Audio from timeline to CD

I need to take the audio track from an ad I produced and record it to an audio CD for a radio station. I did an export to quicktime set to 44.1 and created an aif file (isn't that basically what an audio cd is?) and burned it to a cd. The player could play it, though. Is it because the disc wasn't finalized, and how do I do that? Or am I missing a step somewhere?

> I did an export to quicktime set to 44.1 and created an aif file (isn't that basically what an audio > cd is?) and burned it to a cd. The player could play it, though.

I imagine you'd wanted to write "The (CD) player couldn't play it".

An audio CD isn't just a data CD with an AIFF on it, which is probably what you did. You need to use iTunes or Toast, drag the AIFF onto a list there, and burn an audio CD. Also, computer-created audio CDs aren't guaranteed to play on all CD players, though these days the compatibility rate is pretty high.


www.derekmok.com

Here's a little tutorial I wrote on the subject.

Scott

Nice tute, Scott. I'm adding that to the FAQ. It looks like it's audiophile week in here this week.