no secret.
step 1. register on hydrogenaudio.org
step 2. download Exact Audio Copy I use 3.96.1 but i think the latest stable release is 3.97
step 3. if you want to rip a mathematically lossless version download wavpak 4.2 as well (4.3 is in beta last i heard)
step 4a. configure EAC to use LAME
step 4b. if you want to rip lossless and mp3 at the same time use wack 0.46 and follow the author's instructions
step 5. if you do not have a stable internet connection download CD database from freedb.organd follow instructions carefully here.
step 6. download wapet, wavegain 1.2.4 and accuraterip.dll (part of dbpoweramp) hydrogrenaudio.org on how to install them
step 7. start ripping.
Links to start with http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ http://lame.sourceforge.net/ http://www.wavpack.com/ http://www.uninformative.com/wack/ http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...p?showforum=20 http://freedb.org/modules.php?name=S...ticle&artid=12 http://www.monekysaudio.com http://www.saunalahti.fi/~cse/EAC/ http://www.rarewares.org/ http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...x.php/f15.html http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archiv...15/439495.aspx http://www.accuraterip.com/
for those who dont want to experiment my settings for LAME and WAVPak are as follows:
LAME 3.96.1
ARGUMENTS=--preset extreme --id3v2-only --pad-id3v2 --ignore-tag-errors --scale %x --ta "%a" --tl "%g" --tn "%n" --tt "%t" --ty "%y" --tg "%m" %s %d
FILEPATH=D:\mp3\%a\%g\%n - %t
WAVPAK
ARGUMENTS=-hm -w "Artist=%a" -w "Album=%g" -w "Track=%n" -w "Title=%t" -w "Year=%y" -w "Genre=%m" %s %d
FILEPATH=F:\wav\%a\%g\%n - %t
I would not use my settings as they might not be the best. I would not be surprised if one of you guys did not find a better set of settings. it took me 2-3 days to set up my EAC. Since you guys are younger you should do it in 1-2 days.