>
>If this is the wrong newgroup for this post, can anyone suggest a goup that
>might be more appropriate?
>
>

OK - legal stuff first, copying Audio CD's if you don't have the
copywrite........ uh uh!

First, you don't say it your IDE secondary port is on the motherboard
- but if it is on an ISA port -your bus bandwidth may not be
sufficient.

secondly, you need to ensure that the digital audio transfer capacity
of the CD-RoM is sufficient otherwise you will get buffer under-runs -
or worse still a "clicky" recording that takes a **year** to make

Personally, I have the CD-RW as the Secondary Master and the CD-Rom as
secondary slave. I have also found it better to make an Image of the
Audio disk first.

My SB 64 pnp card has both an audio CD input and an Auxilliary input -
I have CD connected to Aux and the CD-RW connected to CD- - the cd
volume control applies to both.

Best of luck