Creating tracks and burning a disc from a single file

Choose ToolsBurn Regions to Disc to create a disc-at-once CD using the active editor. The track list for your CD will be determined by the regions in the file.


  1. Open the file that contains your source audio or create a new file and paste the sound data that you want to use. For more information, see "Opening a file," "Creating a new sound file," and "Pasting sound data."

  2. Create a region to indicate the start and end of each track that you want to burn to the CD:

    1. Select the audio. For more "Selecting data using the mouse."

    2. Choose Insert > Region (or press R) to create a region.

    3. Repeat steps 2a and 2b for each track.

      If no regions exist, the entire file will be treated as a single region.

  3. Choose ToolsBurn Regions to Disc to display the Burn Disc dialog.

    1. Select the Write CD-Text to disc check box if you want to write CD Text data to your CD. In order to display CD Text, your CD player must support CD Text. The following information will be written:

      Item

      Source

      Disc Title

      Type a disc name in the Title box.

      Disc Artist

      Type an artist name in the Artist box.

      Disc Genre

      Choose a category from the Genre drop-down list.

      Track Name

      Track names are based on the regions in the sound file, or you can edit the Name value in the Burn Disc dialog. For more information, see "Using regions" or "The Regions List."

  4. Choose a setting from the Gap between songs drop-down list to establish amount of silence between tracks. Two seconds is standard for Red Book audio CDs.

    Use None if you want to create a gapless live CD.

  5. Verify the track list in the Burn Disc dialog, and click Burn Disc when you're ready to start burning.

    If you need to rearrange the track list, you can drag and drop rows in the Burn Disc dialog.

  6. If you want to create an archive of the disc, use the Archive tab. For more information, see "Creating an archive when burning a disc."