Does such a program exist?

[somsto75]

I realized all I want is a program that is basically, for example, the cd burning/audio montage section of Wave Lab. I don't need fx or anything else. I just want to be able to drop in final tracks and manipulate their pauses, spacings, segues (if any), cd-text, be able to use track markers and create red-book CD's as well as DDP images and pq sheets. I've searched high and low.
Does such a program exist?

[MASSIVE Master]

WaveLab Essentials? The "Basic CD" setting in WaveLab? CD Architect is also nice...

Most of them are going to give you stuff you don't need...

[somsto75]

Originally Posted by MASSIVE Master

WaveLab Essentials? The "Basic CD" setting in WaveLab? CD Architect is also nice...

Most of them are going to give you stuff you don't need...

Yep, I checked them all out. CD architect at first glance seems nice, but I realized its exporting formats are really limited. You can save as either a cd architect project - naturally. Or, a "wav image file" which is one long wav file of all your loaded tracks supposedly with all the cd text, track markers in tact, etc. Its true when you load it back into cd architect, but its otherwise useless. Wave lab essentials, in concept, sounds like it would be what I want, but they basically stripped out the stuff i would need as a comprehensive cd preparing software and left the some of the other stuff I dont want. My thought process here was, maybe I could have found a prog that is totally comprehensive as a cd preparing/final layout mastering prog and for less money, perhaps. But it seems no such thing exists.

[MASSIVE Master]

I'm missing something -- I was under the impression you were looking for a "plain Jane" authoring program - WaveLab Essentials sounds right up your alley - although it does much more than simply author the disc. Same with CD Architect, Samplitude Master, etc.

DDP is another story to some extent... But everything else, as in, a basic program to author compliant discs, is all there and then some. Cheap.

[Adebar]

Originally Posted by somsto75

I just want to be able to drop in final tracks and manipulate their pauses, spacings, segues (if any), cd-text, be able to use track markers and create red-book CD's as well as DDP images and pq sheets. ...

Does such a program exist?

Yes, its name is PreMaster CD from Sonic Studio. It does exactly what you asked for.
Products :: PreMaster CD Main

But it runs only on MacOSX. You are probably looking for a windows application?

[loadbang]

Wouldn't something like Roxio toast do the trick?

Or is that inherently baaaaad?

Unsure if it does DPP though.

[24-96 Mastering]

Originally Posted by loadbang

Wouldn't something like Roxio toast do the trick?

Or is that inherently baaaaad?

Unsure if it does DPP though.

No, unfortunately, it doesn't. And I think he's looking for an application that offers disc authoring from an EDL.


Somsto: The limiting factor here is DDP. There is currently hardly any cheap solutions out there, the only exception being Audiofile Wave Editor (OSX only) - though I don't know if it's flexible enough with regards to your needs. Maybe a user can comment. Next cheapest app to your specs, I believe, is Sonic Premaster CD.

[Thomas W. Bethe]

Originally Posted by somsto75

I realized all I want is a program that is basically, for example, the cd burning/audio montage section of Wave Lab. I don't need fx or anything else. I just want to be able to drop in final tracks and manipulate their pauses, spacings, segues (if any), cd-text, be able to use track markers and create red-book CD's as well as DDP images and pq sheets. I've searched high and low.
Does such a program exist?

It's the DDP images part that is hard to find. You can get it as an add on to WL but it costs more than WL. What others have mentioned is the best way to go if you don't mind doing it on a MAC. Gear audio has a program for making DDP images Convert a CD or DVD to a DDP Image which may work in conjunction with other programs to get to where you want to be on the PC.

Best of luck!