Hi Spoon and team,
I have two questions:
Question 1
Option:
[X] Apply De-emphasis to CD tracks marked with Pre-emphasis.
Regarding this setting, I had the "Track Technical" column hidden for a while (because it is the default layout). This is a three-fold question:
a) Will this column show up out of nowhere when you insert a CD with Pre-Emphasis flag on the tracks?
b) If there is any action here that CD Ripper takes, it will be registered in the .log file, thus, if any CD was de-emphasized, then the log will tell me it was, otherwise it won't say a thing, is that correct? None of my CDs had a alert about de-emphasis. Reason I ask is because I don't think I have any CD like that (Low-Life was one of the, and Please from Pet Shop Boys too) and I am just a little cautious about settings that change audio.
c) In the process of de-emphasizing the CD, it will modify the audio. Even going that route, will it still return an accurate rip based on the de-emphasized version of the CD?
I still think some vinyl rips are better than this de-emphasis process -- it usually removes treble much more than it is desired.
Question 2
Option:
[X] Cross-pressing verification.
Regard this setting, I noticed that if ONE track gets a second PASS (Pass 2), say, the only track on the CD, this track will not register an entry for a cross-pressing verification, whereas other tracks that do get a Pass 1 Accurate, will return a cross-pressing verification. Example:
As you can see above, I did not paste all tracks, but track 02 on this CD is AccurateRip - and has a CRCv2 and CRCv1 check. Tracks 01, 03 to 10 are also registering to the log another two entries for a -438 pressing offset, CRCv2 and CRCv1. The track 02 was the only one that got two passes.
And I have been seeing this behaviour when it goes 2 passes. Is there any explanation as to way it won't log a cross-pressing verification when it has to go through a second pass?
Thank you for your attention.
I have two questions:
Question 1
Option:
[X] Apply De-emphasis to CD tracks marked with Pre-emphasis.
Regarding this setting, I had the "Track Technical" column hidden for a while (because it is the default layout). This is a three-fold question:
a) Will this column show up out of nowhere when you insert a CD with Pre-Emphasis flag on the tracks?
b) If there is any action here that CD Ripper takes, it will be registered in the .log file, thus, if any CD was de-emphasized, then the log will tell me it was, otherwise it won't say a thing, is that correct? None of my CDs had a alert about de-emphasis. Reason I ask is because I don't think I have any CD like that (Low-Life was one of the, and Please from Pet Shop Boys too) and I am just a little cautious about settings that change audio.
c) In the process of de-emphasizing the CD, it will modify the audio. Even going that route, will it still return an accurate rip based on the de-emphasized version of the CD?
I still think some vinyl rips are better than this de-emphasis process -- it usually removes treble much more than it is desired.
Question 2
Option:
[X] Cross-pressing verification.
Regard this setting, I noticed that if ONE track gets a second PASS (Pass 2), say, the only track on the CD, this track will not register an entry for a cross-pressing verification, whereas other tracks that do get a Pass 1 Accurate, will return a cross-pressing verification. Example:
Code:
Track 1: Ripped LBA 32 to 22505 (4:59) in 0:31. Filename: D:\MUSIC\ALAC\Nine Inch Nails\Pretty Hate Machine\01 - Head Like A Hole.m4a AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 200) [Pass 1] CRC32: 725895A5 AccurateRip CRC: 656DDA22 (CRCv2) [DiscID: 010-00124700-00924dc5-6c0b6f0a-1] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 200 [CRCv2 656dda22] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 200 [CRCv1 10b3ee54] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 51 [CRCv2 fc4e6eca], Using Pressing Offset -438 AccurateRip Verified Confidence 66 [CRCv1 c445ad51], Using Pressing Offset -438 Track 2: Ripped LBA 22505 to 43427 (4:38) in 0:26. Filename: D:\MUSIC\ALAC\Nine Inch Nails\Pretty Hate Machine\02 - Terrible Lie.m4a AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 200) [Pass 1 & 2] CRC32: 4D362A45 AccurateRip CRC: EEB04C9E (CRCv2) [DiscID: 010-00124700-00924dc5-6c0b6f0a-2] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 200 [CRCv2 eeb04c9e] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 200 [CRCv1 8acd5654] Track 3: Ripped LBA 43427 to 60407 (3:46) in 0:09. Filename: D:\MUSIC\ALAC\Nine Inch Nails\Pretty Hate Machine\03 - Down In It.m4a AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 200) [Pass 1] CRC32: 2BF2BE50 AccurateRip CRC: 02115DB0 (CRCv2) [DiscID: 010-00124700-00924dc5-6c0b6f0a-3] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 200 [CRCv2 2115db0] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 200 [CRCv1 7a882703] AccurateRip Verified Confidence 53 [CRCv2 86092b31], Using Pressing Offset -438 AccurateRip Verified Confidence 67 [CRCv1 798e69f9], Using Pressing Offset -438
As you can see above, I did not paste all tracks, but track 02 on this CD is AccurateRip - and has a CRCv2 and CRCv1 check. Tracks 01, 03 to 10 are also registering to the log another two entries for a -438 pressing offset, CRCv2 and CRCv1. The track 02 was the only one that got two passes.
And I have been seeing this behaviour when it goes 2 passes. Is there any explanation as to way it won't log a cross-pressing verification when it has to go through a second pass?
Thank you for your attention.
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