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DIY CD Compression?

When we take long road trips, I like to load up my cars CD changer with classical music. On the pieces with more dynamic range, it is impossible to hear the quiet passages without cranking up the volume to the point that the loud ones are deafening.

I usually rip copies of my CD's to prevent damage to the originals in the car. So it maybe it would not be too much trouble to take an extra step or two to process the files to limit the dynamic range before I burn the copies.

Can anyone suggest a program that would allow me to do this?

Ken
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kenyonbm OP
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Thanks for your replies. I am using Roxio "Easy CD & DVD Burning" to rip my copies. Does any one know if I can do compression with with this program?

Sorry for the begginer's questions, but I'm a beginner.

It doesn't sound like too much trouble as I copy the CD's to my hard drive anyway, to access them via a SqueezeBox. If I process them to 2nd file, I could burn the 2nd file and then delete it.

I will check out sourceforge, audition and protools, Thanks.
kenyonbm OP
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I got the Audacity as a free download and it does have the compression ability I was after (and a lot more). It did take about 3 minutes to process a 11 minute track, so a 75 minute CD might take 25.

I am going to need a faster computer to make this work.

Protools looks to be a lot faster but the software/hardware package is overkill for me. I'm going to check out audition to see if it is any quicker.

Thanks for the tips!

Ken
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