How do I eliminate clicks in the audio of a cd I burned with Windows Media Player?

Question

I burned a cd from an original cd using Media Player and when I play the new cd i can hear clicks intermingled with the music. But during any pauses, the clicking stops. It's very subtle, but it's there nonetheless...i only hear this when I play it on a car or home stereo cd player.

Answer 1

Dwight L is right you burned the disk too fast. Burn at 4x or 8x, but no faster. Those are good speeds for burning music. i am not familiar with WMP10 audio cd burning but i hope that it caches the disk first and doesn't burn it on the fly.

the media you used most likely quotes 52x speed but the dyes of the disk will react optimally at a lower speed. this is why burning at a slower speed is said to increase the quality of the burn.

Answer 2

I use mp3DirectCut found at the link below. It is free and very easy to use. When I need to edit out something I simply find the spot on the graphic representation of the song, hit start selection, go forward a tiny bit, and hit end selection. Then you hit cut and save the file. That's it. IMPORTANT!!!!! Anything you do changes the original file so don't use it to work with. I have a folder called "edit" where I put a copy of the song I need to work with. After I finish and listen to the results is when I move the repaired file back into its original spot. The site has detailed instructions including pictures so you can't go wrong. Good luck. And play around with the program because it can do a lot of different things.

Answer 3

I've used Adobe Audition to find the spots where the click is and eliminate them before. You open the file then edit out the clicks by either reducing their volume in the click moment to nothing, or else by using a filter that identifies the frequency of the click and filters it out through the file.

Answer 4

static and clicks are caused by burning at too high a speed. try burning at different speeds. i read this in smartcomputing.com magazine.

Answer 5

Magix audio cleaning lab... is the best program I've found for that!