I/O Magic 24X10X40, User Manual

24x10x40 CD-RW Drive 

User’s Guide 

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How you use Nero to create and record an Audio CD 

To write your own Audio CD, you can choose between two methods: 

1.  The first one Compiling .CDA audio files on-the-fly allows you to extract 

audio files (.cda) on-the-fly from several CDs, without having to save 
them first on your hard disc. This method requires 

Track-at-Once 

recording mode

. This means that you will not be able to make use of 

some features of your CD recorder (e.g. variable pause length, CD Text or 
index setting) since such features are only available in disc-at-once mode. 
The reason why you are able to burn such a compilation only in track-at-
once mode, is that during the writing process, you may have e.g. to insert 
several source CDs in your CD recorder if the selected audio tracks come 
from different CDs.  This means that the CD recorder would have "to wait" 
before writing the next track: you would get then a buffer underrun and 
the CD wouldn't be readable. 

2.  The second one Compiling .Wav files allows you to extract audio files from 

several CDs but you will have first to save them as .wav files on your hard 
disc. This method requires having enough space on your hard disc since 
about 10 MB are needed to save one minute of music! Once the files have 
been saved on your hard disc, you will be able to write your audio 
compilation in 

Disc-at-Once mode

. Using the Disc-at-Once recording 

mode, you will be able to make use of features such as variable pause 
length settings, index setting.... etc. 

Writing mode: Track-at-Once 

 
We will leave all the options with their default settings. For detailed 
information, please refer to the Reference Chapter in the Nero-Burning ROM’s 
manual. Follow carefully the instructions. 
1.  Click on the Audio-CD icon in the New Compilation dialog window, which 

opens after you start Nero. If you have already opened Nero, you can 
reach this dialog window through the icon for "New Compilation". 

2.  Now click on the new button at the right. The corresponding blank 

compilation window for Audio CD opens. 

3.  If the File Browser has not yet been opened, you can do that now by 

entering the VIEW > New File Browser command or by clicking on the File 
Browser icon. 

4.  Insert in your drive the first CD you want to extract audio tracks from.  
5.  In the Nero file browser or in the Explorer click on the drive letter 

corresponding to the drive you insert the original CD in. The contents of 
your CD will be displayed.